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By Mike Wall Published
Florida-based Lonestar Data Holdings has contracted Polish startup Ares Shield to provide protection for its off-Earth data centers, in a deal worth up to $6 million.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
No GPS? No problem. A team of NASA satellites are extending their stay in space after successfully proving out navigation by other means.

By Josh Dinner Published
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Rocket Lab $397 million to manufacture a new fleet of "Flatellites" designed to detect and track airborne threats from space.

By Mike Wall Published
Astranis' newly announced Perceptor spacecraft will monitor satellite activity in geostationary orbit, a distant and increasingly contested domain.

By Julian Dossett Published
Air-breathing electric propulsion could help satellites explore a new frontier, one that lies quite close to our planet.

By Martin Halliwell Last updated
Satellite constellations are getting so large that AI management of fleets is more than just convenient — it's becoming the only way these systems can keep working at all.

By Tereza Pultarova Published
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can single-handedly approve space projects that will change the night sky around the world. The international community can do very little against it.

By Brett Tingley Published
The outgoing head of the U.S. Space Force had some stark words in his last public speech, stating that "none of us will be able to avoid the war zone" should conflict extend to space.

By Josh Dinner Published
The Space Development Agency announced partnerships with two companies worth up to $1.75 billion total, to develop 36 satellites for the Trump administration’s Golden Dome missile-defense initiative.

By Tereza Pultarova Published
A bright Saturn's ring of satellites will encircle Earth if plans to launch a million orbiting data centers and tens of thousands of space mirrors will come to pass.
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