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TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once defined the British satellite operator, with plans to sell the youngest payload […]

AI1 SpaceX satellite

As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year, astronomers warn those satellites could cause serious interference with their observations.

Week in images: 08-12 June 2026

Friday, 12 June 2026 12:10
Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse after recovery

Week in images: 08-12 June 2026

Discover our week through the lens

All in on AI at Astra

Friday, 12 June 2026 12:00
Astra went public in July 2021 through a SPAC merger. Credit: Astra

H3 successfully returns to flight

Friday, 12 June 2026 11:15
H3 launch

Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit.

Video: 00:17:20

Step inside the Columbus Control Centre near Munich, Germany, and discover what it takes to keep ESA's Columbus laboratory running—24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Columbus Flight Director Tristan Hermel takes us behind the scenes of mission control, where teams on the ground coordinate operations, support astronauts and work with international partners across the globe.

Get a glimpse of life behind the consoles as ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot carries out her Epsilon mission on board the Space Station.

This interview was recorded in January 2026.

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Keep exploring with ESA Explores.

Apex assembly line

Aerospace executives see AI not as a replacement for workers but as a necessary tool for helping an overstretched industrial base

Earth from Space: Buenos Aires

Friday, 12 June 2026 07:00
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This radar image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission captures Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, the surrounding countryside and the Rio de la Plata estuary.

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This is a composite of three Sentinel-1 acquisitions taken in January, March and May this year, with each image assigned to a different colour channel (blue in January, green in March and red in May). As the environmental changes on the ground created a significant ‘backscatter’ reflection of the radar signal, they show up as bright shades that correspond to changes across the seasons.

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Antenna pointing mechanism for Galileo second generation intersatellite links, Thales Alenia Space

The second generation of Galileo, Europe’s satellite navigation constellation, is being built. These satellites will feature reconfigurable payloads, provide more robust and reliable positioning, navigation and timing, enable new services and add new capabilities to the constellation.

One of these capabilities, intersatellite links, will allow the satellites to communicate with one another in orbit. After going through extensive testing, the intersatellite link antennas are ready to be integrated into the satellites.

SAN FRANCISCO – The European Space Agency awarded AAC Clyde Space a 10.9 million euro ($12.6 million) contract to complete development and demonstrate VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) satellites for […]

SLC-9

The U.S. Space Force is seeking potential users of a new launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base reserved for smaller rockets.

This episode of Space Minds is from SpaceNews’ recent event on orbital data centers.

The committee's 2027 defense bill would eliminate separate statutory requirements for the two acquisition organizations while advancing broader Pentagon procurement reforms

Parmitano

The assignment of an ESA astronaut to Artemis 3 is part of negotiations for revised roles in the overall effort, with a goal of getting its astronauts on the moon.

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