Defense spending propels government space budgets to new heights
Novaspace reports that government space spending hit record $135 billion in 2024
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Former Pentagon official John Plumb joins startup K2 Space
California-based K2 Space manufacturers satellite platforms for commercial and defense applications
Stoke Space raises $260 million
Stoke Space has raised $260 million to advance development of a fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle and its Cape Canaveral launch site.
SpaceX delays latest Starship megarocket test to Thursday
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Blue Origin could launch orbital rocket Thursday or Friday
Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, could attempt its first orbital launch Thursday morning, weather permitting, a spokesperson said.
The massive New Glenn rocket is seen as critical to Blue Origin's efforts to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX, which dominates the commercial space industry.
But its inaugural mission has been delayed by several years.
Att Engineering quantum entanglement at the nanoscale
Physicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways that photons, electrons, and other subatomic particles interact at extremely small scales. Engineers have spent decades figuring out how to take advantage of these phenomena to create new technologies.
In one such phenomenon, called quantum entanglement, pairs of photons BlackSky secures extended contract with NRO for advanced Gen-2 imagery services
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has announced a one-year extension of its Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The extension covers subscription-based high-frequency, low-latency Gen-2 imagery services and will include enhancements to BlackSky's ground architecture to improve image search functionality, operational utility, and rea BlackSky wins US Space Force contracts for tactical surveillance and tracking missions
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has secured several rapid procurement contracts through the U.S. Space Force's Global Data Marketplace (GDM), emphasizing its advanced analytics services in support of Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (TacSRT) missions.
"One year in operation, this novel marketplace increases speed and accessibility to BlackSky's reliable high-cadenc Second SAR satellite advances Space42’s hybrid connectivity and imagery vision
Emirati operator Space42 has established communications with its recently launched Foresight-2 satellite, the second SAR payload for the hybrid imaging and connectivity provider.
Hubble budget cuts could impact science and mission operations
Proposed budget reductions for the Hubble Space Telescope would impact research and outreach as well as increase the risk to the observatory.
