ICEYE unveils Tactical Access which grants guaranteed SAR satellite imaging for urgent operational needs
ICEYE has announced Tactical Access, a commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite product for customers needing rapid, high-volume imagery and flexible tasking timelines. Tactical Access allows direct user control over SAR satellite tasking, with reserved imaging capacity and options for dedicated ground stations enabling near real-time image acquisition and delivery.
Unlike conve Agreement paves way for space-based mobile broadband across Middle East and NAfrica
AST SpaceMobile and stc group have signed a ten-year commercial contract to deliver satellite direct-to-device mobile broadband throughout Saudi Arabia and selected areas in the Middle East and Africa. Under the terms, stc commits $175 million in prepayments for future services and sets a substantial long-term revenue goal.
This partnership will connect AST SpaceMobile's satellite cellular Space Robotics at the Edge of the Unknown
Many robotics systems function in conditions where the environment is well-defined: factory floors, urban roads, research facilities. But what about robots designed for space?
Keenan Albee, who recently joined the ASTE faculty as an assistant professor, has developed robots that have been trialed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and are due to fly to the Moon. His USC lab - t ESA’s Astronaut Reserve completes second training phase
From early September to late October 2025, members of ESA's Astronaut Reserve returned to the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, for a second block of intensive training.
Sentinel-1 mission… did you know?
The Sentinel-1D satellite is ready to launch next week and, when it is fully commissioned, it will work with Sentinel-1C to capture high-resolution radar images over land, ice and sea. The mission has helped to reshape our view of planet Earth in numerous ways, by contributing data to public services and scientific studies on changes in our environment and climate. But did you know some of the following facts about Sentinel-1?
China launches first GEO Yaogan satellite as India lofts record-mass commsat
On the eve of the ISS’s 25th anniversary, humanity stares down a gap in its presence in space
Sentinel-1D and Ariane 6 ready for liftoff
The Sentinel-1D satellite is in position on the launch pad at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana – ready for liftoff on board the Ariane 6 launcher.
Johns Hopkins, SpaceNews launch discussion series focused on the future of space exploration
A panel of leading space industry executives will explore the trajectory of space technology over the next decade, examining how the long-imagined future depicted in comic books and science fiction […]
Why the moon is not the South China Sea: reframing lunar space ahead of the next ‘race’
As the world watches the push for crewed lunar missions, it is tempting to frame the unfolding dynamic between the United States and China as a modern-day space race, with the lunar surface as the stage for a sovereignty contest.
