Special Operations Forces test mobile platform for direct satellite imagery access
The software, developed by SkyFi, operates on tactical Android devices
Cowboy raises $275 million to build rockets with orbital data center upper stages
Cowboy Space, founded less than two years ago as Aetherflux to develop space-based solar power, has raised $275 million at a $2 billion valuation to build rockets with upper stages that would serve as data centers once in low Earth orbit.
Failing to pass a defense budget is a self-inflicted wound in the space race
As we have learned from the current conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, space-enabled capability has become critical to all we do in the military. It is persistent (always there) and operates in denied areas (first in the battlefield). These capabilities provide critical combat effects: intelligence, missile threat warning, rapid communications and necessary and amazingly accurate […]
Former NASA chief of staff returns to lead agency launch operations
NASA’s former chief of staff has returned to the agency in a new role overseeing launch operations, a move that raised some concerns on Capitol Hill.
BlackSky’s Lyn Chassagne on using satellite imagery to solve problems

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with BlackSky’s Lyn Chassagne about AI’s role in the imagery sector, how international partners are thinking about sovereignty and the quest […]
Creotech plans $118 million capital raise, investment in new satellite factory
WARSAW, Poland — Polish space technology company Creotech Instruments has announced plans for a $118 million fundraise that will allow the company to open a new satellite production facility in Poland by 2029 as part of a new long term development strategy. Creotech Instruments hopes to quadruple its manufacturing capacities to around 40 satellites annually […]
NASA retaining six-month ISS missions

NASA plans to continue exchanging International Space Station crews about every six months after considering longer stays.
Smile's journey from launch to orbit
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Our next space science mission is about to begin its space adventure.
After more than 10 years of designing, developing, building and testing, Smile is now ready for action.
Its ride to space will be a Vega-C rocket, departing from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 9 April. The rocket will drop Smile off in a circular orbit 700 km above Earth’s surface.
Smile will then fire its own engines 11 times, taking itself higher and higher above the North Pole. From there, it will use X-ray and ultraviolet vision to watch how Earth defends itself from streams of particles
Space is having its internet moment. Investors should act accordingly.
In the 1990s, the internet stopped being a novelty and started to resemble what it is today. The release of the Mosaic browser in 1993 made the web usable for ordinary people. Amazon listed on Nasdaq in 1997. And by 2000, Cisco briefly became the most valuable company in the world. The bubble later burst […]
Space Force awards TrustPoint $4 million for LEO navigation demonstration
The startup is developing C-band system as alternative to GPS
