Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Amazon has partnered with an Australian-government owned company to deliver “wholesale fixed broadband to customers in parts of regional, rural and remote Australia.”
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
One of the two satellites experienced an issue with its solar power subsystem that has resulted in a loss of communication.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The Vulcan rocket will deploy USSF-106 to geosynchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, pending range approval.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
Lockheed Martin has completed environmental testing for the first of two new missile warning satellites built for the U.S. Space Force, a company official said Aug. 5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Eutelsat is looking to grow its OneWeb operations to sustain its top line, bolstered by higher Ukrainian and French military-related sales.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
L3Harris Technologies is ready to start manufacturing new missile defense satellites for the SDA after completing key milestones, the company said Aug. 5.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Moving a satellite from the ground to orbit in hours offers a new edge in space deterrence.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and its intel partners are deploying the first satellites meant to perform ground moving target indication, a senior service official says.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The Austrian military is looking to scale up its involvement in space projects.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Canada’s EarthDaily Analytics has received $60 million in equipment financing to help support its plans to build and launch its 10-satellite Earth observation constellation.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
EchoStar says it has selected MDA Space to build its low-Earth-orbit communications satellite constellation in a $1.3 billion deal.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
European states looking to boost defense spending are likely to help drive a large jump in business that SES does with governments, CEO Adel Al-Saleh says.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The first-ever NASA-India Space Research Organization joint Earth science mission successfully launched early July 30.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has selected five companies to begin the process of building new space-based protected tactical satellite communications capabilities.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
NASA launched its Bard spacecraft mission on July 23 to demonstrate interoperability between gov-ernment and commercial satellite relay networks.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force plans to use its X-37B to conduct operational demonstrations of laser link communications and quantum-based navigation in space.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
As China and Russia flex their military muscles in space, Western defense officials are becoming punchier in their mindset around those operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
Blue Origin will fly a space domain awareness sensor built by Scout Space on its inaugural Blue Ring mission targeted for spring 2026, the company said.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
SES and the Luxembourg government plan to add a second GovSat communications satellite, again opting to use Thales Alenia Space for the system.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Spire Global is expanding its space systems offering to detect radio frequency signals, including efforts to disrupt global navigation satellite services such as GPS.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. may be losing ground in a global race to develop highly maneuverable spacecraft.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Tracer twin-satellite mission launched successfully with a handful of other small spacecraft payloads on July 23.
Satellites

By Maksim Pyadushkin
Iran has conducted a suborbital Qased launch in what may have been intended as a show of capability after the country’s 12-day conflict with Israel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Thales CEO Patrice Caine says the outcome of talks with Leonardo and Airbus to merge some satellite operations is uncertain.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
As components decrease in size, more capability can be packed into small spacecraft.
Commercial Space