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XTAR’s new CEO Patrick Rayermann says two new satellites funded by Spain’s Hisdesat will give the company more tools to compete for DoD and allied government contracts The post XTAR eyes U.S. defense market expansion with next-gen satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.

Belgian satellite maker Aerospacelab has secured $110 million to expand manufacturing capacity and bolster its bid for a role in IRIS², Europe’s planned sovereign multi-orbit broadband constellation. The post Aerospacelab eyes leading IRIS² manufacturing role after raising $110 million appeared first on SpaceNews.

The era of single-vector threats is behind us. That was Aerial Defense 1.0, when defenses were designed for ballistic missiles tracked by radar and defeated by linear kill webs. Threats came one at a time and could be countered in sequence. We are now entering Aerial Defense 2.0. The battlespace is fast, fused and multidomain.

Developers of large satellite constellations say it may be impossible to meet brightness goals established by astronomers to minimize the impact of those satellites on their constellations. The post Satellite constellations fall short of meeting brightness goals appeared first on SpaceNews.

China launched a new batch of Guowang broadband satellites late Monday, continuing a flurry of missions to build a national low Earth orbit communications megaconstellation. The post China sends 10th group of Guowang broadband satellites into orbit with Long March 8A launch appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup DeepSat won a $1.25 million U.S. Air Force contract to develop very low Earth orbit (VLEO) monitoring capabilities. “Our focus is on using the best commercial off-the-shelf imagers to get the highest resolution from VLEO and to be able to scale that,” DeepSat co-founder and CEO Nerses Ohanyan told

China is preparing for its first attempt to land a rocket stage after an orbital launch, following years of development and testing. The post China is about to start trying to land and reuse its rockets appeared first on SpaceNews.

The satellites are scheduled to launch in September in the first operational launch of the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer constellation in low Earth orbit The post York Space delivers 21 satellites for first deployment of U.S. military network appeared first on SpaceNews.

The recent Viasat breach, attributed to the Chinese-affiliated “Salt Typhoon” campaign, reflects an ongoing and under-addressed risk in the United States space sector. As with the 2022 KA-SAT incident during the lead-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this event highlights the persistence of cyber threats targeting satellite networks, especially during early operational phases and launch.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft launched early Aug. 24 will not only deliver supplies and experiments to the International Space Station but also help the station maintain its orbit. The post Cargo Dragon to demonstrate ISS reboost appeared first on SpaceNews.