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A new race to the moon is underway; not merely to erect flags, but to prospect for and extract water and helium-3, establish nuclear power plants and capitalize on the economic and strategic advantages that will shape the balance of power in space for decades to come.  Private companies are now making serious bets on […]

Blue Origin test-fired its second New Glenn rocket Oct. 30, one of the final milestones before a launch expected in November. The post Blue Origin test-fires New Glenn ahead of second launch appeared first on SpaceNews.

Krakow — The European Commission on Oct. 28 proposed that EU member states approve talks with Ukraine on its participation in its government satellite communication program, known as GOVSATCOM. The European Union’s GOVSATCOM platform is designed to provide secure satellite communication capabilities by pooling and sharing existing satellite resources from member states and accredited private

SpaceX says it is developing a “simplified” lunar landing mission architecture while defending the progress it has made on its Starship lander for Artemis. The post SpaceX defends Starship lunar lander as it works on ‘simplified’ approach appeared first on SpaceNews.

Chinese commercial firm StarDetect has raised early funding as it seeks to establish itself as a provider of space domain awareness and satellite computing solutions. The post China’s StarDetect raises Series A funding to expand on-orbit computing and space domain awareness services appeared first on SpaceNews.

Growing space investor optimism got another lift Oct. 29 after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point for the second time this year, making borrowing cheaper for a capital-intensive industry already buoyed by rising defense investment. The post Interest rate cut further fuels space investor optimism amid talk of returning SPACs

Bulgaria’s EnduroSat announced another $104 million in venture capital funding Oct. 30 to scale up its small satellite manufacturing capacity. The post EnduroSat raises $104 million to scale production of larger small satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.

With the government shutdown dragging on and architectural details still under wraps, defense contractors find themselves in the position of building capabilities for a system that hasn’t been defined The post Golden Dome hype meets information vacuum as industry awaits Pentagon direction appeared first on SpaceNews.

The move toward so-called GOCO (government-owned, commercially-operated) arrangements has been shaped by developments such as Russia declaring that Western commercial satellites could be legitimate military targets. The post Pentagon turns to ‘government-owned, commercially-operated’ satellites amid conflict risks appeared first on SpaceNews.

In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Doug Hendrix, co-founder and CEO of ExoAnalytic Solutions — a company born from three physicists’ passion for solving the hardest problems in space. The post Inside the new age of space domain awareness appeared first on SpaceNews.