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Spain is investing about $15 million in Sateliot to help the Spanish startup scale its constellation to at least 100 nanosatellites, the LEO operator announced March 25. The post Spain backs Sateliot with $15 million to expand connectivity constellation appeared first on SpaceNews.

The CASR initiative is designed to establish a reserve fleet of commercial satellites to augment government-owned systems in times of crisis. The post Companies in the Space Force commercial reserve program will not be publicly identified appeared first on SpaceNews.

The funding represents a vote of confidence in the U.S. Space Force’s efforts to tap the commercial space market, said Col. Richard Kniseley The post Space Force gets $40 million boost for commercial space services appeared first on SpaceNews.

The software provides a terrain-based positioning system for drones in GPS-denied environments The post Maxar launches GPS-alternative navigation system for drones appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA is terminating $420 million in contracts the agency says are redundant or “misaligned” with its core priorities, but has provided few details about what is being cut. The post NASA terminating $420 million in contracts appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Pentagon anticipates that China and Russia may target U.S. and allied forces with hypersonic glide vehicles. The post Hypersonics expert urges increased U.S. investment appeared first on SpaceNews.

The NROL-69 mission launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The post NRO expands spy satellite network with back-to-back SpaceX launches appeared first on SpaceNews.

ESA has officially kicked off a competition to support new launch vehicles, but the winners, if any, won’t be known for at least eight months. The post ESA issues call for proposals for European Launcher Challenge appeared first on SpaceNews.

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and I share a few commonalities: we were born a few blocks from each other in Manhattan, we both attended Columbia University, […] The post Balancing national security and international cooperation in the competitive era of commercial space appeared first on SpaceNews.

MaiaSpace, a small launch vehicle developer spun out of ArianeGroup, has signed its first commercial launch contract for missions launching as soon as 2027. The post MaiaSpace signs first commercial launch contract appeared first on SpaceNews.