Imagine trying to spot an object just 30 centimeters wide from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. Years ago, I remember when “satellite view” meant blurry green blobs on a screen. Now, we can see individual trees, cars and even shadows cast by buildings. We finally have the power to witness our planet as it truly […]
An investment by a venture fund affiliated with the U.S. national security community in commercial space station developer Vast is not necessarily a sign of military interest in human spaceflight. The post In-Q-Tel invests in Vast appeared first on SpaceNews.
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A member of the Federal Communications Commission warned that declining American influence could make it harder to secure support for key satellite industry priorities at international conferences. The post FCC commissioner warns U.S. influence on satellite spectrum debates could wane appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Despite the domestic headwinds, BlackSky is seeing a sharp uptick in overseas business. The post BlackSky hit by U.S. budget cuts, but international demand lifts outlook appeared first on SpaceNews.
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A company developing stratospheric platforms for telecommunications and related applications has won a NASA award to use that platform for environmental monitoring. The post Sceye wins NASA award for stratospheric Earth observations appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Geostationary satellite operator EchoStar is selling another batch of radio frequencies to help improve SpaceX’s direct-to-cell services in the United States, in return for $2.6 billion worth of the company’s stock. The post EchoStar sells more direct-to-device spectrum for bigger SpaceX stake appeared first on SpaceNews.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Italian space logistics company D-Orbit announced the conclusion Nov. 6 of CTRL+Space, Europe’s first in-orbit Capture-the-Flag (CTF) cybersecurity competition and the first live CTF contest involving multiple satellites. Italian CFT team mhackeroni worked with D-Orbit to organize the CTRL+Space competition. The European Space Agency Security Cyber Centre of Excellence and the ESA
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In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Max Haot, CEO of Vast, the ambitious aerospace company based in Long Beach, California, that’s one of a very companies few working diligently towards the first commercial space station. The post How Vast plans to keep humanity in orbit appeared first on SpaceNews.
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The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power on orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies such as the moon. From a physics standpoint, nuclear energy offers the highest energy density available for spacecraft, enabling more efficient and compact power generation compared to solar.
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How precise are satellite collision-avoidance platforms? Artificial intelligence is helping space trackers get a handle on increasingly congested orbits, but physics and math are only part of the challenge in a domain where debris, satellite maneuvers and solar weather can quickly rewrite the map. Companies tend to share their performance metrics only with customers, but
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