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Russia’s Space Chief Touts ‘Rapid’ Development of Starlink Rival

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-09-18 20:00:47

With more than 6 million active users, SpaceX’s Starlink has become the world’s leading provider of high-speed satellite internet. That prominence has sparked some rivalry, and not least with other world powers—including Russia. In a televised interview on Wednesday, the head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said it is pushing full steam ahead on an alternative to Starlink, Reuters reported. Dmitry Bakanov said that Roscosmos has partnered with Bureau 1440, a Russian aerospace company, to dev

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ReOrbit lands record funding to take on Musk’s Starlink from Europe

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-10-06 11:00:00

ReOrbit, a Finnish startup focused on helping nations control their own sovereign satellites, has raised a record €45 million (about US $53 million) Series A round of funding for a European space tech company. The funding round signals that Europe’s new space market is heating up, fueled by a geopolitical environment in which countries increasingly worry about relying on foreign technology for critical infrastructure. Founded in 2019 and based in Helsinki, ReOrbit provides both the hardware and

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Space DOTS raises $1.5M seed round to provide insights on orbital threats

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-10-07 08:00:00

The corporate space world tired Bianca Cefalo to the point that she found it easier to literally start her own space company and launch objects into orbit. Cefalo is the founder of Space DOTs, which launched in 2022 to detect space threats. She and her team have created a software platform called SKY-I for space tech manufacturers and operators to help them detect, interpret, and attribute natural and human-originated threats in orbit. She’s spent decades in the industry, working on projects t

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper strikes its first satellite internet deal with an airline

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-12 12:28:42

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Amazon’s satellite internet service, Project Kuiper, will partner with JetBlue to provide in-flight Wi-Fi starting in 2027. It’s Project Kuiper’s first deal with an airline as it aims to keep up with the SpaceX-owned Starlink, which has already snagged satellite internet agreements with United Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Air France, and several oth

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JetBlue to boost in-flight Wi-Fi with Amazon Project Kuiper internet deal

cnbc.com Annie Palmer Leslie Josephs 2025-10-12 20:59:02

JetBlue Airways plans to install Amazon 's Project Kuiper on some of its airplanes to bolster in-flight Wi-Fi, the companies announced Thursday, in a vote of confidence for the nascent internet satellite service. The technology will be added to about a quarter of the airline's fleet, with the rollout beginning in 2027 and expected to be complete in 2028, JetBlue President Marty St. George said on a call with reporters. The team-up is a significant win for Amazon, which has been working to buil

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Madrid’s Orbital Paradigm aims to prove a cheaper path to orbital reentry

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-10-13 04:00:00

Francesco Cacciatore is a self-proclaimed skeptic. Yet after spending two decades in the European aerospace industry and hitting, as he put it, a “crisis,” he made an undeniably optimistic bet: he started a space company. “You ask yourself, ‘What am I doing?’” he said in a recent interview. “I got offered some interesting opportunities, but then I kind of collapsed and realized I wanted to try and build something myself.” That something turned out to be one of the most challenging problems in

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Satellite Companies Like SpaceX Are Ignoring Astronomers’ Calls to Save the Night Sky

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-10-23 04:55:01

There are more than 12,000 active satellites circling Earth at the moment, a growing figure that has nearly doubled in less than three years. This recent boom in the satellite industry has been a major headache for astronomers, with bright satellites appearing as streaks in telescope images of the universe and tarnishing views of the night skies. A new paper reveals that satellite constellations are brighter than the recommended limits set forth by astronomers, with only one company adhering to

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How Is AI Used In Space? This Wild Look Into a Data Center Plan Has Clues

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-23 12:05:57

The world runs on data. As humanity’s information gets increasingly digitized and artificial intelligence creeps its way into every aspect of life, data centers become more and more important. But that data comes with a catch: the servers in these data centers have monstrous energy demands that eat up natural resources like water, and that puts a significant burden on local communities where data centers are located. Some companies think they’ve found the solution to this problem by sending th

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US military’s X-37B spaceplane stays relevant with launch of another mission

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-31 22:54:35

The US military's reusable winged spaceship rocketed back into orbit Thursday night atop a SpaceX rocket, kicking off a mission that will, among other things, demonstrate how future spacecraft can navigate without relying on GPS signals. The core of the navigation experiment is what the Space Force calls the "world's highest performing quantum inertial sensor ever used in space." This is one of many payloads mounted on the military's X-37B spaceplane when it lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket

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SpaceX, Boeing team up for another flight of the military’s X-37B spaceplane

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-01 03:54:35

The US military's reusable winged spaceship rocketed back into orbit Thursday night atop a SpaceX rocket, kicking off a mission that will, among other things, demonstrate how future spacecraft can navigate without relying on GPS signals. The core of the navigation experiment is what the Space Force calls the "world's highest performing quantum inertial sensor ever used in space." This is one of many payloads mounted on the military's X-37B spaceplane when it lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket

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Watch Live: SpaceX Launches Space Force’s X-37B Spaceplane on New Military Test Mission

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-11-03 08:45:15

The U.S. Space Force’s experimental spaceplane, X-37B, is ready for another go in orbit for an undisclosed duration, in which it will test new technologies aimed at bolstering military capabilities in space. The Boeing-built orbital test vehicle, designated as OTV-8, will attempt to launch on Thursday at 11:50 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spaceplane will ride on board a Falcon 9 rocket, marking the second time SpaceX launches the Space

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Space Force Launching Secretive Experimental Spacecraft With Quantum Equipment on Board

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-03 12:28:08

It's serving an important purpose. Quantum of Orbit Less than six months after concluding a year-plus mission in orbit, the Space Force's top-secret X-37B space plane is gearing up for its eighth mission in just over 15 years. As the Orlando Sentinel reports, the enigmatic, Boeing-built spacecraft is set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Pad 39A later this evening, carrying some intriguing-sounding scientific equipment with it into orbit. The Space Force, in collabora

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Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-14 21:16:49

Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! Two of the world's most storied rocket builders not named SpaceX achieved major successes this week. Arianespace's Ariane 6 rocket launched from French Guiana on its third flight Tuesday night with a European weather satellite. Less than 20 minutes later, United Launch Alliance's third Vulcan rocket lifted off from Florida on a US military mission. These are two of the three big rockets developed in the Western world that have made their orbital debu

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Starlink Rival Announces Plans to Take on Musk With a $1.5 Billion Satellite Push

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-11-19 02:25:05

Texas startup AST SpaceMobile announced its plan to launch 45 to 60 satellites by 2026, establishing itself as a worthy competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation in building space-based broadband networks. The company announced its second-quarter earnings on Monday, revealing that it had $1.5 billion on its balance sheet to fund the deployment of dozens of its satellites, CNBC reported. The next day, AST SpaceMobile’s shares soared by more than 10% with the prospect of the company providing

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Amazon tops 100 satellites after weather-delayed Kuiper launch

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-11-26 02:46:51

After four previous scrubs or delays in a row since August 7th SpaceX launches Amazon KF-02 Kuipeer Satellites after the 5th attempt August 11th 2025 at 8:35 AM SLC-40 Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida USA. Amazon shipped another batch of internet-beaming satellites into orbit on Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, after four previous launch attempts were interrupted by weather issues. Monday's launch is the fourth Kuiper mission, and Amazon now has 102 satellites in orbit. The Falcon

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The military’s squad of satellite trackers is now routinely going on alert

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-12 02:21:48

This is Part 2 of our interview with Col. Raj Agrawal, the former commander of the Space Force's Space Mission Delta 2. If it seems like there's a satellite launch almost every day, the numbers will back you up. The US Space Force's Mission Delta 2 is a unit that reports to Space Operations Command, with the job of sorting out the nearly 50,000 trackable objects humans have launched into orbit. Dozens of satellites are being launched each week, primarily by SpaceX to continue deploying the St

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Every satellite orbiting earth and who owns them (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 15:31:20

How many satellites are in space? There are thousands of satellites in the sky above us at this moment, orbiting Earth. Satellites have many uses for the government, military, and even civilians. They provide us with the ability to have things like Internet access, television, GPS, and much more. They also have scientific purposes such as Earth and space observation and provide the means for high-level technology development. More than half of the 4,550 satellites orbiting Earth are used for com

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Rocket Report: NASA finally working on depots, Air Force tests new ICBM

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-12 22:00:45

Welcome to Edition 8.05 of the Rocket Report! One of the most eye-raising things I saw this week was an online update from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center touting its work on cryogenic propellant management in orbit. Why? Because until recently, this was a forbidden research topic at the space agency, as propellant depots would obviate the need for a large rocket like the Space Launch System. But now that Richard Shelby is retired... As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if you don'

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Space Force’s Secretive X-37B Is Returning to Space With New Tech

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-12-19 21:55:45

Just a few months after wrapping up its seventh test flight in orbit, Space Force’s experimental vehicle known as X-37B is ready for another go. For its upcoming mission, the spaceplane will test new technologies meant to bolster military capabilities in space, such as a navigational sensor that could replace GPS. The U.S. Space Force is set to launch the Boeing-built orbital test vehicle, designated as OTV-8, on August 21 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket

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Startup aims to beam sunlight from space using mirrors

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-20 11:56:00

Forward-looking: A California startup is looking to space to solve the limits of ground-based solar power. Reflect Orbital is developing a constellation of satellites with giant Mylar mirrors to beam sunlight back to Earth after dark – an idea that offers bold potential but faces steep engineering hurdles. At the heart of Reflect Orbital's project are its Mylar mirrors. Each satellite will unfurl a 33-by-33-foot sheet of lightweight polyester film known for its durability and reflectivity. The

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SpaceX Has the Nerve to Be Mad About a Competitor’s Massive Satellites Littering Earth Orbit

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-12-30 11:55:20

Despite owning more than half of the satellites currently in low Earth orbit, SpaceX is complaining about AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird constellation and how it’ll introduce added risks. In a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), SpaceX raised concerns that AST SpaceMobile poses a threat to the sustainability of low Earth orbit. Elon Musk’s space venture accused the Texas startup of underestimating collision risks in space and whether its satellites pose a threat to people on

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The ‘Hail Mary’ That Saved NASA’s Juno Camera From Jupiter’s Radiation Hell

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-01-03 06:26:35

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which launched in 2011 to investigate Jupiter’s origin and evolution, travels through the solar system’s most intense planetary radiation fields. When the spacecraft’s JunoCam—a color, visible-light camera—began to suffer the consequences in December 2023, the mission team back on Earth had to think of a remote fix before they lost their chance to photograph the Jovian moon, Io. A relatively simple process was ultimately what enabled the long-distance save: heating the i

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Astronomers use colors of trans-Neptunian objects to track ancient stellar flyby

news.ycombinator.com Evan Gough 2026-01-02 16:26:14

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: This artist's illustration shows two trans-Neptunian objects in the distant reaches of the solar system. New research examines how a stellar flyby in the early solar system set TNOs on their unusual orbits. Credit: Southwest Research Institute Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) are some of our solar system's lesser-known

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Astronomers Discover Potential Dwarf Planet Lurking Way Beyond Pluto

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-01-12 16:20:44

Astronomers in Japan have spotted a distant object orbiting the Sun far beyond Neptune, pointing to an extraordinary event that took place during the earliest years of the solar system. Astronomers used the Subaru Telescope, perched atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii, to make the discovery. They observed a small object orbiting at a farthest distance of 252 AU from the Sun, in which one astronomical unit equals the average distance between the Sun and Earth. Scientists gave it the formal designat

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Secretive Chinese Satellite Emerges in Surprising Orbit After 6-Day Vanishing Act

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-01-18 16:55:33

Nearly a week after launch, space tracking systems were able to locate a mysterious satellite parked in an unusually low orbit. China launched the experimental satellite to test new technologies, but it’s still unclear exactly what it’s doing in its unique inclination. Shiyan-28B 01 launched on July 3 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, riding on board a Long March 4C rocket. The satellite is part of China’s experimental Shiyan series, reportedly designed for exploration of the space envi

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A Century of Quantum Mechanics

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-15 17:41:58

Lieber Pauli... Read the translation of the letter sent by Werner Heisenberg to Wolfgang Pauli on 9 July 1925. The original letter is preserved in CERN’s Wolfgang Pauli Archive. (Copyright: Heisenberg Society) Dear Pauli, If you believe that I read your letter laughing mockingly, then you are gravely mistaken; quite the contrary – since Helgoland, my views on mechanics have become more radical with each passing day, and it is my firm conviction that Bohr’s theory of the hydrogen atom, in its pre

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This 19-year-old’s space company just raised millions to keep satellites connected 24/7

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-01-21 03:12:21

Apolink, a Y Combinator-backed space-tech startup founded by a 19-year-old Indian-origin entrepreneur, has raised $4.3 million in an “oversubscribed” seed round at a $45 million post-money valuation to build a real-time connectivity network for satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). The startup is tackling a persistent problem in space communications. Satellites frequently go offline during parts of their orbit due to dead zones — periods when they are not in the line of sight of a ground station

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YC-backed Apolink by 19-year-old bags $4.3M to build 24/7 connectivity for LEO satellites

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2026-01-21 21:12:21

Apolink, a Y Combinator-backed space-tech startup founded by a 19-year-old Indian-origin entrepreneur, has raised $4.3 million in an “oversubscribed” seed round at a $45 million post-money valuation to build a real-time connectivity network for satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). The startup is tackling a persistent problem in space communications. Satellites frequently go offline during parts of their orbit due to dead zones — periods when they are not in the line of sight of a ground station

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It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-22 16:30:47

Russia is a waning space power, but President Vladimir Putin has made sure he still has a saber to rattle in orbit. This has become more evident in recent weeks, when we saw a pair of rocket launches carrying top-secret military payloads, the release of a mysterious object from a Russian mothership in orbit, and a sequence of complex formation-flying maneuvers with a trio of satellites nearly 400 miles up. In isolation, each of these things would catch the attention of Western analysts. Taken

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Vortex (Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport Et D'Exploration)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-29 22:58:55

As an architect and integrator of complex airborne systems, Dassault Aviation intends to take advantage of its space expertise to develop spaceplane solutions that disrupt current systems. VORTEX (Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport et d’Exploration) Designed to operate in space and return to Earth like an aircraft, these intrinsically dual-use vehicles have the potential to transform space operations—enabling new applications across commercial, scientific, and military missions. Space

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