Transporter-10 Launches 53 Satellites
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s a Falcon 9, careening off to orbit laden with payloads from far and wide.
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JWST Observations Show Root of Reionization
The findings indicate that dwarf galaxies were likely responsible for kicking off the reionization of the universe.
Unseenlabs Raises €85M for Maritime Tracking
Unseenlabs, a French space company building a constellation for maritime surveillance, has raised an €85M ($92.2M) funding round that will support its expansion outside of Europe.
SpaceFields Closes an $800,000 Seed Round
SpaceFields, a startup building novel rocket engines and propulsion systems, has closed $800,000 in seed funding, the Bengaluru, India-based company announced yesterday.
Lockheed Shows Off its New Speed
Lockheed Martin ($LMT) is trying to buck the sluggish reputation often attributed to defense primes.
Astronomers Identify Record-Breaking Quasar
The brightest object in the universe—or at least, the brightest we’ve seen yet—shines 500 trillion times brighter than the Sun, and it eats a Sun a day.
SOFIA Data Shows Water on Asteroids
The water covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface came from somewhere, and debate swirls among scientists about that mysterious source.
Congress Reveals Russia’s Possible Nuclear ASAT Plans
Congress was thrown into a frenzy yesterday amid reports that Russia is working on a space-based nuclear capability that could target satellites in LEO.
BlueHalo Acquires Eqlipse for Advanced Defense Applications
BlueHalo, a young defense prime making headway in the space domain, announced yesterday that it has acquired Eqlipse, a cyber, intelligence, and advanced R&D firm working on the edge of defense applications.
LeoLabs Raises $29M for a Global Tracking Network
LeoLabs clinched $29M in funding to fulfill its dreams of truly global coverage and deep, AI-powered analytics to support its LEO-monitoring space radar network.
Palantir and Voyager Partner on AI for Starlab
Palantir, the AI data and analytics unicorn, is getting more deeply involved in the space domain.
NASA Launches PACE for Ocean and Atmospheric Observation
Space makes a pretty good perch from which to study the Earth’s evolution over time. It’s a good enough vantage point that over the past 20 years, NASA has invested nearly a billion dollars into the development of a satellite that can help explain interactions between the ocean and atmosphere for vital climate change research.