Broadband

Starlink’s FCC Request For More Spectrum Denied

Starlink may soon be in hot water with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for overstepping its boundaries when it comes to providing service in Iran. 

BusinessCivil

UKSA and Aerospace Corp. Open New HQs

Two major aerospace organizations are moving house.

Q&A

A Q+A With Theresa Condor, COO of Spire

Spire Global ($SPIR) may be in the space-based RF sensing business, but to COO Theresa Condor, it’s all about solving problems for real people down on Earth.

Parallax

Astronomers Map the Universe’s Quasars

Humans have been mapping the cosmos since the dawn of civilization, but modern technology has allowed scientists to build an entirely new kind of universal chart.

Cislunar

DARPA Funds Pie-In-the-Sky Moon Train Study

Out: the train to space. In: the inter-Moon-base express.

Parallax

The Hubble Tension Gets Tenser

The universe is expanding—that much is certain. How quickly it’s expanding, though, is still up for debate.

ExplainerISS

How the ISS National Lab Went Commercial

The US’ highest scientific laboratory is changing with the times.

Military

The Space Force Cuts Corners

Cut season isn’t ending with NASA: the Space Force’s budget request for FY2025 is ~$600M lower than its last ask for fiscal 2024.

VC/PE

Phantom Raises a Bridge Round

Phantom Space has raised a bridge round of funding to scale up hiring ahead of its first rocket launch next year. Balerion Space Ventures led the round, which also included participation from the Reaser Family Office, KOLH Capital, and a handful of existing and new investors. The new tranche of funding brings the company’s total…

BusinessEuropeInternational

Slingshot Opens First Overseas Office in the UK

The space situational awareness (SSA) firm Slingshot Aerospace is opening two offices in the UK in its first expansion outside America’s borders.

Parallax

Just Keep Breathing

Jupiter’s moon Europa creates enough oxygen every day to keep a million people breathing—but that’s less than researchers used to think.

BusinessLaunch

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.

Parallax

JWST Observations Show Root of Reionization

The findings indicate that dwarf galaxies were likely responsible for kicking off the reionization of the universe.