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Blue Canyon’s Got A New Bus For Golden Dome

“This product will support more mass and more power, so that a lot of those defense payloads can be carried on the spacecraft.”

LEO

There Are Too Many Spacecraft in LEO

“That is us academics waving a big, big red flag, to say we can’t just keep doing this.”

EuropeLEOStartups

Skynopy Raises €15M to Expand Its Ground Station Service

Skynopy’s future plans include building a network of over 100 ground stations to make real-time connectivity possible for satellites in orbit.

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Xona Raises $92M For Unhackable PNT Constellation

Xona is one of many companies trying to solve PNT’s vulnerability problem.

EuropeLEOScience

NanoAvionics to Build Korea’s First Venus Observing Sat

The satellites—part of IBS’ CLOVE project—will carry UV and NIR observation instruments developed by IBS to monitor Venus’ cloud structures and atmospheric chemical makeup.

EOLEO

Spire Emerges Anew After Nine Months Of Uncertainty 

Inside CEO Theresa Condor’s plans for a revitalized satellite company.

LEOStartups

Apex Unveils Larger Satellite Bus, Dubbed Comet

“From cell phone towers in space for consumer technology [to] unique sensing missions, or as an interceptor platform for Golden Dome, Comet is the clear choice to accelerate the most ambitious space missions,” Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon said in a statement.  

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Dark Sky Advocates Fight Against a Bright Future

Advocates for dark and quiet skies are outgunned. 

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Kuiper Launches First Production Internet Satellites 

Amazon’s long-awaited Starlink competitor finally has a toehold in orbit.

BusinessLEO

Katalyst Acquires OTV Startup Atomos

Katalyst acquired Atomos in a bid to grow its in-space servicing business, the companies announced today.

CivilLEO

Trump Team Plans To Push TraCSS Out of Government

The White House wants the long-awaited Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) to be handed over to a non-profit or private company, backtracking on a mandate in the first Trump administration to move it into the Office of Space Commerce.

BusinessLEO

Vast Unveils Haven-1 Model, Partnerships in Colorado

While the station may look more luxurious than the industrial ISS it’s gunning to replace, CEO Max Haot was clear that the touches of comfort weren’t designed with billionaire vacationers in mind. 

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LeoLabs Unveils Scout Mobile Radar System

Unlike the rest of LeoLabs’ fixed radar tech, Scout is a mobile radar platform that can be deployed anywhere in the world.