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Exolaunch’s European Expansion Continues
Business • Europe • Launch

Exolaunch’s European Expansion Continues

If Monopoly made a rocket themed board game, Exolaunch would have a hotel on every space.

July 3, 2025July 4, 2025
AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone Form European JV
Business • Europe • Satcom

AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone Form European JV

The joint venture, called SatCo, said in a statement that it has already received interest from network operators in 21+ European countries.

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025
York Takes Legal Action Against DoD’s SBIR Award to Apex
Business • Military

York Takes Legal Action Against DoD’s SBIR Award to Apex

What’s the purpose of a SBIR award? That’s the question at the heart of a lawsuit York Space Systems has filed against the military, over a contract awarded to fellow satellite builder Apex Space.

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025
US Moon Landers Face Risks From Fire, Mass, and Prop Transfer
Moon

US Moon Landers Face Risks From Fire, Mass, and Prop Transfer

SpaceX is scheduled to perform an lunar orbit check-out a year after its first Moon landing—huh?

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025
Planet Scores €240M Defense and Intelligence Contract
EO • Europe • Military

Planet Scores €240M Defense and Intelligence Contract

“This capacity is ultimately intelligence needed to act decisively and maintain their strategic edge.”

July 2, 2025July 3, 2025
Atomic-6 Wins $2M DoD Contract For Solar Array Tech
Military • Startups • Technology

Atomic-6 Wins $2M DoD Contract For Solar Array Tech

Atomic-6 won a $2M contract from SSC to continue development of its Light Wing solar array, which collapses to enable RPO and stealth missions.

July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
CU Boulder Establishes Space Policy Professorship
Polaris • Policy

CU Boulder Establishes Space Policy Professorship

A new professorship at the University of Colorado Boulder aims to bridge the gap between space engineering, business, and law, by emphasizing the importance of space governance to the whole industry.

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025
NOAA Proposes Terminating TraCSS Program
Debris • Policy

NOAA Proposes Terminating TraCSS Program

TraCSS was once a signature Trump policy, stemming from Space Policy Directive-3. Now, that same directive might be the undoing of TraCSS.

July 1, 2025July 10, 2025
There Are Too Many Spacecraft in LEO
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.”

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025
Skynopy Raises €15M to Expand Its Ground Station Service
Europe • LEO • Startups

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.

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025
Can Computers and Russian Engineers Build A Reusable Rocket in Dubai?
International • Launch

Can Computers and Russian Engineers Build A Reusable Rocket in Dubai?

“Our goal is to be much faster than everyone else.”

June 30, 2025
Xona Raises $92M For Unhackable PNT Constellation
LEO • Startups • Technology

Xona Raises $92M For Unhackable PNT Constellation

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

June 27, 2025July 9, 2025

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