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Mynaric Charts Path to Rocket Lab, Investors Left Behind

Mynaric completed its financial restructuring this week—reigniting the possibility of an acquisition by Rocket Lab, but leaving investors holding the bag.

Satcom • Startups

What SpinLaunch Is Doing With Its $30M Series C

SpinLaunch closed new funding to develop a LEO satellite broadband constellation, called Meridian Space.

Military • Technology

The Pentagon and Silicon Valley Game Out The Tech Arms Race

“A huge part of it is also trying to break down barriers between the private sector and public sector.”

Deep Space

The Commercial Race to Mars Heats Up

Who will build a Mars telecommunications orbiter?

Debris • EO

BlackSky Doubles Down on Aussie NEI Partnership

HEO’s software platform, called HEO Inspect, now has the ability to autonomously task BlackSky’s Gen-2 satellites.

Civil • Polaris • Policy

Organizations Band Together to Save NASA Science

The organizations’ plan is to educate members of Congress on the importance of NASA science, and the wide-ranging benefits the agency provides to the whole country.

GEO • Military • Technology

Northrop’s New Radar Can See GEO Through the Clouds

Northrop Grumman plans to build three DARC sites around the world to maintain a global, 24/7 watch on GEO.

Business

Space Manufacturers Fuel Capex With Private Credit

“Investors don’t usually want to see their dollars sunk into capex costs, right?”

Explainer

Inside The White House’s Plan For Space Deregulation

Sorting through launch licenses, environmental reviews, and novel space activities.

Civil • Policy

Duffy Wants NASA To Leave the Earth Behind

NASA will begin “moving away” from Earth sciences, Acting Administrator Sean Duffy told Fox News last week—a sharp shift in the agency’s focus since it was established in 1958.

Deep Space

Can the TERP RAPTOR Replace NASA’s Apophis Explorer?

NASA’s budget cuts may force the space agency to miss the chance to study the asteroid Apophis when it makes a close fly-by of Earth—but academia isn’t giving up on the opportunity.

Civil • Deep Space • Science

SmallSats Could Have Big Role in Solar Exploration, Too

Small sats have historically mainly made their homes in LEO, but more and more operators are shrinking the size of the platforms they send to GEO and beyond.