Meet the Space Force’s New Vice Chief
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton on Thursday as the Space Force’s third vice chief of space operations, replacing Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, who stepped down to lead the Golden Dome project. Who is he? In his prior job, Bratton played a key role in crafting the Space Force’s budgeting, strategies, and requirements. He…
Skyrora Wins its First UK Launch License
Skyrora became the first British commercial rocket manufacturer to secure a launch license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), paving the way for its Skylark L suborbital rocket to lift off from the SaxaVord spaceport in the Shetland Islands.
TRL11, Starris Partner On Better Eyes in Orbit
The two companies have a mutual supply agreement that will allow them to share tech and make mutual introductions among customers, according to TRL CEO and founder Nicol Verheem.
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.”
New Caucus Promotes Humanity Boldly Going
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are aiming to promote US leadership in space—and ensure commercial space players are in lockstep with the government along the way.
No Smoke, Just Signals: OroraTech USA, Opterrix Launch Fire Intelligence Feed
The US subsidiary of the German satellite startup inked a partnership with risk intelligence platform Opterrix to bring near real-time wildfire data into insurers’ risk platforms. The first pilot customer? USAA.
Inside Eutelsat’s Pitch to Offer WiFi on French Trains
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel for French commuters frustrated that their WiFi keeps dropping out over the countryside.
NanoAvionics is Building a SAR Spysat for EU Defense Forces
The satellite, expected to launch in early 2026, will deliver radar imagery with submeter resolution that can reveal movements on the ground day and night, and in all weather conditions.
AWS Wants KSAT to Send More Space Data to the Cloud
“They can just go into their AWS account, open up the file, and there’s the data.”
Suds and Soil: Two Brewing Experiments to Launch to ISS
Many good ideas are hatched over a beer. One is heading to space this afternoon.
The Push For a Sustainable Lunar Economy
“There needs to be more transparency on how the world is thinking about lunar sustainability,” said Charity Weeden, a former NASA policy chief whose views do not represent the agency. “It’s critical not to mess up, because you don’t necessarily get a second chance.”
ISRO Launches Groundbreaking US-Indian Space Radar Mission
NASA says this is its most advanced radar satellite, and the first time a spacecraft has carried SAR payloads in two different bands.
