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Deep Space

The Commercial Race to Mars Heats Up

Who will build a Mars telecommunications orbiter?

DebrisEO

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.

CivilPolarisPolicy

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. 

GEOMilitaryTechnology

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.

CivilPolicy

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.

CivilDeep SpaceScience

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.

EuropeLaunch

A Closer Look at Portugal’s First Spaceport

Just a few hours by plane from Europe, the Azores boast sandy beaches, a tropical climate, and soon, a shiny new spaceport.

EuropeSatcom

SWISSto12 Aims to Boost European Space Sovereignty

HummingSat’s first commercial mission will be a satellite to provide additional capacity for Intelsat (now SES).

Lunar

NASA Taps Chief for Lunar Fission Power

Steven Sinacore will lead a fast-moving effort to put atomic power on the Moon.