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On Sept. 25, 2026, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell submitted a regulatory notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating an intent to sell up […]
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On Sept. 23, 2026, NASA selected the Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) as the inaugural mission within its new Probe Explorer astrophysics program line. The decision authorizes the far-infrared […]
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On Sept. 23, 2026, speaking during an industry webinar, Col. Scott Carstetter, director of servicing, mobility, and logistics at Space Systems Command (SSC), outlined military plans to execute two commercial […]
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ESA's director general used the first fireside chat of World Space Business Week to set out what ministers will be asked in Rome on Dec. 15, a scope that runs from the rocket to crew recovery. Funding follows through ESA's usual subscription process.
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Space Systems Command awarded Boeing up to $2 billion in June for two more MUOS satellites, which are not expected to launch before 2031 and 2032. Katherine Coens directs the Space Force division that runs the narrowband network they will join, and she sits for an interview opening the final day of the MilSat Symposium at Silicon Valley Space Week.
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The outgoing director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau said at World Space Business Week in Paris that he expects the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference to produce a regulatory framework for direct-to-device services in mobile bands. The GSMA counts 151 operators with satellite services live, in testing or planned, and no settled business model.
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Read the whole conference rather than a panel a day and one argument runs underneath it. The industry has stopped worrying about capital and technology. It is worrying about access: to launch, to spectrum, to the ground, to the parts.
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On Sept. 23, 2026, direct-to-satellite IoT operator Hubble Network announced the completion of a $200 million Series C financing round, raising the company’s private market valuation to $1.6 billion. Led […]
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Terminal manufacturer Intellian Technologies and technology systems integrator Network Innovations finalized a multi-year strategic agreement to develop and distribute next-generation tactical ground flyaway terminals for military and government defense markets. […]
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On Sept. 24, 2026, satellite manufacturer GomSpace confirmed its participation in an ESA-funded feasibility study to define system concepts for a dedicated Arctic satellite constellation. Executed alongside industry partners Sternula, […]
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