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On Thursday, April 16, 2026, Tory Bruno, the President of Blue Origin’s National Security Group, announced the development of Project Quartz, a brand new global network of ground stations and […]
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On Friday, April 17, 2026, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) sent commands to deactivate one of the few remaining science instruments aboard Voyager 1. The decision to shut […]
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On Sunday, April 19, 2026, Blue Origin reached a significant milestone in orbital reusability with the successful launch and recovery of a previously flown New Glenn first-stage booster. The mission, […]
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As terrestrial infrastructure reaches its physical and economic limits, the global satellite sector is seeing a concentrated surge in demand across three primary geographic theaters. By mid-2026, the industry has […]
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Internal Pentagon reports released on Thursday, April 16, 2026, have detailed a series of operational failures involving U.S. Navy unmanned surface vessels (USVs) caused by spotty connectivity on the Starlink […]
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Chris Forrester — The massive $11.6 billion purchase by Amazon of Globalstar, although much rumored, is now very much on the industry’s agenda. The move has raised many, many questions […]
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Targeting a solution for a critical hardware deadline, NASA has detailed its strategy for Project NEXUS (Network Extension for User Continuity and Sustainability). This pivotal program is designed to prevent […]
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On Thursday, April 16, 2026, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to initiate a share buyback program for the company’s ordinary Class B shares. The […]
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Targeting the performance gap between terrestrial mobile networks and satellite-to-phone connectivity, OQ Technology has been awarded a €1 million contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the BEAMSAT-5G project. […]
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At the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch detailed the company’s critical, albeit often unheralded, contributions to NASA’s ongoing Artemis II mission. While high-definition 4K […]
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