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On Friday, July 10, 2026, the International Telecommunication Union’s Radio Regulations Board (ITU/RRB) formally denied a regulatory extension requested by satellite operator Globalstar Inc.. The company had sought an administrative […]
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The massive boom in satellite launches is driving down consumer costs in two completely different ways. If you are a Londoner or a New Yorker living in a dense urban […]
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NEW YORK, NY — In a research briefing released to institutional clients on Thursday, July 2, 2026, BNP Paribas senior equity analyst Sam McHugh detailed the steep regulatory and commercial […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a joint ceremony at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building on Monday, June 29, 2026, NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) signed a […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an enforcement action announced on Monday, June 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) unsealed a series of court orders authorizing the seizure of nearly […]
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Chris Forrester — The FCC auction of cellular licences (AWS-3, Auction 113) wrapped last week after 72 rounds having settled on accepted bids of more than $3.57 billion. Up to […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an expansion of its public-private orbital framework, NASA has broadened its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) initiative to streamline how commercial Earth observation data is ingested […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 24, 2026 — Breaking a four-year spectrum allocation drought, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially wrapped up Auction 113—the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) re-auction—on Tuesday, June […]
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If an astronaut crew suffers a catastrophic life-support failure in low-Earth orbit today, no global authority possesses the centralized legal mandate—or the structural obligation—to execute an emergency rescue mission. This […]
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The high-stakes regulatory battle over the future of the Direct-to-Device (D2D) and Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) markets has entered a new phase of entrenched resistance. In a series of […]
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