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SANTA ROSA, Calif. – August 2, 2026 – To address the growing risk of uncontrolled space debris re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, international space agencies and regulatory bodies are reassessing orbital disposal […]
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AUSTIN, Texas — In a series of recent industry briefings and podcasts under the Securing the Future of Space campaign, leading experts have highlighted the critical “sovereign-commercial nexus” required to […]
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Google’s proposed architecture targets a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), but the density of debris in this region raises concerns regarding Kessler Syndrome, a runaway chain reaction of collisions.
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In a statement released via X, Michael Nicolls, Vice President of Starlink Engineering, announced a significant reconfiguration of the Starlink constellation, confirming plans to lower approximately 4,400 satellites from 550 […]
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Kall Morris Inc. (KMI) recently demonstrated their REACCH capture technology onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The demo launched to the ISS in early November and has undergone two operations […]
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Scientific Systems earlier this month was selected by SpaceWERX for a $1.5 million STTR Phase II contract, under the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Program. Scientific Solutions’ solution for US-RIPTIDE (Unknown Satellite Realtime Inspection, […]
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Astronaut Tim Peake said he was only ever really frightened by one major thing during his time in space: space debris colliding with the space station Astroscale Ltd., the UK […]
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For the past year and a half, LeoLabs has been maturing the firm’s capabilities to accurately identify and monitor potential collisions in LEO. The company activated their internal conjunction screening […]
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LeoLabs is now ready to offer these same advanced risk monitoring...
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Research to tackle the growing need to find, capture and remove junk from...
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