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On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, IEC Telecom Group officially launched its first operations center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The expansion establishes the company as an authorized Starlink reseller in the […]
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Targeting the growing gap in data regarding on-the-go satellite internet usage, TRIO Flatmount released its 2026 Mobile Starlink Survey on February 17. The report, which compiled data from approximately 600 […]
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has secured a landmark agreement to become one of the first authorized maritime resellers for Amazon Leo, the low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite […]
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. For the past decade, the commercial space sector has benefited from a benign era defined by a quiescent sun and the protective magnetosphere of Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This stability allowed companies to prioritize speed and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components over traditional radiation hardening. Yet, as the industry pivots toward sustained lunar operations under the Artemis program, engineers face a steep physics cliff. The fail-operational strategies that built the LEO economy simply cannot withstand the harsh radiation environment of deep space.
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At the SmallSat Symposium in Silicon Valley on February 10, 2026, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) unveiled the Hyperion mission, a pivotal demonstration intended to move its HYPER in-orbit relay constellation […]
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On February 2, 2026, SpaceX officially announced the acquisition of xAI, merging Elon Musk’s aerospace empire with his artificial intelligence venture in a deal that values the combined entity at […]
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The pursuit of efficient solar energy harvesting presents a stark contrast between terrestrial and orbital environments. While terrestrial solar farms are the backbone of current renewable infrastructure, Low Earth Orbit […]
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HAWTHORNE, California – In a move that significantly expands its orbital footprint, SpaceX submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday, January 30, to deploy a massive […]
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By Evan Grey, Legal Contributor, SatNews The primary battleground for space supremacy has shifted. While the world watches the launchpads, the decisive contest is unfolding inside the filing processes of the International […]
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Twenty years ago, Wall Street laughed at an online bookstore trying to rent out its excess server capacity. They called it AWS. Today, Amazon isn't trying to win the space race for the headlines; they are trying to win the backend.
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