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LONDON, UK — On June 29, 2026, British Earth observation company SatVu announced the formal Start of Commercial Operations for its HotSat-2 imaging satellite. This milestone marks the transition of […]
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WALLOPS ISLAND, VA — NASA’s next landmark leap in commercial space logistics has cleared its final major ground milestone. Engineers at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility completed the encapsulation of Katalyst […]
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Decision architecture, not detection accuracy, is where satellite operations actually breaks — and the data is starting to say so out loud.
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May 06, 2026 — Access Hub, in partnership with Maargin, has announced the release of a new strategic white paper titled “Designing a Frugal LEO Constellation with Integrated Orbital Micro […]
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The re-entry of NASA’s Van Allen Probe A (formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probe A) on March 10, 2026, marks the conclusion of a 14-year journey that transitioned […]
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The concept of the satellite as a simple relay, serving as little more than a shiny mirror reflecting data to control rooms in Houston or Darmstadt, is extinct. At the Computer History Museum, the panel on Autonomy and AI in Space Operations delivered a eulogy for the dumb pipe era and a baptism for the intelligent edge. The consensus among the engineers and operators on stage was absolute. We aren't automating space operations because it is trendy; we are doing it because the physics of the new orbital environment leaves us no choice.
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. For years, the SmallSat Symposium acted as a showcase for cheaper data relays and internet-from-the-sky optimism. But inside the Grand Hall today, the mask slipped during the session on Building the Physical Layer of Autonomy. The industry isn't just building smarter cameras but constructing the nervous system for orbital combat.
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NASA has selected Astrobotic for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award to continue the firm’s development of UltraNav, a low-cost, autonomous, visual navigation system for spacecraft. The […]
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The system has wide-ranging applications, from the servicing of Earth satellites...
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Orbit Logic’s existing Autonomous Planning System (APS) is the foundation...
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