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Iridium Communications holds a long-standing and strategic partnership with the U.S. Space Force (USSF), primarily centered around the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) program. Most recently, on December 2, 2025, […]
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Following a year marked by intensified calls for European autonomy in orbit, organizers of SmallSat Europe have opened the technical call for papers for their 2026 conference. The solicitation comes as the European Union and its member states aggressively ramp up defense spending and constellation development to close the gap with the United States and China.
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HawkEye 360, a leading commercial provider of space-based Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), has announced the launch of its Vessel Custody ID feature, designed to significantly strengthen national security and intelligence operations. […]
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Entering its 11th year, the SmallSat Symposium has released a 2026 agenda that signals a distinct shift from the "new space" experimental era to a phase of industrial maturity and integration. Scheduled for February 10 through February 12 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the event has opened registration with time-sensitive early bird pricing. The 2026 program moves beyond general market optimism to address the specific engineering and regulatory bottlenecks facing high-growth sectors like Direct-to-Device (D2D) and on-orbit edge computing.
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On December 1st, 2025, Arianespace launched the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. The mission—VV28—used an Arianespace operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. KOMPSAT-7 was placed […]
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By Chris Forrester — Just before the holiday the U.S. Congressional Research Service (a non-partisan research operation) released a study which addressed the potential to bridge the ‘digital divide’. There […]
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The SpaceX Transporter-15 rideshare mission successfully launched on Friday, November 28, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying 140 small satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit. The mission, the 19th dedicated […]
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AAC Clyde Space has been awarded SEK 4.7 million from the ESA Phi-Lab Sweden program to develop the foundation for its next-generation on-board computer. The work will be carried out […]
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Dawn Aerospace and Cosmoserve Space have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on enabling sustainable and scalable in-space servicing through refueling and debris removal technologies. The strategic MoU […]
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Portal Space Systems has introduced Starburst, an ESPA-class rapid-maneuverability spacecraft, and confirmed Starburst-1 will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 in Q4 2026 for the company’s first free-flying mission with live payloads—this […]
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