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On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Kraken Robotics Inc. announced the successful integration and field demonstration of its KATFISH towed synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) and autonomous launch and recovery system (LARS) […]
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A public SpaceX means earnings-driven launch pricing, mandatory disclosure, and a two-player infrastructure duopoly with Amazon reshaping unit economics for every mid-tier satellite operator.
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Astroscale Japan has announced a groundbreaking new mission, ISSA-J1, which will perform the world’s first commercial multi-orbit inspection of multiple retired satellites. This mission is being developed under Japan’s Small […]
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The satellite industry has built roughly 10 percent of the optical ground infrastructure it needs. Without 200 to 500 optical ground stations, the Pentagon's $35 billion PWSA and $185 billion Golden Dome programs risk becoming stranded assets — data moves flawlessly in orbit but cannot reach the ground.
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The automotive landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with the vehicle emerging as a central, intelligent node in a broader connected ecosystem. According to Carl Hibbert, Director of Research at […]
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IEC Telecom UAE has been named the winner of the CSR Initiative of the Year at The Oil & Gas Middle East Awards 2026, held at the Ritz-Carlton JBR in […]
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The SatCom industry is currently undergoing a structural transformation as mega-constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Leo (Project Kuiper) commoditize raw bandwidth. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the traditional […]
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The global media and entertainment industry is approaching a historic financial milestone as combined revenues for traditional TV and online video are forecast to surpass 1.03 trillion dollars by 2030. […]
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On March 30, 2026, SpaceX successfully launched its Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, carrying a diverse manifest of 119 payloads. Among the spacecraft deployed were seven satellites […]
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The FCC faces its most consequential regulatory moment in commercial satellite communications since the original Starlink licensing approval.
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