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AI shipped to production in European space on Day 2 of SmallSat Europe 2026. Ubotica's Aubrey Dunne walked through a deployed maritime ISR use case. Cognitive Space, Telespazio, and Spaceflux put the trust problem on the table. The next procurement question is auditability, not capability. The European vendor that builds the audit layer around the model wins the defence contract.
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Archangel Lightworks, an Oxford-based laser communications company, has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its TERRA-M system, which is currently the world’s smallest deployable operational optical ground station. In a recent […]
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A comprehensive market intelligence assessment from space consultancy Novaspace predicts a rapid transition for laser communications, shifting from an experimental niche into a cornerstone of global orbital networking. The third […]
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On May 19, 2026, all-fiber digital infrastructure provider Lightpath announced a major network densification project across the greater New York metropolitan area. Designed to support the high-capacity backhaul requirements of […]
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Cowboy Space Corporation, formerly Aetherflux, closed a $275M Series B led by Index Ventures and filed plans for a 20,000-satellite "Stampede" constellation three days later. The largest single capital commitment in orbital compute history lands inside a thesis SatNews has been mapping bottleneck by bottleneck all year. Editor-in-Chief Nick Warfield on what Cowboy actually bet $275M on, and what they have to prove.
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On May 18, 2026, Teleste Networks and Polystar, an operational subsidiary of Elisa Industriq, announced a strategic partnership to implement cloud-native artificial intelligence and automated analytics for broadband cable operators. […]
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On May 18, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance announced the successful development and commissioning of the Holomondas Optical Ground Station (OGS) in […]
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The Satellite Industry Association’s Satellite Industry Report, reveals a historic period of growth and productivity for the global space sector throughout 2025. The study confirms that the global space economy […]
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On May 13, 2026, SpinLaunch and Aalyria announced a strategic partnership to develop the ground and network infrastructure for the Meridian low Earth orbit (LEO) communications constellation. Under the agreement, […]
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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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