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KWAJALEIN ATOLL — The high-stakes orbital servicing flight intended to rescue NASA’s decaying Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory was postponed on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, due to unfavorable weather conditions over […]
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LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA and MCLEAN, VIRGINIA — On June 29, 2026, Rocket Lab Corporation and Iridium Communications Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rocket […]
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Chris Forrester — The FCC auction of cellular licences (AWS-3, Auction 113) wrapped last week after 72 rounds having settled on accepted bids of more than $3.57 billion. Up to […]
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LISBON, PORTUGAL — June 25, 2026 — Confronting a silent, accelerating ecological invasion along the Atlantic shoreline, technology multinational GMV has partnered with the Municipality of Cascais and the Plymouth […]
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Amazon, Iridium, Telesat, and Globalstar Form First-of-Its-Kind Trade Group to Advocate for Non-Geostationary Satellite Policy, Spectrum Access, and Orbit Sustainability WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a structural consolidation of lobbying power […]
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Defense Tech Startup Partners With Elite Silicon Valley Backers to Combat Proliferated Under-Earth Bunkers and Tunnel Networks DETROIT — Confronting a massive vertical bias in global military spending that routinely […]
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Driven by an intense geopolitical landscape and an absolute military necessity to overcome sophisticated electronic jamming and spoofing, the global military GPS receiver market is undergoing a highly lucrative modernization […]
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Chris Forrester — On Wednesday June 17 an Ariane 6 rocket soared to orbit from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe’s largest and most powerful rocket […]
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SAN JOSE, CA — Expanding its institutional backlog of in-orbit services, commercial space transportation provider Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has secured a new contract with the University of Colorado Boulder’s […]
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The global satellite and telecommunications sectors experienced a major wave of market momentum as EchoStar Corporation finalized a massive structural shift. Long constrained by heavy capital expenditures and impending debt […]
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