The end of GEO?
Chris Forrester — SES cancelling two Intelsat satellites (IS-41 and IS-44) generated plenty of headlines since the announcement was made during the operator’s quarterly results statement on May 12. This […]
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Intuitive Machines to Acquire Goonhilly Earth Station and COMSAT to Scale Deep Space Network
On May 14, 2026, Intuitive Machines (Nasdaq: LUNR) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd, the United Kingdom’s leading provider of lunar and […]
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iDirect Government Launches 450 Rackmount Software-Defined Modem for Multi-Orbit Defense
On May 12, 2026, iDirect Government (iDirectGov) announced the commercial release of its 450 Rackmount (RM) software-defined modem (SDM). The 450RM is designed to provide high-resiliency satellite communications for military […]
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Consumer NPU Boom Accelerates Autonomous Satellite Processing
With 1.5 billion smartphones shipped in 2025 featuring Neural Processing Units (NPUs) capable of up to 100 TOPS (Trillions of Operations Per Second), the economies of scale from the mobile […]
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AICRAFT Expands Beyond Edge Computing with Advanced SAR Radar Electronics
Adelaide-based artificial intelligence firm AICRAFT has secured backing through the Manufacturing Growth Accelerator (MGA) Program to develop next-generation electronics for spaceborne radar. In collaboration with Flinders University, the project aims […]
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Ted Turner: “Shake with Terror”
Chris Forrester — There’s a wonderful scene in the 1963 20th Century Fox movie ‘Cleopatra’. Cleopatra is dead, and the victorious Romans under Gaius Octavian (played by Roddy McDowell) having […]
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Sama Jordan TV Joins Es’hailSat Video Neighborhood at 26° East
DOHA, Qatar — Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, announced on May 7, 2026, the expansion of its video distribution lineup at the 26° East orbital position with the addition of […]
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Brian Cox Declares Humanity on the Threshold of Becoming a Multi-Planetary Species
Renowned physicist and science communicator Professor Brian Cox has issued a bold assessment of humanity’s trajectory, asserting that we are currently on the “edge” of a fundamental shift in our […]
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U.S. Space Force Awards $3.2 Billion for Space-Based Interceptor Layer
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command announced on Monday, May 4, the award of 20 Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements totaling up to $3.2 billion to a group […]
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Lockheed Martin, Firefly, and Seagate Partner for Sea-Based National Security Launch
Lockheed Martin, Seagate Space, and Firefly Aerospace announced a three-way strategic collaboration on Monday, May 4, to develop sea-based launch capabilities for national security missions. The partnership combines Lockheed Martin’s […]
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