Clearing C-band “will be expensive” says SES
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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Space Tech vs. Biothreat: GMV Deploys Earth Observation and AI Core to Fight Invasive Pacific Seaweed in Portugal
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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New Lobbying Force: Top NGSO Operators Unveil “SpaceConnect Association” in Washington
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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Underground Maneuver: Traysar Emerges From Stealth With $25M Seed Round to Modernize Subterranean Warfare
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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Navigating Contested Battlespaces: Military GPS Receiver Market Approaches $3 Billion Amid Electronic Warfare Surge
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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Arianespace fights back – possibly!
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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Space Weather Forecasting: Momentus Secures Commercial Payload Contract for Vigoride-9 OSV
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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Monetizing the Airwaves: EchoStar’s Massive Spectrum Offloads to SpaceX and AT&T Fuel Satellite Sector Rally
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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Orbital Paperwork War: China’s Spectrum Squatting Reserves 244,000 Satellite Slots to Combat SpaceX’s LEO Monopoly
GENEVA — While SpaceX dominates the physical reality of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with a staggering 10,653 active satellites, Beijing is playing a high-stakes regulatory chess game to lock the […]
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SpaceX: The targets might be tough
Chris Forrester — The numbers are in. The SpaceX stock listing is up on NASDAQ and rose a spectacular 30% on its first trading day. The value of $2.3 trillion […]
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