Boeing Demonstrates Large Language Model for Space-Grade Hardware
Boeing Space Mission Systems engineers have proven that a large language model can run on commercial off‑the‑shelf hardware and interpret satellite telemetry in natural language. The lab‑based test showed the model can generate human‑readable health reports, reducing latency compared with traditional ground‑based analysis. To overcome the memory and power limits of space‑qualified components, Boeing re‑engineered the model for existing hardware, delivering the capability via a software upgrade. The effort is part of Boeing’s AI Lab, which fast‑tracks prototype‑first satellite AI solutions.
Weather Delays SLS Rollback, Artemis II Crew Invited to SOTU
Due to weather, the SLS/Orion rollback has been postponed from tomorrow to Wednesday. https://t.co/iy74WqbbdT Meanwhile, since they're not in quarantine anymore, per Axios House Speaker Johnson has invited the Artemis II crew to tomorrow's State of the Union address.
Space Force Starts Briefing Stakeholders on 15-Year Vision
The U.S. Space Force unveiled the prototype of its 15‑year force structure roadmap, detailing expected systems, support and personnel through 2040. Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman highlighted three core mission areas—navigation warfare, space domain awareness, and satellite communications—and...
Meink, Saltzman Make Case for Space Force Expansion
U.S. Space Force Secretary Troy Meink announced a push for sustained expansion as mission sets broaden, citing the need for more personnel and specialized skills. A key immediate step is enlarging the Space Warfighting Analysis Center to guide force design...
Jupiter's Galilean Moons May Have Gained Life's Building Blocks at Birth
An international team led by Southwest Research Institute showed that complex organic molecules (COMs) could form in both the protosolar nebula and Jupiter’s circumplanetary disk, then be incorporated into the Galilean moons during their accretion. Their coupled disk‑evolution and grain‑transport...
Petition: SAVE NASA’s GENELAB
NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Directorate plans to reduce funding for the Open Science Data Repository (OSDR) and GeneLab, including the Sample Processing Laboratory (SPL), starting in 2025. OSDR currently houses nearly 600 studies, 1,000 datasets across 45 species, and...
Picogrid and Guardian RF Partner to Deliver Drone Defense for Space Launch Operations at Vandenberg Space Force Base
Picogrid and Guardian RF have secured a joint contract to protect Vandenberg Space Force Base from unauthorized drone activity. The deal integrates Guardian RF’s low‑SWaP Scout passive RF sensors with Picogrid’s Expeditionary Command and Control Nodes, creating a unified, real‑time...
Can Marine to Deploy Eutelsat OneWeb for Asia-Pacific Maritime Connectivity Services
Singapore‑based Can Marine announced a multi‑year agreement to leverage Eutelsat’s OneWeb low‑Earth‑orbit satellite constellation for maritime connectivity across the Asia‑Pacific region. The partnership will serve merchant shipping and offshore energy customers, providing end‑to‑end satellite communications, network design, and support. Financial...
Securing the Future of the Orbital Environment
Industry briefings under the "Securing the Future of Space" campaign stress a sovereign‑commercial nexus to protect an increasingly congested Low Earth Orbit. Experts like Dr. Moriba Jah advocate a shift from space conquest to environmental stewardship, leveraging AI to monitor...
Open Cosmos Seeks $200M for European Ka‑band Broadband
.@Open_Cosmos seeks ~$200M in financing ahead of June & Sept deployment deadlines for its Liechtenstein-licensed Ka-band broadband constellation. Co says Europe should rally around it. @defis_eu @aee_gob. https://t.co/0cbcoHxGVq https://t.co/OZBFODhK9v
China's Mysterious Shenlong Space Plane Recently Launched on Its 4th Mission. What Is It Doing up There?
China’s reusable Shenlong space plane lifted off from Jiuquan on Feb 6, 2026, marking its fourth orbital mission. The vehicle’s prior flights ranged from a two‑day test to multi‑year stays, each releasing one or more satellites. Unlike the U.S. X‑37B, Shenlong...
Starlink Monopoly Will Dominate Residential Broadband Future
Enjoyed my panel today during the opening session at #RTIME2026 here in Orlando. My message: Elon Musk doesn't care about your economics. And in 5 years time, your biggest issue will be what to do about Starlink's monopoly in residential...
Could It Be We've Recieved Alien Signals in the Past and Didn't Notice? Not Bloody Likely, According to New Study
A new Bayesian study by Claudio Grimaldi at EPFL argues that Earth is unlikely to have missed alien transmissions in the past. The analysis shows that for undetected signals to have occurred, an implausibly large number of technosignatures would be...
Flexible Force Fields Can Protect Our Return to the Moon
Lunar dust remains a critical obstacle for sustained human activity on the Moon, prompting research into flexible electrodynamic dust shields (EDS). Georgia Tech researchers demonstrated two curved‑surface EDS designs—copper‑polyimide and chemically modified reduced graphene oxide (CMrGO)—that can repel dust under...
Curiosity Rover Captures Martian Spiderwebs up Close
NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent six months examining Martian boxwork formations—low ridges resembling spiderwebs—on Mount Sharp. High‑resolution Mastcam images reveal ridges 1‑2 meters tall with sand‑filled hollows, confirming that ancient groundwater flowed later than previously believed. Drill samples from ridge tops,...
Webb Imaged a Star Before It Went Supernova
The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first infrared image of a star before it exploded as a supernova, identifying the progenitor in galaxy NGC 1637. By aligning archival Hubble data with Webb’s MIRI and NIRCam observations from 2024, astronomers...
AST SpaceMobile Wins $30 Million Contract for Military Broadband Demo
The Space Development Agency awarded AST SpaceMobile a $30 million firm‑fixed‑price contract to demonstrate its BlueBird satellite constellation can deliver resilient, low‑latency broadband directly to military radios. The "Europa" phase of the HALO program requires AST to complete a series of...
ArianeGroup and ESA Target Spring 2026 for First Themis Reusable Launcher Hop Test
ESA and ArianeGroup are targeting a spring 2026 hop test for the Themis reusable launcher demonstrator, now installed at Esrange’s Launch Complex 3B. The test will involve the 30‑metre T1H stage powered by a 100‑ton Prometheus methane engine and equipped with...
Examining the Size of the US Residential Broadband Opportunity for Leo Satcom
Low‑Earth‑Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband has reached roughly 3 million U.S. households, representing about 2 percent of residential subscriptions after five years. A detailed census‑block analysis shows that 6 percent of homes—dubbed broadband deserts—have no or only legacy DSL options, while 11 percent of rural...
Skynopy and Safran Space Win the SkyConnect Kenya Project to Digitize and Accelerate the Commercialization of an Antenna in Kenya
Skynopy, backed by French Ministry funding, secured the SkyConnect Kenya project to digitize the Kenya Space Agency's 4.5‑meter S/X‑Band antenna. Partnering with Safran Space, the duo will install Skynopy’s Ground Station Stack and Safran’s virtualized Nuron equipment, linking the antenna...
Space Data Centers Demand Unprecedented Scaling
Nothing impossible here. But many things need to scale in unprecedented ways for space based data centers to happen.
Axelspace to Supply Imagery Data for Japanese Defence Satellite Effort
Japanese micro‑satellite firm Axelspace secured an exclusive contract to supply optical imagery for the Ministry of Defense’s new satellite constellation. The agreement, part of a broader ¥283.1 bn project led by a consortium of Mitsubishi Electric, SKY Perfect JSAT, Mitsui &...
Food Security for the Arctic and Deep Space Takes Next Step in New CSA Opportunity
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a tender to co‑develop a conceptual design for a deployable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) unit, mandating partnership with an Inuit firm from Nunavut. The 23‑month contract, valued up to $745,000, aims to produce...
Astronomers Discover Rare Super-Jupiter Orbiting Distant Star
Astronomers using NASA's TESS have identified a rare super‑Jupiter, TIC‑65910228 b, orbiting a bright F‑type star 864 light‑years away. The planet is 1.08 Jupiter radii, 4.78 Jupiter masses, and completes a 180.5‑day orbit at 0.7 AU, making it one of the longest‑period transiting worlds...
Flightradar24 Expands Global Coverage with Aireon Space-Based ADS-B Data
Flightradar24 announced integration of Aireon's space‑based ADS‑B data, extending its tracking beyond the 55,000‑receiver terrestrial network to oceans, polar and remote regions. The satellite feed updates aircraft positions every 15 minutes when out of ground coverage, shown with a blue...
Google Spinout Aalyria Achieves $1.3 Billion Valuation in Series B Round
Aalyria, a Google spin‑out focused on space‑based networking, closed a $100 million Series B round that lifts its valuation to $1.3 billion. The funding, led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, will fund a one‑third staff increase and accelerate rollout of its Spacetime...
Exolaunch Integrates Five Satellites in Isar’s Spectrum Rocket
Exolaunch has completed integration of five university CubeSat payloads for Isar Aerospace’s second launch attempt, slated for 19 March 2026 from Norway’s Andoya spaceport. The payloads—CyBEEsat, TRISAT‑S, STS1, Platform 6 6UXL and FramSat1—represent student projects from Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Bulgaria and Norway. Isar’s first...
Exclusive: Sceye Unveils SceyeCELL Antenna
Sceye announced the SceyeCELL antenna, a custom HAPS payload that merges ground‑cell flexibility with LEO satellite precision. The antenna is built for long‑duration, high‑altitude missions that can blanket large swaths of the Earth. It is intended to bolster network resilience...
Satellite Spies Northern Lights over Iceland and Canada | Space Photo of the Day for Feb. 23, 2026
On Feb 16, 2026 a minor G1 geomagnetic storm lit up the night skies over Iceland and eastern Canada. The VIIRS sensor aboard NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured grayscale images of the auroral displays across the Denmark Strait and Canadian provinces. The storm,...
China’s Mars Rover: Radar Data Supports Shallow Subsurface Ice Find
China’s Tianwen‑1 mission deployed the Zhurong rover in Utopia Planitia, where its Mars Rover Penetrating Radar (RoPeR) identified a shallow subsurface ice layer about 7 m thick. The radar data fit a model of dirty ice mixed with stones sandwiched between two...
Skynopy to Integrate Its First Ground Station in Kenya
French startup Skynopy secured a €500,000 award from the French Ministry to integrate Kenya Space Agency’s 4.5‑meter S‑ and X‑band antenna into its ground‑station‑as‑a‑service network. Working with Safran Space, the company will deploy modems and digital infrastructure at the Nairobi...
Record 2025 Sales Bolster Case for New Satellite
.@OvzonAB: Our combined satellite capacity and mobile terminal sales in 2025 delivered record revenue, profit and backlog. Results add argument to our assessement re: building another satellite to meet demand.https://t.co/j7A2bpoBC9 https://t.co/abyH109gpe
Amazon Unveils Waitlist for Its New Home Internet Service, Poised for 2026 Launch
Amazon has opened a public waitlist for its satellite‑based home internet service, Amazon Leo, targeting a residential launch in 2026. The Leo platform will offer three tiers—Standard, Pro and Portable—delivering speeds from 100 Mbps up to 1 Gbps using low‑Earth‑orbit satellites. An initial...
We Can Build Cities on the Moon�but Who Will Govern Them?
SpaceX has shifted its lunar strategy, announcing plans to build a self‑sustaining city and orbital AI data centers on the Moon within a decade. The move intensifies competition with China, which targets a crewed landing by 2030, prompting the United...
When Iran Took the Internet Hostage, Elon Musk Held the Keys
In early 2026 Iranian protests triggered a sweeping internet shutdown, but smuggled Starlink terminals let activists maintain contact with the outside world. The satellite service enabled images and messages to bypass state jamming, turning a near‑total blackout into a contested...
AI and Army Astronauts: A Judge Advocate's Solution to Protecting the Soldier-Astronaut
The article proposes using federated learning (FL) to protect soldier‑astronaut health data while delivering AI‑driven medical support on lunar and Mars missions. Recent Crew‑11 evacuation highlighted the limits of Earth‑based medical assistance and the bandwidth constraints of deep‑space communication. FL...
ESA Awards Contracts for Lunar Remote Camp Studies
The European Space Agency has awarded two contracts to study lunar habitat concepts that could protect robotic equipment and later support short‑duration human missions. Copenhagen‑based SAGA Space Architects, together with The Exploration Company and Space Applications Services, will lead the...
Britain To Fire Solar Power From Orbit To Antarctica In Energy First
Britain’s Space Solar is preparing to beam electricity from orbit to the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station, replacing diesel generators with space‑based solar power. The project will use satellites that convert sunlight into microwave beams received by a rectenna...
Global Navigation Satellite System Market Analysis 2026
The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) market has evolved into a layered ecosystem where downstream components—chipsets, modules, augmentation services, and software—account for the bulk of revenue. Multi‑constellation, multi‑frequency receivers have become the standard design, improving accuracy and resilience across diverse...
What’s Happening in Space Policy February 22-28, 2026
President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Feb. 24, where space defense initiatives such as the Golden Dome missile shield could re‑emerge alongside a renewed focus on lunar missions. NASA plans to roll the Artemis II SLS/Orion...
HEO and UNSW Partner for Australia’s First Active Propulsion RPO Mission
HEO and UNSW Canberra Space have teamed up to launch Australia’s first rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) mission that employs an active propulsion system. The project uses the recently acquired Continuum-1 satellite as an in‑orbit testbed to validate fuel‑efficient maneuver...
Soviet Dogs Lead 1966 Secret Voskhod Mission Against Gemini
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: The USSR launches a Voskhod spacecraft with the dogs Ugolyok and Veterok on a secret mission to prepare a response to NASA's Gemini project. FULL STORY: https://t.co/AWISaZC2RC
Europe Plans ‘Space Shield’ to Defend Satellites and Counter Drone Threats
The European Commission announced a European Space Shield slated for launch in mid‑2026, aiming to protect EU satellites and space services from emerging threats. The plan couples civilian and military space assets into a coordinated network and tackles the surge...
Artemis II Crew Freed, SLS/Orion Set for VAB Return
Weather permitting, NASA will roll the SLS/Orion stack back to the VAB on Tuesday. The Artemis II crew was released from quarantine last night and remain in Houston. https://t.co/Fc41XfWvG7
China’s Space Emergency: Crew Members Recount Debris-Damaged Return Capsule
China’s Shenzhou‑20 crew discovered a triangular crack on their return capsule’s viewport caused by orbital debris, forcing a delay of the planned 5 November landing. An emergency, uncrewed Shenzhou‑22 cargo mission was launched on 25 November to deliver repair tools and supplies...
China’s AI War Machine Exposed: 9,000 PLA RFPs Reveal Space And Undersea Ambitions
A CSET report analyzing over 9,000 PLA procurement notices from 2023‑24 shows China actively seeking artificial‑intelligence tools for space domain awareness, under‑sea surveillance, data‑fusion decision support, and synthetic media operations. The RFPs call for algorithms that determine satellite orbits, recognize...
Martian Volcanoes Could Be Hiding Massive Glaciers Under a Blanket of Ash
A new Icarus paper proposes that the Martian shield volcano Hecates Tholus hides debris‑covered glaciers, drawing a parallel with Antarctica’s Deception Island where ash‑laden eruptions insulated ice. The authors cite surface features—crevasses, bergschrunds and push moraines—as “smoking‑gun” evidence of past ice...
German Defense Firm Said to Be Weighing Bid for Mynaric
Rheinmetall, Germany's largest defence contractor, is weighing a bid for Munich‑based laser‑communications maker Mynaric, potentially derailing Rocket Lab's announced $150 million acquisition. The move reflects Europe’s push to keep critical aerospace and optical‑link technology under domestic control amid heightened scrutiny of...
Solar Storms and 2,600 Near-Misses: The Alarming January That Tested Britain’s Space Defences
In January 2026 the UK’s National Space Operations Centre kept its warning and protection systems active around the clock to shield licensed satellites from a surge in solar activity and persistent orbital congestion. Geomagnetic storms and solar flares intensified, while...
Peru Sounding Rockets and the Punta Lobos Launch Base
Peru’s Punta Lobos launch base, located near the magnetic equator, has become a hub for sub‑orbital atmospheric research. The domestically developed Paulet sounding‑rocket series, now in its I‑C iteration with indigenous telemetry, demonstrates Peru’s growing technical sovereignty. A 2028 NASA‑Peru “Cielo”...