The Kessler Syndrome Myth: A Skeptical Review of Orbital Debris Science and Media Alarmism
The article challenges the popular notion that a Kessler‑type cascade is imminent, emphasizing that the original 1978 research described a long‑term, theoretical threshold rather than a current emergency. It shows how movies like *Gravity* and sensational headlines have amplified public fear far beyond the scientific consensus. Recent advances in tracking, such as the Space Fence and commercial SSA providers, together with stricter deorbit regulations, are reducing the practical risk. While megaconstellations increase traffic, active propulsion and international norms keep the cascade scenario manageable for now.
Taxation in Outer Space: How Countries Could Vie for Star Power
Erika Isabella Scuderi, a tax law professor at the University of Florida, proposes a novel framework for assigning taxing rights to activities conducted in outer space. She argues that sovereignty should be linked to the launch origin, allowing nations to...
Senate Commerce Reschedules Satellite Bills After Democratic No‑Show
Senate Commerce will try again tomorrow morning (Mar 27) 10:00 am ET to pass those bills that were to be considered on Wed., incl two satellite related, but couldn’t be bc no Democrats were in attendance. https://t.co/zjaGR3ggpt
Bridgit Mendler Outlines Northwood’s Vision for Rapidly Deployable Ground Infrastructure
Northwood Space, led by former Disney star Bridgit Mendler, unveiled its strategy to create rapidly deployable satellite ground infrastructure. The company raised $100 million in a Series B round and has already fielded Portal phased‑array units in Australia and another continent, with...
Orbital Data-Center Startup Aetherflux Raising New Financing at $2 Billion Valuation
Orbital data‑center startup Aetherflux announced a new financing round that values the company at $2 billion. The Series B round seeks between $250 million and $300 million, according to sources. Aetherflux is led by Baiju Bhatt, the co‑founder of Robinhood, and plans to develop data...
Launch Setbacks Hit Isar Aerospace and Japan's Space One, Shaking Confidence in Emerging Providers
Isar Aerospace halted its second test flight over Norway after a fisherman entered the launch safety zone, while Japan's startup Space One scrapped a Kairos No. 3 launch seconds before liftoff. The twin incidents underscore growing reliability worries for fledgling launch...
U.S. GSSAP Satellites Execute GEO Handoff to Monitor China’s Shijian-29 Spacecraft
U.S. Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites USA 324 and USA 325 executed a coordinated handoff between March 14‑18 to maintain continuous observation of China’s Shijian‑29A and 29B spacecraft in geostationary orbit. The maneuver positioned the two U.S. satellites on opposite sides...
Proteus, Neptune’s Second Largest Moon, Discovered by Voyager-2 in 1989
Voyager 2’s August 1989 fly‑by of Neptune revealed a previously unknown moon, later named Proteus, the planet’s second‑largest satellite. The spacecraft snapped two images—one from roughly 540,000 miles with five‑mile‑per‑pixel resolution, and another from 91,000 miles capable of resolving features as small as 1.7 miles....
BBC Inside Science
NASA outlined an ambitious roadmap that includes a permanent lunar base and the development of nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) spacecraft, a technology that could dramatically shorten travel times to the outer planets. Dr. Hannah Sargeant explained how NEP’s high efficiency...
Government Use of Commercial Procurement Models Has Limitations in Space
Government agencies are increasingly using commercial contracting models for space hardware, but most advanced capabilities still rely on the government as the sole customer. Executives from Impulse Space, Rendezvous Robotics, and Momentus argue that high‑performance, defense‑oriented technologies lack commercial demand....
NASA to Unveil Complete Roman Telescope, Host Media Briefing
NASA announced that the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled after integrating its two primary segments at Goddard’s largest clean room. The agency will host a media briefing on April 21, with a live‑streamed news conference, to...
NASA Releases Artemis II Moon Mission Launch Countdown
NASA is initiating the final countdown for Artemis II, the agency’s first crewed lunar mission scheduled for Jan. 17, 2026. The SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft are being moved to Launch Pad 39B, where a detailed L‑minus and T‑minus timeline will guide fueling, system...
Pave Space Secures $40 Million Seed Round to Build European Heavy‑Kickstage
Swiss startup Pave Space closed a $40 million seed round led by Visionaries Club and Creandum to develop a 20‑metric‑ton heavy‑kickstage capable of transferring satellites from low‑Earth orbit to GEO, MEO or lunar trajectories in less than a day. The funding...
PAVE Space Secures $40 Million To Move Satellites Into Higher Orbits
German‑based PAVE Space announced the close of a $40 million seed round, led by Visionaries Club, Creandum and other investors. The funding will be used to develop its orbital transfer vehicles, LYOBA and IBEX, designed to reposition satellites from low‑Earth orbit...
Sharing Apollo 12 Gem, Seeking Lost TV Transmissions
Writing a talk that includes this gem from Apollo 12 so thought I’d share it! Also if you know where those TV transmissions might live let me know, Google has truly become crap as a search engine. #author #history #space...
JWST Discovers Most Distant Red Galaxy (z=11.45), Redefining Early‑Universe Formation
A team led by Giulia Rodighiero used JWST data to uncover galaxy EGS‑z11‑R0 at redshift 11.45, making it the most distant red galaxy ever observed. The find shows a massive, dust‑rich system existing when the universe was only a few...
China Launches Two Radar Satellites
China successfully launched two synthetic‑aperture radar satellites aboard a Long March 2D from Taiyuan, expanding its all‑weather imaging capability for both civilian and military use. The launch adds to China’s fourteen orbital missions in 2026, still far behind SpaceX’s thirty‑seven launches that...
Satlantis Earnings Grow Alongside Demand for Earth-Observation Satellites
Satlantis posted 2025 revenue of €47.8 million (about $56.4 million), with EBITDA of €14.4 million (≈$16.9 million). More than half of the income came from small‑satellite sales and operations, while optical payloads grew to 30% of total revenue. The company announced a FlexSat program...
NASA Unveils $20 B Ignition Plan: Moon Base, Faster Artemis, Nuclear Mars Probe
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a $20 billion, seven‑year roadmap to build a permanent lunar base, accelerate Artemis launches to a twice‑yearly cadence and launch a nuclear‑propelled Mars mission by 2028. The plan reshapes U.S. space policy, redirects Gateway resources and...
HTS Market Set to Reach $76B as Industry Enters Terabit Era
Novaspace’s latest HTS report projects global high‑throughput satellite demand to reach 218 Tbps and service revenues to climb to $76 billion by 2034, more than double current levels. The surge is fueled by rapid NGSO constellation growth, especially Starlink, which has reset...
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom Win Satellite Innovation Group Cooperation of the Year Award for Advancing Unified Network and...
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom have been honored with the Satellite Innovation Group Cooperation of the Year award for integrating G&S SatConnect® into iDirect’s next‑generation Intuition ground system. The combined platform unifies network operations, service management, and OSS/BSS through...
The Q1 Space Tech Briefing: SpaceX's IPO, NASA's New Mandate, and What's Next
Beyond Earth Ventures is hosting a Q1 Office Hours webinar on March 31, featuring founding partner Alexandra Vidyuk and managing director Patrick Beatty. The session will dissect the potential SpaceX IPO, unpack NASA's latest moon‑base initiatives, and analyze current M&A...
Vodafone, Satellite Connect Europe Make Satellite Video Call in Ireland
Vodafone Ireland and Satellite Connect Europe, the joint venture with AST SpaceMobile, completed Ireland’s first mobile video call via satellite using a regular smartphone and the AST Bluebird satellite. The call originated from a dead‑zone on Clare Island, County Mayo,...
Norway and Iceland to Join the EU’s GOVSATCOM and IRIS2 Programmes
Norway and Iceland have signed agreements to join the European Union’s GOVSATCOM and IRIS2 secure communications programmes. GOVSATCOM, launched in January, provides interim secure satellite capacity, while the €10.6 billion IRIS2 project will deploy about 290 satellites by 2030. Iceland will...
GomSpace Joins Danish LUNA Consortium to Advance Nanosatellite Antenna Performance
Denmark’s LUNA consortium—Aalborg University, Pri‑Dana Elektronik and GomSpace—has launched a three‑year effort to create low‑loss, multiband nanosatellite antennas with mechanical beam steering. Backed by Innovation Fund Denmark, the project receives roughly $3 million in funding, with GomSpace contributing about $1.1 million. The...
OrbitsIQ Global and Wrocław Tech Validate E-SSA Waveform for Space-Based IoT
OrbitsIQ Global announced the validation of its Enhanced Spread Spectrum Aloha (E‑SSA) waveform, co‑developed with Wrocław Tech and backed by ESA. The new protocol lets up to 500 devices share a single 4 MHz channel, processing roughly 30,000 frames per second...
AI Supercomputers May Soon Orbit Earth for Power
The future of AI infrastructure may move off the planet entirely as space offers continuous solar energy and a natural vacuum for radiating massive GPU heat. If launch costs continue to fall the biggest supercomputers will no longer sit in...
NASA to Unveil Under‑Budget Roman Space Telescope April 21
NASA will unveil the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope -- which Nicky Fox cheers as under budget and ahead of schedule -- at Goddard Space Flight Center on April 21. Press bfg at 4:00 pm ET will be on YouTube....
NASA Releases Catalog of 45 Potentially Habitable Rocky Exoplanets
NASA announced a new catalogue of 45 rocky exoplanets that lie within their stars' habitable zones. Compiled by Professor Lisa Kaltenegger's team, the list is intended to focus upcoming observations with JWST and the Roman Space Telescope on the most...
New Glenn Capacity Cut by ~20% From 61 Satellites
A ~20% reduction in New Glenn capacity compared to the originally expected 61 satellites... https://t.co/H4l2vyx0DP
Starlink Needs Far Fewer Satellites Than Expected
I agree this is the most significant statement, an acknowledgement of the reality that Starlink demand is not unlimited. 20K V3 BB sats is enough for 200M+ users worldwide, 1200 V2 DTC satellites may be sufficient for occasional use by...
SpaceX IPO Rumors Spark 5% Surge in Satellite and Space‑Linked Stocks
Rumors that Elon Musk's SpaceX will file an IPO prospectus this week ignited buying across space‑linked equities, lifting EchoStar 5%, Rocket Lab 3% and AST SpaceMobile 3%. Analysts estimate the offering could raise more than $75 billion at a valuation above...
Open Cosmos Accelerates Ka‑Band Satellite Build for ITU Deadline
.@Open_Cosmos @RafelJorda, under September @ITU deadline for Ka-band constellation: 'We're building satellites like there's no tomorrow, 24/7, at our four sites.' @esa @TesatSpacecom @trans_celestial. https://t.co/25uSLtzteI https://t.co/avruEhlyux
NASA Ignition Site Adds Tuesday PowerPoints, Fact Sheets
NASA's new "Ignition" website (https://t.co/hkp5h15SSN) now has the Powerpoints from Tuesday. Keep scrolling down past "media resources" to each topic. Fact sheets and links to the RFIs/RFPs are there too.
Are We Ready to Mine the Moon?
Interlune, a lunar‑resource startup, announced that its first customers are ready to purchase helium‑3 extracted from the Moon. Helium‑3 is touted as a fuel for next‑generation nuclear fusion reactors that produce no long‑lived radioactive waste. The company highlights the technical...
Soyuz‑5 Launch Delayed to March 29, Flight Early April
The rollout of the first Soyuz-5 rocket to launch pad Site 45 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, was postponed from today to March 29, in turn, pushing its inaugural flight to April 2, at the earliest, according to Kazakh media. Context: https://t.co/DBcHRiQe36 https://t.co/S8p6AAE3IL
To Infinity and Beyond, Ireland’s Space Sector Continues to Grow
Ireland’s fourth progress report on the 2019‑2025 National Space Strategy shows the sector expanding rapidly, with government ESA funding rising 43% to €32.17 million (≈$35 million) in 2024. Irish firms secured 55 ESA contracts worth €24.56 million (≈$27 million) and 116 companies now participate...
Eurobites: Vodafone Claims Irish First with Satellite Video Call
Vodafone Ireland completed Ireland’s first mobile video call routed through an AST SpaceMobile satellite using a regular smartphone, showcasing a sovereign‑network alternative to Starlink. Meanwhile, KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners have tabled bids of €6‑8 bn (≈$6.9‑$9.2 bn) for Patrick Drahi’s XpFibre...
Lawmakers Question NASA’s Shifting Vision for CLDs
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled a new plan to transition from the International Space Station to Commercial LEO Destinations (CLDs) by adding a core module that can power and support up to two commercial segments before detaching. Lawmakers on the...
MNOs Embrace Neutral-Host Satellite Constellations
.@MDA_space CEO @MGreenley details status of @Telesat Lightspeed, @Globalstar's 17-sat replacement order and Globalstar's 50+ satellite C-3 constellation and a 'neutral host' constellation idea that MNOs seem to like. @Apple.https://t.co/QiIcACD0Zf https://t.co/EJDK27EjeF
Agnikul Tests New Agnite Rocket Engine, Claims It Can Be 3D Printed in Just 7 Days
Agnikul Cosmos successfully hot‑fired its Agnite booster engine, a one‑metre, single‑piece Inconel rocket engine printed in just seven days. The monolithic design eliminates welding, machining and assembly, cutting manufacturing cost to roughly one‑tenth of conventional methods. The engine uses electric‑motor‑driven...
Watch ESA Astronaut Sławosz’s Talk at CERN
On 12 March, ESA astronaut Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski delivered a talk at CERN about his 26 June‑14 July 2025 stay aboard the International Space Station. He detailed the Ignis mission, a Polish‑led scientific program conducted with ESA, and explained how a CERN‑developed space‑radiation monitor was installed...
Chinese Startup Demonstrates Flexible Robotic Arm for On‑Orbit Refueling
A Beijing‑based startup successfully tested a flexible, reconfigurable robotic arm capable of handling multiple fuel line geometries in micro‑gravity. The demonstration marks the first on‑orbit refueling trial of a flexible manipulator and could accelerate satellite servicing and deep‑space logistics. Details...
Gotonomi SATCOM Integrated with Embention Autopilots for Enhanced BVLOS Connectivity
Gotonomi and Embention have combined Gotonomi SATCOM terminals with Embention’s Veronte autopilots to create a reliable BVLOS communication solution. The Velaris‑200 terminal acts as an IP gateway, routing data through Viasat’s L‑band satellite network to VeronteCloud. Telemetry is limited to...
CMA Technology Picks Rivada to Drive Secure Connectivity
CMA Technology has partnered with Rivada Space Networks to resell its Outernet, a 600‑satellite low‑Earth‑orbit mesh that provides secure, low‑latency connectivity. Rivada reports over $19 billion in global business tied to the network, which routes data entirely in space via laser...
All Back LEO Launch Extension, Except SpaceX
Amazon to FCC: Everyone Supports a Leo Satellite Launch Extension, Except SpaceX https://t.co/mzYuITGCAw #SpaceEconomy https://t.co/9rYGlrjkES
European Space Power Backs Ignition Lunar Base Plan
One of the three major space powers in Europe signals its strong support for the Ignition plan to develop a sprawling lunar base over the next decade.
US Activists Work to Connect Iranians via Elon Musk’s Starlink Amid Internet Blackout
Amid a near‑total internet blackout in Iran, U.S.‑based activist groups are covertly supplying Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite terminals to keep Iranians online. NetFreedom Pioneers reports delivering more than 300 devices, while Holistic Resilience estimates over 50,000 terminals now operating inside...
NASA Prepares Artemis II Lunar Flyby Launch Next Week
NASA Gears Up for Artemis II Launch Around the Moon a Week From Now https://t.co/EkQMgSOIZJ