The new year-long program seeks to prepare military leaders for a “contested” space domain The post Space Force graduates first class of officers trained for ‘great power competition’ appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper has clinched its first airline deal, partnering with JetBlue to bring LEO connectivity to about 75 aircraft from 2027 in another blow to legacy geostationary players. The post Project Kuiper scores first airline win as JetBlue...

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In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Riley Duren, CEO of Carbon Mapper and veteran of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The post Carbon Mapper and tracking super pollutants appeared first on SpaceNews.

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2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards Nominations Are Due Sept. 12 We are thrilled to announce that nominations for the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards are now open. Established in 2017 as the […] The post Honoring the Best in Space: 2025...

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NASA has named Amit Kshatriya as its new associate administrator in a move meant to emphasize the role of exploration at the agency. The post NASA names exploration official as associate administrator appeared first on SpaceNews.

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The Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G) program marks the military’s first major attempt to deploy constellations of small satellites in the geostationary belt The post Space Force to use small satellites for geostationary communications appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Portland, Oregon-based AscendArc has sold its first small geostationary communications satellite to KT Sat, South Korea’s flagship operator. The post AscendArc lands South Korea’s KT Sat as anchor small GEO customer appeared first on SpaceNews.

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A former NASA administrator told senators he believed it was “highly unlikely” the agency would return astronauts to the moon before China landed astronauts there. The post Senate hearing raises doubts about NASA’s ability to get astronauts to the...

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The satellite operator is positioning its Lightspeed LEO constellation as a data-transport solution for the Pentagon’s missile defense shield The post Telesat to offer blocks of satellite bandwidth to DoD for Golden Dome appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Last February, I wrote that the merger of the satellite and terrestrial cellular industry was not yet a marriage made in heaven. However, at the Mobile World Congress , held last March in Barcelona, I noticed that Non-Terrestrial Network...

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A lunar rover makes its way across rough terrain in August, navigating past rocky outcrops and around, or sometimes over, small craters. The topography in this case, is not the moon but instead in Colorado, at a site selected...

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General Atomics and Kepler Communications demonstrate interoperability for Space Force’s future military constellation The post Aircraft links with satellite using laser terminals in interoperability test appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Turku, Finland — 29 August 2025 — ASRO – Aboa Space Research Oy and Ethereal Space, Inc. today announced a new strategic partnership to develop and deploy advanced space weather instruments designed to monitor energetic […] The post ASRO and Ethereal Space Partner to...

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The headquarters of U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama The post Trump directs U.S. Space Command move to Huntsville, reversing Biden decision appeared first on SpaceNews.

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The recent passing of retired Navy Capt. Jim Lovell, an astronaut and one of our great American heroes, propelled many of us back to the iconic scenes from the superb retelling of the Apollo 13 movie in 1995. The three...

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Sarah Walter was most recently vice president of engineering at satellite manufacturer York Space Systems The post True Anomaly hires former York Space executive as chief operating officer appeared first on SpaceNews.

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NASA is moving ahead with plans to support development of a lunar nuclear power system with an emphasis on commercialization. The post NASA advances lunar nuclear plan with commercial focus appeared first on SpaceNews.

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SAN FRANCISCO — South Korea’s SI Imaging Services announced a contract Sept. 2 to lease the capacity of Earth-observation satellite SpaceEye-T to a European customer under a contract with a value of more than 10 million euros ($11.7 million)....

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