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Satellite Operators to Capture Just 4% of $20 Billion BEAD Broadband Funds

Despite federal mandates for technology neutrality, satellite operators are on track to receive a fraction of the U.S. government’s massive rural broadband subsidy package, with fiber optics domi [...]

Isar Aerospace Selected by ESA to Launch ‘Syndeo-3’ Demonstration Mission

MUNICH — Isar Aerospace has signed a launch services contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver the Syndeo-3 mission to orbit. Scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026, […] [...]

Startical Advances Space-Based ATM

MADRID — The race to provide seamless, global air traffic management (ATM) from orbit accelerated today as Startical, the joint venture formed by Indra and the Spanish air navigation service [&he [...]


Victoria Coleman to Lead Strategic Vision for 36-Acre Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The forthcoming Berkeley Space Center, a massive public-private innovation hub slated for NASA’s Ames Research Center, has secured a strategic leader capable of bridging [...]

$37M Contract to University of Alabama for Artemis ‘Lunar Freezer’ Payload

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to develop and manage the Lunar Freezer System (LFS), a mission-critical infrastructure component for the agency [...]

USSF/MDA Quietly Issues “Golden Dome” Space-Based Interceptor Award

While the global aerospace press has remained focused on the logistical updates regarding the SpaceX Starship program and recent Iridium contract wins, a seismic shift in national security doctrine [...]