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Satnews offices will be closed on Monday, September 1st to observe the Labor Day holiday. As summer comes to a close, we hope you enjoy this day to relax. The Satnews offices will then reopen for business on Tuesday, September ...
SpaceX Starship 10 test run proves successful concluding with Starship landing “flat down in the Indian Ocean”
Starship’s tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. CT from Starbase, Texas, taking a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.The results were a significant step forward as every major ...
SpaceX launches NAOS an EO spacecraft for Luxembourg + smallsats from sunny California
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). Photos captured by Satnews. NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys ...
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Forrester’s Digest: Starlink tops 7m customers
Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite service has revealed that it now has 7 million global customers. This number is up from 6 million confirmed just a few weeks ago in June, and 5 million as of February. The works out at ...
Forrester’s Digest: Dish/DirecTV merger back on?
Financial discussions about a potential merger between the two declining DTH operators over North America could be on again. Indeed, those discussions have gone on for years and, despite changes in ownership of DirecTV and enthusiasm from Charlie Ergen, founder ...
World Teleport Association requests your input…
Since 2004, WTA has published the world’s only rankings of top teleport operating companies. This is your chance to have your company appear in the Top Operators of 2025 rankings. From the data provided by its members and other operators, ...
CNES awards UNIVITY a 31 million euros to accelerate space-based 5G made in France
CNES has awarded €31 million in strategic funding to UNIVITY—formerly Constellation Technologies & Operations— as part of a France 2030 call for projects operated by CNES—this support marks a decisive step in the development of space-based 5G made in France ...
DoD establishes joint interagency task force to deliver affordable C-sUAS capabilities to America’s warfighters
Secretary Hegseth has announced actions the Department is taking to address the growing threat of hostile drones and to enhance its small, unmanned systems to protect personnel, equipment, and facilities at home and abroad. To ensure that American airspace remains ...
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink smallsats from Group 10-14 on Sunday from the Cape
On Sunday, August 31 at 7:49 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Preceding the launch the ...
SpaceX launches 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-7 on foggy California night
On Friday, August 29 at 9:59 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit orbit to join the Starlink cnstellation from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photos captured by ...
ESA’s Flight Ticket Initiative: first five missions secured with Avio and Isar Aerospace
The Flight Ticket Initiative is a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission for European companies and institutions to test and prove new products and applications in space. It encourages the use of new European launchers ...
Forrester’s Digest: Belgium’s Aerospacelab raises $110milion
Charleroi, Belgium-based, Aerospacelab has raised $110 million (€94.5m) of fresh cash to expand its manufacturing capacity and improve its bid for a role in IRIS², Europe’s planned highly-secure multi-orbit broadband satellite constellation. The cash-raising exercise is part of a Series ...
SpaceX schedules launch of 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-7 on Friday from California
Kozue Tobo is a skilled furniture craftsman who takes her inspiration from nature. Kozue believes that Starlink will be beneficial for people like her who work remotely without easy internet access, as it enables communication with the outside world. SpaceX's ...
