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For decades, the military has relied on large, multi-ton satellites for global communications from geostationary orbit (GEO), a prime location 35,000 kilometers above Earth that provides unique advantages for connectivity

TAMPA, Fla. — Portland, Oregon-based AscendArc has sold its first small geostationary communications satellite to KT Sat, South Korea’s flagship operator. The startup announced plans Sept. 4 to deliver the

WASHINGTON — As the space industry watches what analysts describe as a “gold rush” around the Pentagon’s projected $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense program, Canadian satellite operator Telesat is

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

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

SAN FRANCISCO – Spacedock, a Silicon Valley startup formerly known as Orbital Outpost X, announced plans Aug. 20 for a 2026 in-space demonstration of a universal connector for space systems.

WASHINGTON — A laser communications terminal mounted on a twin-engine aircraft successfully connected with a satellite orbiting overhead. In the demonstration, announced Sept. 2, an optical terminal made by General

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

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sept. 2 announced the long-anticipated relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama, reversing a 2023 decision by President