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WASHINGTON — A space solar power startup has emerged from stealth after demonstrating a key technology for its plans to transmit power from space to the Earth. Overview Energy announced

HELSINKI — Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the mission’s first spacewalk late Monday, inspecting and photographing a damaged spacecraft window which triggered an earlier emergency launch. Shenzhou-21 mission commander Zhang

TAMPA, Fla. — Canada has contracted satellite operator Telesat and manufacturer MDA Space to explore options for a multibillion-dollar military communications network to support the Canadian Armed Forces in the

– SCHOTT® Solar Glass exos provides enhanced radiation resistance and optical performance for simple silicon cells up to III-V multijunction satellite solar cells.– Jointly developed with Heilbronn-based AZUR SPACE Solar

WASHINGTON — TrustPoint, a five-year-old startup building a low-Earth-orbit navigation network as an alternative or complement to GPS, says it is on track to soft launch C-band PNT services in

TAMPA, Fla. — LeoLabs said Dec. 9 it won an interagency contract to provide space-surveillance data for the U.S. government, supporting adversarial spacecraft monitoring and the TraCSS orbital traffic coordination

It has become conventional wisdom that China’s rise is driven by a coordinated strategy across three fronts here on Earth: dominating critical industries, controlling critical resources and occupying strategically important

WASHINGTON — Muon Space has secured a $1.9 million contract to develop an infrared sensing payload for missile detection and tracking, the startup announced Dec. 9. The award is a

TAMPA, Fla. — Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux has thrown its hat into the emerging market for orbital data centers, joining SpaceX, Amazon and others exploring ways to move energy-hungry

HELSINKI — China launched four missions in four days, accelerating its record-setting launch cadence while expanding its Guowang LEO megaconstellation and deploying new Yaogan reconnaissance assets. An intensive period of