Stories tagged space.
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
The recent HAPS flight of a Sceye vehicle also included a laser tracking demonstration. Sceye and Softbank conducted the demonstration in August, flying a Sceye HAPS from New Mexico to […] The post Sceye’s Recent HAPS Flight Included Optical Demonstration appeared first on Via Satellite.
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
Measat calls for sovereign space capabilities to be a national investment priority in the country’s 2027 budget process. The Malaysian regional satellite operator released five priorities for the budget process […] The post Measat Calls for Sovereign Space to be a Priority in Malaysian Budget…
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
Viasat has received a $42 million task order under its contract to provide managed satcom services to the U.S. Marine Corps. Viasat has a background in providing managed satcom to […] The post Viasat Awarded $42M Task Order Under Marine Corp Managed Services Contract appeared first on Via Satellite.
NASA / ESA / JAXA
Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission will deploy more than a dozen sensors to measure ozone, methane, ammonia, particulates, and other pollutants rising from agricultural lands and animal farms and the…
NASA / ESA / JAXA
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0417 (left of center) on Sept. 19, 2026. This galaxy cluster acts as a gravitational lens, bending and magnifying light from objects far behind it. Supernova Athena, discovered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in…
NASA / ESA / JAXA
Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The ice covered an estimated 1.78 million square miles (4.6 million square kilometers), tying 2008, 2010, and 2025 for the…
Ars Technica
"Beijing's intended strategy is to dominate the high ground of the twenty-first century."
SiliconANGLE
Hubble Network Inc. is doing something nobody expected was possible by connecting Bluetooth to satellites, and today announced it has raised $200 million in a Series C round to build out the capability. With Hubble’s product, any device with a Bluetooth LE, or Low Energy, radio can connect to…
NASA / ESA / JAXA
Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W. Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir. For six months, Lucid lived and worked…
SD Times
WALTHAM, Mass. — Rocket Software today announced the expansion of Rocket EVA, its agentic AI platform for mission critical systems. The expanded platform provides governed, auditable AI agents on the mainframe to correlate and reason across operational data and automate operational tasks within…
Semafor (filter tech)
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
SpaceNews
DENVER, Colorado – September 2026 – Ethereal Space, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded Task Order 1 under NOAA’s ProTech 2.0 Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) program, following NOAA’s […] The post Ethereal Space Awarded NOAA SBEM Task Order 1 appeared first on SpaceNews.
IGN / GameSpot / PC Gamer / Kotaku
Steven Adams of the NBA's Houston Rockets has predicted that all the major professional sports leagues will experience a dip in quality this November because top athletes will be too focused on GTA 6. Speaking to press, Adams said, "Look at the NFL, look at all the leagues, and watch them plummet…
Payload (space) / CTVC (climate) / Newcomer (VC)
Vast announced a Lunar Programs division, building on its commercial space station and satellite development work to support NASA’s Moon Base ambitions. The post Vast Announces New Lunar Programs Division appeared first on Payload.
SiliconANGLE
Rocket Software Inc. is expanding its Enterprise Virtual Assistant agentic artificial intelligence platform to help enterprises investigate and eventually automate operational work on mainframe systems while stopping short of giving AI agents unrestricted access to critical resources. The company…
Ars Technica
"I think we are going to lose the ability to use certain orbits."
Tom's Hardware
But it's a far cry from an orbital data center.
China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone
A September 23 synthesis of recent launches and tests describes China lofting the building blocks of an orbital datacenter—on-board AI compute, cloud-native satellite software and 100 Gbps-class laser links—across several parallel programs.
Google — The Keyword / AI / Research / DeepMind / Developers
Smallholder farmers produce nearly 35% of the world’s food across more than 500 million farms, yet they often lack access to the satellite data, financial services, and …
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
Planet officially opened its new Berlin manufacturing facility on Tuesday, marking facility handover and cleanroom fit-out. The 5,700-square-meter facility, announced last year to double Pelican satellite production capacity, is expected […] The post Planet Opens New Berlin Manufacturing Facility…
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
CybExer, an Estonian cybersecurity company, is to play a key role in helping keep the EU’s future secure satellite connectivity system, IRIS² secure. It will lead a ten-company European consortium […] The post Estonian Company CybExer to Play Key Role in Testing IRIS² Security appeared first on Via…
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
Boeing Defence Australia selected New York-based Lite Coms to provide tactical satellite terminals for a beyond-line of sight (BLOS) satcom program for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Under the award […] The post Boeing Taps Lite Coms for Terminals for Australian BLOS Program appeared first on…
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
Eutelsat tested OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity in Poland for the first time in a recent demonstration on PKP Intercity’s live rail network with a Kymeta terminal. The Kymeta Kestrel […] The post Eutelsat Trials LEO Rail Connectivity in Poland appeared first on Via Satellite.
The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate
Logan and Jake Paul's portfolio includes Anduril, OpenAI, SpaceX, Kela Technologies, Polymarket, and Flock. The post Paul brothers are investing heavy into gambling, AI, drones, and defense appeared first on Protos.
Light Reading / Fierce Network / Telecoms.com / RCR Wireless / Mobile World Live
Counterpoint Research estime qu’Iridium et Skylo ont pris une longueur d’avance sur leurs concurrents fournisseurs de services satellites dans la Read more... The post Iridium et Skylo prennent la tête du marché de l’IoT satellitaire appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Light Reading / Fierce Network / Telecoms.com / RCR Wireless / Mobile World Live
Counterpoint Research reckoned Iridium and Skylo have stolen a march on satellite service provider rivals in IoT connectivity, leaving them primed to capitalise as the sector moves beyond niche status. The post Iridium, Skylo top satellite IoT tables appeared first on Mobile World Live.
ANZ: iTnews / SmartCompany / Startup Daily
Heidi rockets to $1.26bn valuation after a $140m Series C, arming its clinical-note AI for global expansion.
Payload (space) / CTVC (climate) / Newcomer (VC)
TRL11 has received a NASA contract to provide imaging systems for the Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom mission to Mars. The post TRL11 Will Build Imaging Tech for SR-1 Freedom appeared first on Payload.
Crunchbase News
In an interview with Crunchbase News, Van Espahbodi, general parter at Generational Partners, discusses how AI is changing hardware economics, why software investors are rushing into industrial technology, and what he believes many of them misunderstand about the sector.
China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone
Co-founder Peng Haomin discusses customer validation, rocket reuse, and the economics behind the company’s IPO plans.