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• Rachel Jewett
SpaceX has agreed to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum portfolio from investment firm Grain Management, giving Starlink a path to expand beyond satellite connectivity into direct mobile service. The deal is the company’s biggest move yet into a U.S. wireless market dominated by traditional carriers.
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SpaceX has agreed to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum portfolio from investment firm Grain Management, giving Starlink a path to expand beyond satellite connectivity into direct mobile service. The deal is the company’s biggest move yet into a U.S. wireless market dominated by traditional carriers.
SpaceX has agreed to acquire a nationwide spectrum portfolio to expand Starlink’s reach in the U.S. telecommunications market. News of the deal weighed on shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, underscoring the potential competitive implications for established carriers.
Golbriak Space, an Estonian company developing laser communications for space, has raised €4 million ($4.5 million) in seed funding. The funding marks an early financing milestone for the startup, though the available report provides no details on investors, planned use of proceeds or technology and customer milestones.
The UK’s 2022 Defence Space Strategy separates capabilities Britain should own, develop with partners or access externally. Meanwhile, commercial space companies report difficulty filling critical roles: nearly 75% say they struggle to find qualified staff, underscoring the workforce challenge behind building and sustaining space capabilities.
Lithuanian space startup Astrolight says it has successfully commissioned a space-to-ground laser communication link for a client. The announcement marks the company’s delivery of its first such link, though the available report does not identify the client or provide technical details, operating parameters or the system’s intended use.
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Amazon says it has built its 1,000th satellite and is weeks from beginning its space-based internet rollout. The milestone puts the focus on the manufacturing scale and deployment cadence behind Project Kuiper as the company moves from satellite production toward service launch.
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