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SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS with 5,000+ lb of supplies and boost trunk for 2025 reboosts

An unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docked at the International Space Station early Monday carrying more than 5,000 pounds of equipment and supplies, including 1,500 tortillas. The mission added a boost trunk that will enable Dragon to perform periodic reboost burns beginning in September and through fall 2025.

2025-08-25T06:47:19.533007-07:00

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Ex-Shuttle Commander Warns NASA’s CLD Pivot Could Cede LEO and Mars Leadership to China

2025-08-08T08:08:24.454446-07:00

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Amazon to Launch Initial Kuiper Satellites on April 9

2025-04-02T11:51:07.237734-07:00

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Amazon Launches First Kuiper Internet Satellites, Competes with SpaceX's Starlink

2025-04-28T16:16:02.129632-07:00

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DeepSat wins AFWERX contract for very low Earth orbit monitoring

2025-08-25T12:42:30.787812-07:00

DeepSat wins AFWERX contract for very lo

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SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS with 5,000+ lb of supplies and boost trunk for 2025 reboosts An unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docked at the International Space Station early Monday carrying more than 5,000 pounds of equipment and supplies, including 1,500 tortillas. The mission added a boost trunk that will enable Dragon to perform periodic reboost burns beginning in September and through fall 2025.

2025-08-25T06:47:19.533007-07:00

SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS with 5,000+ lb of supplies and boost trunk for 2025 reboosts

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Tata’s Nelco, Eutelsat to deliver OneWeb LEO connectivity in India Tata Group unit Nelco has struck a deal with Eutelsat to roll out OneWeb’s low Earth orbit broadband services across India, offering customers a secure, low-latency connection for enterprise, government and telecom applications. The partnership leverages OneWeb India Communications’ licences and Eutelsat’s satellite infrastructure.

2025-08-11T08:49:34.495863-07:00

Tata’s Nelco, Eutelsat to deliver OneWeb LEO connectivity in India

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Ex-Shuttle Commander Warns NASA’s CLD Pivot Could Cede LEO and Mars Leadership to China In an op-ed, a former space shuttle commander criticizes NASA’s shift to a Commercial LEO Destination (CLD) strategy, arguing it undermines US leadership in orbit and jeopardizes Mars exploration. He warns that China stands to fill any resulting gap in orbital and deep-space capabilities.

2025-08-08T08:08:24.454446-07:00

Ex-Shuttle Commander Warns NASA’s CLD Pivot Could Cede LEO and Mars Leadership to China

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SpaceX launches 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, booster lands at sea At 7:05 p.m. PDT on July 15, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base into low Earth orbit, marking the 15-2 mission in its broadband constellation. The rocket’s first stage successfully touched down on the Just Read the Instructions droneship about 20 minutes later.

2025-07-15T19:25:25.823912-07:00

SpaceX launches 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, booster lands at sea

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Rocket Lab to Test 'Jake 4' Hypersonic Re-entry Vehicle on Electron HASTE at Wallops Rocket Lab will launch its modified Electron rocket, the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE), code-named “Jake 4”, on July 13 from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission, Rocket Lab’s 69th overall and 11th of 2025, is designed to validate hypersonic re-entry capabilities with air-breathing propulsion for defense clients.

2025-07-13T20:41:07.461049-07:00

Rocket Lab to Test 'Jake 4' Hypersonic Re-entry Vehicle on Electron HASTE at Wallops

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GPS Pioneer Sounds Alarm on Satellite Vulnerabilities, Proposes Constellation Proliferation Bradford Parkinson, widely regarded as the architect of GPS, warned that GPS satellites remain physically vulnerable to anti-satellite attacks and urged a proliferation of low-cost constellations to complicate targeting. He stressed that fusing inertial measurement units with GPS is vital but insufficient to counter emerging threats.

2025-06-30T14:11:37.462354-07:00

GPS Pioneer Sounds Alarm on Satellite Vulnerabilities, Proposes Constellation Proliferation

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9, surpassing 9,000-strong constellation At 1:55 a.m. EDT June 17, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster B1090 lifted 28 Starlink Group 10-18 satellites from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 into low Earth orbit, landing on drone ship Just Read the Instructions and raising SpaceX’s Starlink count to 9,003 satellites (around 7,800 currently in operation).

2025-06-17T23:13:52.971303-07:00

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9, surpassing 9,000-strong constellation

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