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• Jacqueline Feldscher
Spaceium is opening a license for its spacecraft-refueling hardware, aiming to make pump technology available to spacecraft builders. The move is an initial step toward the company’s longer-term goal of deploying gas stations in orbit, though the announcement provides no details on licensing terms or deployment timing.
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Spaceium is opening a license for its spacecraft-refueling hardware, aiming to make pump technology available to spacecraft builders. The move is an initial step toward the company’s longer-term goal of deploying gas stations in orbit, though the announcement provides no details on licensing terms or deployment timing.
Military forces that depend on a foreign commercial provider for satellite communications may surrender some control over their operations, the article argues. End-use agreements can help define how the service is provided and used, making those terms a strategic consideration alongside the connectivity itself.
Caltech and Momentus have made progress testing in-space robotic assembly technology aboard a Momentus spacecraft under a DARPA effort. The work aims to enable the construction of very large structures in orbit, a capability that could change how future space systems are built and deployed.
OwlO Cloud has emerged from stealth with plans to build a European orbital-cloud network under sovereign control. The company is targeting a constellation of 10 spacecraft by 2030; the announcement sets out its goal and timeline, but provides no further program or deployment details.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said military units experienced significant disruptions or speed limits on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite communications service for several days, affecting the entire front line and Russian-occupied areas. He said the restrictions hindered efforts to counter Russian drone attacks and left Ukrainian forces at a disadvantage.
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Mynaric says its CONDOR system established a successful bidirectional optical communications link between an SES satellite and a ground station in France. The demonstration connects a satellite and a terrestrial site using optical communications, marking a test of the system across the space-to-ground link.
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