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Planet co-founder Robbie Schingler discusses the company’s new Berlin satellite factory, its first manufacturing site outside California, and the strategic vision behind planetary intelligence. He also outlines Planet’s ambitions for large Earth models built from satellite data.
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Planet co-founder Robbie Schingler discusses the company’s new Berlin satellite factory, its first manufacturing site outside California, and the strategic vision behind planetary intelligence. He also outlines Planet’s ambitions for large Earth models built from satellite data.
As the Space Force reorganizes satellite and service procurement to accelerate acquisition, one of Washington’s largest business groups is outlining the outcomes it believes the overhaul should deliver. The recommendations could help shape how the service balances speed, industrial participation and execution in future space programs.
Amazon Leo will enter Uzbekistan through an agreement with UZ-SAT to provide internet connectivity to underserved areas. The partnership marks the satellite internet provider’s expansion into the Uzbek market and could extend broadband availability beyond the reach of existing terrestrial infrastructure.
Luxembourg-based ClearSpace will help the European Space Agency mature technologies for Phoenix, an in-orbit servicing mission designed to extend the operating life of a geostationary satellite otherwise due to retire between 2028 and 2030. The contract marks a development step for commercial satellite servicing capabilities.
China launched 13 satellites over the weekend across two missions, including commercial radar spacecraft and a nine-satellite rideshare carrying on-orbit computing and communications testbeds. The launches underscore the country’s expanding cadence across both commercial satellite services and in-space technology demonstrations.
The Royal Air Force is forming No. III Space Effects Squadron, Britain’s first military unit dedicated to disrupting, degrading and denying hostile activity in space. The move shifts the UK from primarily monitoring threats toward electronic warfare and active defense of critical satellites amid repeated reported Russian jamming.
Estonian cybersecurity company CybExer will play a key role in testing the security of IRIS², the European Union’s future secure satellite connectivity system. The appointment highlights the cybersecurity requirements attached to the EU’s planned space-based communications infrastructure as the program moves toward implementation.
Boeing subsidiary Insitu and Gogo Special Missions have completed testing of a Group 3 uncrewed aerial system fitted with Gogo’s Galileo HDX antenna and connected to Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite network. The effort gives military operators another high-speed connectivity option beyond SpaceX’s Starlink.
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