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• Thomas Black
SpaceX has described its purchase of U.S. airwaves as critical to building a mobile network, but the spectrum alone will not make it a rival to established carriers. A competitive service would also require a terrestrial network, years of work and billions more in investment, adding to the company’s capital burden.
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SpaceX has described its purchase of U.S. airwaves as critical to building a mobile network, but the spectrum alone will not make it a rival to established carriers. A competitive service would also require a terrestrial network, years of work and billions more in investment, adding to the company’s capital burden.
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Meidad Pariente’s *The Art of Robust Design: A Guide to Resilient Spacecraft Engineering in the New Space Era* contends that spacecraft risk extends beyond components and systems to the culture and practices of the teams designing them. The review frames organizational factors as a risk that conventional technical inspection may not reveal.
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LandSpace launched eight ADA Space computing satellites aboard its Zhuque-2E rocket, with the mission testing technologies for orbital computing systems. The payloads are intended to evaluate AI processing, liquid cooling and laser communications in orbit, linking spacecraft computing capability with optical data transfer.
Reliance Industries pushed back against suggestions that it is trying to keep Elon Musk’s Starlink out of India, saying its satellite venture is itself still awaiting regulatory clearances. The dispute highlights a market-access and licensing question as Starlink’s India plans face scrutiny alongside a local incumbent’s ambitions.
Satellites help Ukraine detect when Russian missiles and drones have been launched and provide information that can support interception, making space-based surveillance a key part of the country’s defense alongside weapons. The article describes the role of U.S. space-based capabilities in that effort.
Commercial satellite imagery analyzed by Reuters shows a site in Russia’s Rostov region transformed from an empty field on Aug. 31 into a sprawling drone facility by Oct. 14. The base is positioned near Ukraine and is intended to launch jet-powered drones, underscoring the rapid expansion of Russia’s strike infrastructure.
Comtech leadership said this week that the divestiture of its satellite business to Gilat Satellite Networks is expected to close by the end of the calendar year. The update sets a near-term timeline for the transaction, though no further terms or operational details were provided.
China’s representative to the ITU Space Sustainability Forum proposed equipping every low Earth orbit satellite with radio-frequency identification beacons, likening the approach to aviation’s ADS-B and maritime AIS. He argued that universal beacons would be the most effective measure against orbital crowding and collision risk, even more so than sharing ephemeris data among satellite operators.
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