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Regulators again deny Italy’s request to extend Sicral 3A/3B operating deadlines Italy’s second bid in four months to extend regulatory deadlines for the Sicral 3A and 3B military telecommunications satellites was rejected. The satellites—planned for NATO use and for Europe’s GovSatCom program—are now at risk of missing the operation timeline.

2026-07-13T11:51:56.902513-07:00

Bloomberg

2026-07-13T08:59:06.647861-07:00

FCC Cutting Satellite Approval

SpaceNews.com

Accel and Prosus back QOSMIC with $3.33M seed round to develop optical ground stations for the “orbital data economy” QOSMIC, an optical ground-station developer, raised $3.33 million in seed funding co-led by Accel and Prosus, with participation from South Park Commons, ARTPARK and angel investor Manish Jain. The company plans laser-based ground infrastructure to downlink data from orbital assets.

2026-07-13T08:28:50.427429-07:00

Space Intel Report

ITU rejects Australia’s Optus 11 two-year deployment extension request, citing known risk of using an untested satellite design International Telecommunication Union regulators denied Australia’s request for a two-year deadline extension to deploy Optus 11 at 160 degrees east in geostationary orbit. The ITU said the decision to use an untested satellite design was a known risk, and therefore did not warrant extending deployment obligations.

2026-07-13T08:13:58.710310-07:00

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SpaceX lifts Starlink pricing for business aviation to $20,000/month amid new regional restrictions; stock slide accelerates as SpaceX is doubling Starlink service prices for business aviation, introducing new regional limitations alongside a “global unlimited” plan priced at $20,000 per month. The move lands as SpaceX shares drift toward (and in some reports below) IPO pricing, with lockup expiration fears increasing after Q2 earnings.

2026-07-13T07:59:11.552893-07:00

Space.com

Study finds 2-inch (5-cm) space-debris fragments forming a “minefield” in high-value, high-traffic orbit A new study reports a debris cloud made up of fragments as small as 2 inches (5 cm) in an orbital region populated by mission-critical satellites. The authors warn the concentration of tiny pieces in a high-traffic zone could pose escalating collision risk—effectively raising insurance and replacement costs for operators.

2026-07-13T05:14:11.600423-07:00

Space.com

2026-07-13T05:14:11.600423-07:00

Space junk debris cloud discov

Bloomberg

ESA Space Economy Report flags Europe’s space-sector momentum—but rocket scarcity threatens launch sovereignty amid rising on-or ESA’s newly released Space Economy Report surveys the forces shaping Europe’s space industry while highlighting strategic pressure from an intensifying U.S., China, and Russia satellite race. Separate reporting points to Europe’s rocket-shortage constraints and the resulting vulnerability in “satellite wars,” as sovereign launch capacity lags competitors.

2026-07-13T03:15:11.172179-07:00

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