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Europe’s escalating “security in orbit” risk: satellite navigation underpins >10% of GDP

A growing share of Europe’s economy depends on satellite navigation and other space services, making in-orbit security a macroeconomic and operational risk—not just a defense issue. The cluster frames Europe’s next security challenge as protecting space-enabled infrastructure that supports critical national capabilities.

2026-06-26T04:25:55.705287-07:00

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Rocket Lab launches “Ten Owl of Ten” Electron mission from New Zealand for Synspective imaging constellation

2026-06-25T22:17:01.079479-07:00

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Rocket Lab wins NASA contracts for PolSIR and TSIS-2 science missions on Electron from New Zealand

2026-06-25T13:47:47.624199-07:00

Wall Street Journal

Satellite imagery shows Iran’s scale of damage at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, forcing U.S. recalculations

2026-06-25T20:25:53.630107-07:00

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Starlink veterans launch startup to broaden megaconstellation ownership

2026-06-26T05:13:33.314171-07:00

Starlink veterans launch start

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Europe’s escalating “security in orbit” risk: satellite navigation underpins >10% of GDP A growing share of Europe’s economy depends on satellite navigation and other space services, making in-orbit security a macroeconomic and operational risk—not just a defense issue. The cluster frames Europe’s next security challenge as protecting space-enabled infrastructure that supports critical national capabilities.

2026-06-26T04:25:55.705287-07:00

Europe’s escalating “security in orbit” risk: satellite navigation underpins >10% of GDP

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Rocket Lab launches “Ten Owl of Ten” Electron mission from New Zealand for Synspective imaging constellation Rocket Lab is set to launch its “Ten Owl of Ten” mission from New Zealand on June 26, adding to Japan-based Synspective’s Earth-imaging constellation. The flight underscores the company’s ongoing cadence of dedicated Electron missions supporting constellation growth for space imaging customers.

2026-06-25T22:17:01.079479-07:00

Rocket Lab launches “Ten Owl of Ten” Electron mission from New Zealand for Synspective imaging constellation

Wall Street Journal

Satellite imagery shows Iran’s scale of damage at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, forcing U.S. recalculations New satellite imagery reportedly reveals—publicly for the first time—the full extent of damage Iran inflicted at the U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, following an Iranian strike. The findings are framed as driving U.S. reassessments of operational risk and next-step planning for the base’s mission.

2026-06-25T20:25:53.630107-07:00

Satellite imagery shows Iran’s scale of damage at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, forcing U.S. recalculations

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Weather Stream releases first light imagery from GEMS2 microwave radiometer

2026-06-25T15:13:10.473570-07:00

Weather Stream releases first

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Infleqtion joins Voyager Technologies and partners on a new U.S. quantum space initiative Infleqtion is teaming with Voyager Technologies, Monarch Quantum, Armada, and the University of Colorado Boulder to advance U.S. quantum space ambitions. The group’s collaboration signals a push to bring quantum-focused capabilities into space-industry development pipelines through a broader multi-organization effort.

2026-06-25T14:41:21.140209-07:00

Infleqtion joins Voyager Technologies and partners on a new U.S. quantum space initiative

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Rocket Lab wins NASA contracts for PolSIR and TSIS-2 science missions on Electron from New Zealand NASA selected Rocket Lab to provide three Electron launches covering two separate missions: PolSIR and TSIS-2, planned for early next year. The PolSIR payload will measure polarized submillimetre radiation from polar ice clouds, while TSIS-2 will observe solar irradiance and its spectral impacts, launched from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.

2026-06-25T13:47:47.624199-07:00

Rocket Lab wins NASA contracts for PolSIR and TSIS-2 science missions on Electron from New Zealand

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MDA Space lands digital payload contracts with Mitsubishi Electric for Japan’s defense satcom, plus a separate win for Canada’s MDA Space secured a defense communications satellite digital payload contract with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for Japan. In parallel, the company also won a separate contract involving the Canadian Space Agency, extending MDA’s role in major government-backed space capabilities spanning defense and national satellite continuity.

2026-06-25T13:27:22.904251-07:00

MDA Space lands digital payload contracts with Mitsubishi Electric for Japan’s defense satcom, plus a separate win for Canada’s

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Europe’s escalating “security in orbit” risk: satellite navigation underpins >10% of GDP

Rocket Lab launches “Ten Owl of Ten” Electron mission from New Zealand for Synspective imaging constellation

Rocket Lab wins NASA contracts for PolSIR and TSIS-2 science missions on Electron from New Zealand

Satellite imagery shows Iran’s scale of damage at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, forcing U.S. recalculations

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