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British Airways to offer free gate-to-gate Starlink Wi‑Fi fleetwide from 2026 as part of £3.7bn transformation

British Airways will install SpaceX Starlink across its fleet and provide fast, complimentary gate-to-gate Wi‑Fi to all passengers beginning in 2026, part of a £3.7bn transformation programme. The airline says the rollout will deliver consistent high-speed connectivity on short- and long-haul services.

2025-11-06T05:06:41.296724-08:00

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Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats

2025-11-06T01:57:24.930290-08:00

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Rocket Lab's 74th Electron launches QPS‑SAR‑14 (YACHIHOKO‑I), expanding iQPS synthetic‑aperture radar constellation

2025-11-06T00:35:02.796689-08:00

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Sun unleashes two X‑class flares, triggering radio blackouts across the Americas and Pacific

2025-11-05T05:11:51.518833-08:00

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Sceye wins NASA award to adapt stratospheric telecom platforms for Earth observations Sceye, a developer of stratospheric telecommunications platforms, has won a NASA award to adapt its high‑altitude system for Earth observations and environmental monitoring. The award will task the company's telecom‑focused stratospheric vehicles with collecting atmospheric and surface data to support NASA science and operational needs.

2025-11-06T10:56:39.578719-08:00

Sceye wins NASA award to adapt stratospheric telecom platforms for Earth observations

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South Korea to join space data‑center race with 2030 demonstration satellite South Korea has announced plans to enter the space data‑center race by launching a demonstration satellite in 2030 to test space‑based data‑center capabilities. The programme establishes a clear timeline for Seoul’s move into orbital data processing and associated satellite engineering work.

2025-11-06T10:01:45.434881-08:00

South Korea to join space data‑center race with 2030 demonstration satellite

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D-Orbit and mhackeroni stage in‑orbit cybersecurity competition to test satellite defenses D-Orbit and mhackeroni staged an in‑orbit cybersecurity competition to test satellite defenses, executing live tests against an operational spacecraft to surface vulnerabilities. The exercise aims to validate defensive measures for on‑orbit command-and-control, strengthen resilience of commercial satellite systems, and inform operator security practices.

2025-11-06T09:47:07.427719-08:00

D-Orbit and mhackeroni stage in‑orbit cybersecurity competition to test satellite defenses

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Gravitics unveils Diamondback orbital carrier for satellite protection and space-based interceptors Gravitics has unveiled Diamondback, a compact orbital carrier intended to host and deploy satellites and space-based missile interceptors, and to provide defensive capabilities for US national-security spacecraft. The platform targets on-orbit protection, rapid payload deployment and interceptor integration for contested-space missions.

2025-11-06T05:27:21.653044-08:00

Gravitics unveils Diamondback orbital carrier for satellite protection and space-based interceptors

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Who Has the Best Map of Orbit? Comparing Space Situational Awareness and Orbital Data Providers A comparative analysis of space situational awareness (SSA) and commercial orbital-data providers, assessing data sources, tracking accuracy, catalog completeness and latency. The piece evaluates how government and private offerings measure up for collision risk, maneuver planning and operational resilience as orbital congestion increases.

2025-11-06T05:16:44.252669-08:00

Who Has the Best Map of Orbit? Comparing Space Situational Awareness and Orbital Data Providers

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British Airways to offer free gate-to-gate Starlink Wi‑Fi fleetwide from 2026 as part of £3.7bn transformation British Airways will install SpaceX Starlink across its fleet and provide fast, complimentary gate-to-gate Wi‑Fi to all passengers beginning in 2026, part of a £3.7bn transformation programme. The airline says the rollout will deliver consistent high-speed connectivity on short- and long-haul services.

2025-11-06T05:06:41.296724-08:00

British Airways to offer free gate-to-gate Starlink Wi‑Fi fleetwide from 2026 as part of £3.7bn transformation

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Space domain awareness faces data‑management crisis as collection outpaces processing Space domain awareness is entering a data‑management crisis as sensor collection now outpaces the ability to process, integrate and act on SDA data, creating backlogs that risk delaying tracking, attribution and collision‑warning functions across civil, commercial and military orbital operations.

2025-11-06T04:17:55.033090-08:00

Space domain awareness faces data‑management crisis as collection outpaces processing

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ESA validates Ecosmic's SAFE Space Domain Awareness system on agency satellites ESA is testing Ecosmic's SAFE space-domain-awareness (SDA) solution on a selection of agency-operated satellites to validate its flagship capability for detecting, tracking and characterising on-orbit objects and performing SDA analytics. The in-orbit trials will yield operational performance data for ESA's SDA work.

2025-11-06T02:55:26.021485-08:00

ESA validates Ecosmic's SAFE Space Domain Awareness system on agency satellites

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