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Starlink to lower roughly 4,400 satellites from 550 km to 480 km across 2026 to cut collision risk

SpaceX’s Starlink will lower about 4,400 satellites from ~550 km to 480 km over 2026, VP Michael Nicolls said, reconfiguring nearly half the constellation to reduce collision risk and orbital congestion. The lower altitude increases atmospheric drag for faster deorbiting and promises modest latency gains for users.

2026-01-01T14:16:13.614649-08:00

Space.com

2025 Orbital Emergency from Space Debris Sparks Calls for Urgent Industry and Regulatory Action

2025-12-30T14:08:10.783176-08:00

SpaceWatch Global

European Commission adds Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Luxembourg to EU Space Surveillance and Tracking partnership

2025-12-29T04:10:34.218715-08:00

Space.com

Golden Insulation Shines During Satellite Proximity‑Operations Test

2025-12-30T07:09:56.443780-08:00

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Starlink to lower roughly 4,400 satellites from 550 km to 480 km across 2026 to cut collision risk SpaceX’s Starlink will lower about 4,400 satellites from ~550 km to 480 km over 2026, VP Michael Nicolls said, reconfiguring nearly half the constellation to reduce collision risk and orbital congestion. The lower altitude increases atmospheric drag for faster deorbiting and promises modest latency gains for users.

2026-01-01T14:16:13.614649-08:00

Starlink to lower roughly 4,400 satellites from 550 km to 480 km across 2026 to cut collision risk

New Indian Express

Cosmoserve Space's 'Venus Flytrap' concept targets orbital debris Cosmoserve Space proposes the 'Venus Flytrap' concept to tackle orbital debris as rising congestion in low Earth orbit turns small objects into a systemic risk. The design joins a growing set of technical responses aimed at reducing collision hazards and sustaining on‑orbit operations.

2026-01-01T13:56:45.889963-08:00

Cosmoserve Space's 'Venus Flytrap' concept targets orbital debris

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2025 Orbital Emergency from Space Debris Sparks Calls for Urgent Industry and Regulatory Action A 2025 orbital emergency caused by space debris has prompted industry and regulators to demand rapid improvements in debris mitigation, tracking and traffic management. The incident — and the warning that "some will not change behavior until something bad happens" — intensifies calls for coordinated policy and technical fixes.

2025-12-30T14:08:10.783176-08:00

2025 Orbital Emergency from Space Debris Sparks Calls for Urgent Industry and Regulatory Action

Space.com

Golden Insulation Shines During Satellite Proximity‑Operations Test Engineers report a satellite proximity‑operations test successfully validated multilayer golden insulation while preparing spacecraft for the complex task of safely approaching another object in orbit. The demonstration aimed to exercise thermal, structural and operational margins needed for rendezvous, inspection and potential on‑orbit servicing missions.

2025-12-30T07:09:56.443780-08:00

Golden Insulation Shines During Satellite Proximity‑Operations Test

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Cape Canaveral logs record 109 launches in 2025; SpaceX flew 101 Cape Canaveral logged a record 109 orbital launches in 2025, as global launch activity surged; SpaceX alone accounted for 101 missions. By Christmas, providers had broken previous annual orbital-launch records, marking an unprecedented operational cadence for the year, driven largely by commercial operators.

2025-12-29T21:04:55.616370-08:00

Cape Canaveral logs record 109 launches in 2025; SpaceX flew 101

SpaceWatch Global

European Commission adds Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Luxembourg to EU Space Surveillance and Tracking partnership The European Commission has adopted an Implementing Decision making Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Luxembourg members of the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking partnership. The move formally expands the SST partnership's membership and completes the Commission's approval process for these four states.

2025-12-29T04:10:34.218715-08:00

European Commission adds Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Luxembourg to EU Space Surveillance and Tracking partnership

Universe Today

Design-for-Demise Dilemma: MaiaSpace paper flags unintended consequences of smallsat burn-up strategy A paper by Antoinette Ott and Christophe Bonnal of MaiaSpace argues the Design-for-Demise principle — letting most small satellites burn up at end-of-life — creates unintended consequences for orbital sustainability and operations, calling into question disposal assumptions used for current megaconstellation deployments.

2025-12-28T07:44:42.241739-08:00

Design-for-Demise Dilemma: MaiaSpace paper flags unintended consequences of smallsat burn-up strategy

Space Explored

Orbital Data Centers: Why the Space Industry Is Betting on In‑Orbit Cloud Infrastructure The concept of 'orbital data centers'—cloud computing and AI infrastructure hosted in Earth orbit—is gaining traction across the space industry as operators, cloud providers and satellite firms explore moving compute and storage off‑Earth to exploit near‑constant solar power, vacuum cooling and new on‑orbit assembly techniques.

2025-12-27T11:58:54.253611-08:00

Orbital Data Centers: Why the Space Industry Is Betting on In‑Orbit Cloud Infrastructure

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Starlink to lower roughly 4,400 satellites from 550 km to 480 km across 2026 to cut collision risk

2025 Orbital Emergency from Space Debris Sparks Calls for Urgent Industry and Regulatory Action

European Commission adds Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Luxembourg to EU Space Surveillance and Tracking partnership

Golden Insulation Shines During Satellite Proximity‑Operations Test

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