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Study: surge in satellite launches sharply raises collision risk in low Earth orbit

A new study warns that the accelerating pace of satellite launches is sharply increasing collision risk in low Earth orbit, raising the frequency of close approaches and heightening the danger of cascading debris incidents that could disrupt satellites, services and on‑orbit operations.

2025-10-13T14:09:45.755855-07:00

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NASA to deorbit International Space Station in 2030, accelerating shift to commercial LEO stations

2025-10-13T10:04:59.589163-07:00

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China's state-owned SatNet backs binding space-traffic rules alongside Starlink, Kuiper, OneWeb and Telesat

2025-10-08T11:40:31.013608-07:00

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UK Space Command: Russia 'weekly' jams and gathers intelligence from British military satellites

2025-10-02T17:28:16.920212-07:00

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WRC‑27's crowded space agenda risks deferring critical spectrum and space‑conduct rules Governments have loaded the International Telecommunication Union's 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC‑27) agenda with numerous space items, creating a real risk that time‑sensitive spectrum allocations and space‑conduct policies will be deferred or diluted as negotiators confront limited time and competing priorities.

2025-10-14T12:52:38.961919-07:00

WRC‑27's crowded space agenda risks deferring critical spectrum and space‑conduct rules

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Study: surge in satellite launches sharply raises collision risk in low Earth orbit A new study warns that the accelerating pace of satellite launches is sharply increasing collision risk in low Earth orbit, raising the frequency of close approaches and heightening the danger of cascading debris incidents that could disrupt satellites, services and on‑orbit operations.

2025-10-13T14:09:45.755855-07:00

Study: surge in satellite launches sharply raises collision risk in low Earth orbit

Space Intel Report

AST SpaceMobile, Globalstar, Lynk and Skylo outline D2D mitigation plans for debris, astronomy interference and collision risk AST SpaceMobile, Globalstar, Lynk Global and Skylo Technologies today outlined coordinated measures to limit their direct-to-device (D2D) constellations' impact on orbital safety and ground-based astronomy, detailing steps on debris mitigation, collision-avoidance procedures and strategies to reduce radio and optical interference.

2025-10-13T11:35:25.780353-07:00

AST SpaceMobile, Globalstar, Lynk and Skylo outline D2D mitigation plans for debris, astronomy interference and collision risk

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NASA to deorbit International Space Station in 2030, accelerating shift to commercial LEO stations NASA will deorbit the International Space Station in 2030, driving the complex into a remote region of the Pacific Ocean. The agency says retirement will accelerate a planned transition to commercially operated low‑Earth‑orbit stations, shifting program responsibilities and industry opportunity to private operators.

2025-10-13T10:04:59.589163-07:00

NASA to deorbit International Space Station in 2030, accelerating shift to commercial LEO stations

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Orienspace's Gravity‑1 Y2 sea launch places three satellites — remote‑sensing plus two debris imagers Chinese commercial launch startup Orienspace successfully flew its Gravity‑1 Y2 solid rocket from a barge off Haiyang in the Yellow Sea, placing three satellites into their planned orbits on Oct. 11. Payloads included an Earth remote‑sensing satellite and two craft built to image orbital debris.

2025-10-11T07:34:46.567404-07:00

Orienspace's Gravity‑1 Y2 sea launch places three satellites — remote‑sensing plus two debris imagers

Space Intel Report

US and EU agree to coordinate regional space-traffic monitoring efforts US and EU government officials meeting in La Plata, Maryland agreed to coordinate regional space-traffic monitoring efforts, aiming to improve sharing of surveillance data and conjunction alerts across allied sensors. The move signals stepped-up transatlantic cooperation on space situational awareness and congestion management.

2025-10-10T06:56:05.637662-07:00

US and EU agree to coordinate regional space-traffic monitoring efforts

SpaceWatch Global

Open Lunar Foundation launches Lunar Ledger — open database cataloguing global lunar activities and objects The Open Lunar Foundation has launched the Lunar Ledger, an open-access database cataloguing global lunar activities and objects. The publicly accessible registry aggregates records of missions, surface hardware and other lunar assets to create a single reference for researchers, operators and policymakers.

2025-10-10T03:04:45.014602-07:00

Open Lunar Foundation launches Lunar Ledger — open database cataloguing global lunar activities and objects

Associated Press

Car-sized NASA hardware parachutes onto West Texas farm, recovered after reentry A West Texas woman spotted a car-sized object under a massive parachute drifting over her farm; deputies located the piece in a neighbor’s yard and confirmed it was NASA hardware that had reentered and landed. NASA had been searching for the missing equipment and recovered it after the sighting.

2025-10-09T16:24:46.140447-07:00

Car-sized NASA hardware parachutes onto West Texas farm, recovered after reentry

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