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ESA hit by major data breach — hundreds of gigabytes stolen; agency blames 'lack of cyber hygiene'

The European Space Agency has confirmed a major data breach that exfiltrated hundreds of gigabytes of files. ESA says the intrusion may be due to "a lack of cyber hygiene" among staff and has referred the incident to prosecutors while conducting a forensic probe.

2026-01-15T12:13:08.812374-08:00

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Managing the Orbital Economy as Low Earth Orbit Becomes More Congested

2026-01-15T08:10:57.456203-08:00

Ars Technica

Senate staffer urges NASA to accelerate commercial station development to avoid gap in crewed LEO presence

2026-01-15T07:19:03.087955-08:00

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NASA likely cannot recover MAVEN after month‑long silence, jeopardizing Mars relay and science

2026-01-14T04:46:58.619718-08:00

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ESA hit by major data breach — hundreds of gigabytes stolen; agency blames 'lack of cyber hygiene' The European Space Agency has confirmed a major data breach that exfiltrated hundreds of gigabytes of files. ESA says the intrusion may be due to "a lack of cyber hygiene" among staff and has referred the incident to prosecutors while conducting a forensic probe.

2026-01-15T12:13:08.812374-08:00

ESA hit by major data breach — hundreds of gigabytes stolen; agency blames 'lack of cyber hygiene'

SpaceNews.com

Managing the Orbital Economy as Low Earth Orbit Becomes More Congested Low Earth orbit is rapidly shifting from a frontier to an operating marketplace: rising constellation deployments, commercial stations and on-orbit services are increasing traffic and collision risk. Managing an orbital economy will require integrated traffic-management, shared surveillance data, robust debris mitigation and clear commercial-regulatory rules to sustain operations.

2026-01-15T08:10:57.456203-08:00

Managing the Orbital Economy as Low Earth Orbit Becomes More Congested

Ars Technica

Senate staffer urges NASA to accelerate commercial station development to avoid gap in crewed LEO presence A Senate staffer urged NASA to speed development of commercial space stations to guarantee continuous human presence in low Earth orbit and avoid a gap in crewed operations, saying private habitats must be ready to take over as the current orbital laboratory transitions.

2026-01-15T07:19:03.087955-08:00

Senate staffer urges NASA to accelerate commercial station development to avoid gap in crewed LEO presence

Space Intel Report

French MPs warn German and Italian space spending could skew ESA governance as Paris HQ renewal proceeds A French parliamentary committee warned rising German and Italian space spending risks reshaping governance at the European Space Agency as France pursues renewal of the Paris headquarters. MPs said shifting national investments could influence programme allocation and industrial decision‑making among member states.

2026-01-14T12:46:40.520650-08:00

French MPs warn German and Italian space spending could skew ESA governance as Paris HQ renewal proceeds

Reuters

France explores sending Eutelsat terminals to Iran to restore connectivity amid nationwide blackout France is examining provision of Eutelsat satellite terminals to Iran to give citizens internet access after Tehran imposed a nationwide blackout amid its most violent domestic unrest in decades. The move would use space-based communications to bypass state-controlled terrestrial networks.

2026-01-14T08:33:04.664576-08:00

France explores sending Eutelsat terminals to Iran to restore connectivity amid nationwide blackout

SpaceNews.com

Space sustainability will evolve into a data-driven system As orbital activity accelerates, space sustainability will evolve into a data-driven system uniting distributed sensors, shared situational awareness and analytics to manage congestion and debris. That shift will create demand for authoritative data services, new governance models and commercial SSA markets.

2026-01-14T08:13:31.664285-08:00

Space sustainability will evolve into a data-driven system

Bloomberg

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Congress rebuffs Trump, preserves NASA science funding Congress has rejected President Trump’s proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget, preserving funding for key Earth and space‑science missions. The decision brought relief across the space community, averting immediate program cancellations and stabilising near‑term research and satellite schedules.

2026-01-14T07:51:12.860835-08:00

Congress rebuffs Trump, preserves NASA science funding

Universe Today

Study: Lunar infrastructure risks contaminating and degrading ancient ice deposits A new JGR Planets paper by Francisca Paiva and ESA planetary protection officer Silvio Sinibaldi warns that constructing lunar exploration infrastructure risks contaminating and physically degrading ancient polar ice deposits. The authors say the threat to scientific value and site "pristineness" is greater than previously understood.

2026-01-14T07:33:17.259117-08:00

Study: Lunar infrastructure risks contaminating and degrading ancient ice deposits

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ESA hit by major data breach — hundreds of gigabytes stolen; agency blames 'lack of cyber hygiene'

Managing the Orbital Economy as Low Earth Orbit Becomes More Congested

Senate staffer urges NASA to accelerate commercial station development to avoid gap in crewed LEO presence

NASA likely cannot recover MAVEN after month‑long silence, jeopardizing Mars relay and science

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