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Universe Today • Andy Tomaswick

Living Worlds Working Group white paper: HWO must deliver extreme SNR and tight instrument specs to meet Decadal goals

A Living Worlds Working Group white paper (preprint on arXiv) argues NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory must deliver extremely high signal-to-noise ratios and tightly specified instrumentation and systems to satisfy the Decadal Survey’s exoplanet-imaging objectives; the paper maps the trade-offs driving early mission design and cost.

2026-01-19T05:51:12.560661-08:00
Satellite   Defense Budgets & Spending   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space   Space Defense & Militarization  
Reuters • Akash Sriram

Seraphim: Space investment set to rise in 2026 as governments boost defense satellites and private launch bets

By Reuters: Global investment in space technology is poised to climb further in 2026, propelled by government spending on defense-linked satellite systems and private sector bets on launch capacity, investment firm Seraphim Space said on Monday.

2026-01-19T02:36:16.963832-08:00
Satellite   North America   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
Spaceflight Now • Steven Young

SpaceX launches Sunday sunset Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral

By Spaceflight Now: ![](http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260118_Starlink_6-100_launch_AB-1.jpeg) Update Jan. 18, 9:08 p.m. EST (0212 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the Starlink satellites.

2026-01-18T10:27:25.955428-08:00