Satellite   AI   Commercial Space   Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)  
SpaceNews.com • Jean-Francois Morizur

Earth-observation data bottlenecks: rising imagery volumes collide with on-orbit collection, secure storage and AI-ready analyti

As Earth-observation satellite deployments expand and sensors become more sophisticated, the data generated is outpacing the infrastructure needed to store, secure and analyse it. The result is a growing “data-in-orbit” problem—where access, processing pipelines and governance matter as much as launch cadence.

Also: CNA
2026-05-14T04:20:51.336205-07:00
China   Satellite   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
SpaceNews.com • Andrew Jones

Landspace launches improved Zhuque-2E, Long March 6A lofts new Qianfan satellite group

By SpaceNews.com: China has added a new batch of satellites to the Qianfan megaconstellation, while the commercial Zhuque-2E made a return-to-flight featuring numerous improvements.

2026-05-14T03:09:16.277854-07:00
Satellite   Commercial Space  
Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

AST SpaceMobile inundates investors with its legitimate achievements, but launch contracts matter most for now

By Space Intel Report: JAKARTA — With direct-to-device broadband startup AST SpaceMobile, raising cash for a multibillion-dollar network, aligning terrestrial spectrum from mobile network operators (MNOs) with future satellite spectrum and deploying each satellite’s 223-square-meter antenna in low Earth orbit — all of them legitimate.

2026-05-14T02:25:01.920192-07:00