Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
Today In Space
Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025, 2:31 PM PDT
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NASA Spaceflight
• Aaron McCrea
Blue Origin, Relativity Space, Stoke Space, and more all completing major upgrades at Cape Canaveral
By NASA Spaceflight: Numerous upgrades have been observed at Cape Canaveral during the recent flyover, as efforts continue to bring upgraded systems online for private launchers, including SpaceX, Blue Origin, Relativity, Stoke, and ULA, as well as government agencies such as NASA with the SLS.
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Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
From Daily to Hourly: Inside BlackSky’s Gen-3 Rollout With COO Nick Merski
By Via Satellite: BackSky COO Nick Merski explains how the Gen-3 satellite rollout supports new use cases for its customers and greater nuance in observation.
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Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Planet Expands Multi-Year AI Satellite Monitoring Contract with Colombia’s IGAC for Land Management
By Via Satellite: Planet has signed a multi-year contract expansion with Colombia’s government entity responsible for geographic data, to add AI monitoring.
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Space.com
• Andrew Jones
The Vera Rubin Observatory could find dozens of interstellar objects
By Space.com: Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. But with the Rubin Observatory now scanning the sky, many more may soon be found.
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NASA Spaceflight
• Kevin Reed
Possible SpaceX Starship Booster Salvage Operation Underway Near Brownsville, Texas
By NASA Spaceflight: NASASpaceflight.com is currently tracking a developing situation involving the salvage of SpaceX Starship booster parts off the coast near Brownsville, Texas. The construction and salvage ship LB Jill appeared on the Port of Brownsville’s manifest explicitly stating “To Load Rocket Parts 1 M/T,” strongly suggesting salvage operations of rocket debris from previous Starship flights.
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satnews
• SatNews Staff
Kratos and Intelsat Successfully Demo End-to-End 5G Non-Terrestrial Network Over GEO
By satnews: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has successfully demo’d an end-to-end 5G-NTN network that combines the Kratos OpenSpace® software-defined satellite ground system with Intelsat’s space and ground network, including its cloud-native, virtualized 5G core.
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SpaceNews.com
• Jarosław Adamowski
Polish space company SatRev launches Omani ground station amid international expansion
By SpaceNews.com: Polish space company SatRev launches Omani ground station amid international expansion.
