BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin are spending heavily on maneuverable satellites built for what the defense industry now openly calls orbital warfare, a term that would have seemed hyperbolic a decade ago but has become standard vocabulary at recent Space Symposium events in Colorado Springs. Both contractors unveiled new satellite platforms recently designed to move […]

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Each year the European Space Agency (ESA) invites small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and midcaps to share their views and give feedback about topics which affect their work in the space sector.

An SME Forum occurs as part of the SME and Midcap Days on 8–9 June 2026 at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France. This is preceded by an online preparatory SME Forum in April and May.

Noticeable change on Mars often takes millions of years – but the European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark ash creeping across the planet in just decades.

Actionable data from space could be delivered in seconds in the future, thanks to progress towards the European Space Agency’s (ESA) faster and more secure laser communications network, HydRON. At the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Canadian satellite communications company Kepler was awarded a contract to lead the next phase in the project’s evolution. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing in mid-April and declared that the stability of China-Russia relations is “precious” — a word that, in the context of a global energy crisis triggered by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, amounts to a strategic confession. Beijing is not […]

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When the Space Force selected Blue Origin to begin final lease negotiations for Space Launch Complex 14 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, it wasn’t just handing out a construction permit. It was making a bet that the Pentagon’s most urgent vulnerability in space — its dependence on a single coast and a thin roster of […]

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Achievement devalues itself the moment it becomes fact. For ambitious people, reaching a goal doesn't just end the pursuit — it collapses the identity structure that was built around the striving.

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The European Space Agency has picked Canadian small satellite operator Kepler Communications to lead a hosted payload mission to test terminal interoperability for HydRON, ESA’s flagship optical relay network program.

Premature apology is a nervous system survival strategy, not a social grace. When your body has already decided you'll lose a conflict, the 'sorry' comes before your mind even weighs the evidence.

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COLORADO SPRINGS – The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for U.S. spy satellites, seeks partners to accelerate its adoption of state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.