Space Force awards up to $3.2 billion for Golden Dome interceptor prototypes
Friday, 24 April 2026 19:47
Contracts with 12 companies aim to test competing designs for boost-phase missile intercept from space
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Week in images: 20-24 April 2026
Friday, 24 April 2026 12:15
Week in images: 20-24 April 2026
Discover our week through the lens
The governance gap: Why orbital data centers need certification before they scale
Friday, 24 April 2026 11:00
For more than two decades in sourcing and supply-chain architecture, we’ve watched industries scale only when their supply chains become predictable, certifiable and repeatable.
Astrobotic tests advanced rocket engine
Friday, 24 April 2026 10:56
Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could power those vehicles.
2026 first quarter: Future Launchers Preparatory Programme highlights
Friday, 24 April 2026 10:37
Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites
Friday, 24 April 2026 08:08
As sea ice continues to succumb to the climate crisis, measuring its decline with precision has never been more urgent. To meet this challenge, the European Space Agency is developing three new Copernicus satellites, each employing distinct but complementary techniques to monitor this fragile component of the Earth system.
To ensure the data from these new satellites are razor-sharp, an international team of hardy scientists is now out on the Arctic sea ice braving the cold and flying above to collect critical in situ measurements.
Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe
Friday, 24 April 2026 07:20We’re checking your connection to prevent automated abuse
Earth from Space: Cloud patterns over the Canary Islands
Friday, 24 April 2026 07:00
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights a distinctive cloud formation north of the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Gomera. FCC throws out satellite spectrum challenges as D2D dealmaking heats up
Thursday, 23 April 2026 21:56
The Federal Communications Commission has moved to lock down incumbent rights to Mobile Satellite Service spectrum, dismissing bids by SpaceX and others to access frequencies increasingly prized for direct-to-device connectivity.
Moon dust could stop being a nuisance and start reshaping how humans may build beyond Earth
Thursday, 23 April 2026 21:50We’re checking your connection to prevent automated abuse
SpaceX wins $57 million U.S. military contract for satellite crosslink demo
Thursday, 23 April 2026 20:48
The contract is to demonstrate space-based data links using the Link-182 standard that will support Golden Dome
Optical links in contested space
Thursday, 23 April 2026 14:00
In this episode of Space Minds, we head back to Space Symposium where SpaceNews’ Sandra Erwin moderated a panel on how optical communication links can provide warfighters and operators with […]
Smile set to launch on 19 May
Thursday, 23 April 2026 13:43Pentagon seeks $2.3 billion for Maven AI battlefield system
Thursday, 23 April 2026 12:52
The Pentagon’s 2027 budget proposal includes an estimated $58.5 billion tied to artificial intelligence.


