Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Global Skyware, a division of Global Invacom Group, has introduced the XRJ transceiver designed for government and defense satcom markets. The unit operates across the full extended Ka-band for both transmit and receive, delivering up to 25 Watts of power, with 5w, 10w, and 20w variants also available. The XRJ enables connectivity in GEO, MEO, and LEO orbits, ensuring operational flexibili

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
ICEYE has partnered with Polish analytics firm SATIM to launch Detect and Classify, an artificial intelligence-driven product designed to transform radar satellite imagery into actionable intelligence. The system integrates ICEYE's high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data with SATIM's machine learning to automatically identify vessels, aircraft, and vehicles with over 90 percent accur

Houston TX (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Four research volunteers will soon participate in NASA's year-long simulation of a Mars mission inside a habitat at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. This mission will provide NASA with foundational data to inform human exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer enter into the 1,700-square-foot Mars Dune Alpha habita

College Park, MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
In a distant galaxy called Makani, particles of dust were warmed by the light of newborn stars before being flung out into space by a massive starburst-driven wind. Over the course of 100 million years, the dust traveled farther and farther from Makani's center, ultimately ending up in the reservoir of hot gas that surrounds a galaxy, known as the circumgalactic medium (CGM). A research te

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Astronomers have produced the most detailed 3D map yet of the Milky Way's cold gas clouds, revealing large-scale ripples in the Galaxy's midplane and identifying a new structure at the far end of the central bar. The work comes from the Three-millimeter Ultimate Mopra Milky Way Survey (ThrUMMS), led by Peter Barnes of the Space Science Institute. Spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are gene

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
The global deep space economy could expand into a trillion-dollar market by 2040, with growth centered on energy, internet, tourism, and cultural creativity, according to insights shared at the third International Deep Space Exploration Conference in Anhui province, China. Shi Pingyan, chief engineer of China's Deep Space Exploration Lab, presented a report at a sub-forum in Hefei that ide

Estonia marked its 10th anniversary in the European Space Agency alongside the plenary session of the European Interparliamentary Space Conference on 4 September.  

Week in images: 01-05 September 2025

Discover our week through the lens

Following the announcement of the upcoming launch of LEO-PNT’s first satellites, ESA has now unveiled the name of the mission. Celeste, as it has been officially designated, will test the potential of a new, low Earth orbit layer of satellites to enhance Galileo’s resilience and complement its capabilities.

Image: Webb image of a glittering glimpse of star birth