The FCC just gave Reflect Orbital permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow
The FCC just gave Reflect Orbital permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow

Reflect Orbital just got approval to launch its first light-directing space mirror, which it plans to do later this year. Tens of thousands more such craft could follow over the next 10 years.

Your lost dog can now call home with the world’s 1st satellite-connected dog collar
Your lost dog can now call home with the world’s 1st satellite-connected dog collar

A new dog collar with GPS tracking enabled by SpaceX’s Starlink direct-to-mobile network promises connectivity from almost anywhere.

SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 Starlink satellites to orbit

SpaceX has applied for approval to operate a 100,000-member megaconstellation of next-gen Starlink satellites in Earth orbit. And each of the new spacecraft will weigh about 4,400 pounds.

Shoebox-sized ‘detector satellites’ could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space
Shoebox-sized ‘detector satellites’ could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space

A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by adversary nations, a new study suggests.

‘This is the future of spatial intelligence’: Vantor unveils stunning 3D satellite views of Earth (photos)
‘This is the future of spatial intelligence’: Vantor unveils stunning 3D satellite views of Earth (photos)

The American Earth-observation company Vantor is now mapping Earth from space in 3D, and the images are stunning.

The US Space Force just got a new electromagnetic weapon to jam adversary satellites

The U.S. Space Force has acquired one of its first publicly acknowledged offensive weapons, one that can blast adversary satellites with electromagnetic radiation.

The Orbital Data Center Hype Machine Is Already in Orbit
The Orbital Data Center Hype Machine Is Already in Orbit

“The lowest-cost place to put AI will be in space, and that will be true within two years, maybe three at the latest,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk told the World Economic Forum in Davos this past January, as his company was preparing to go public.Later t…

Europe’s deadly heat wave seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 30, 2026
Europe’s deadly heat wave seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 30, 2026

Europe’s Sentinel-3 satellite captured data that helps visualize June’s deadly heat wave, allowing researchers to further understand the extent of soaring temperatures.

‘It’s quite a bit more than we expected’: Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering

For the first time, an experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space.