Intuitive Machines expects the acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems to open up new opportunities in defense and exploration. Intuitive Machines will acquire Lanteris, formerly Maxar Space Systems, for $800M. The combined company would be well-positioned to compete...

EchoStar sells more spectrum to SpaceX for $2.6B. EchoStar sells 15 MHz of nationwide, unpaired AWS-3 uplink spectrum licenses to SpaceX. The spectrum would improve SpaceX’s direct-to-device (D2D) services in the US. EchoStar sold a larger block of spectrum to SpaceX...

Jared Isaacman’s renomination to lead NASA wins support from industry. Isaacman’s nomination could also help advance pending nominations of Matt Anderson to be deputy administrator and Greg Autry to be NASA’s chief financial officer. The description of Isaacman in his...

China launched a new crew to the Tiangong Space Station. On Friday, a Long March 2F rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and placed the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft into orbit. The spacecraft docked with the Tiangong space station ~3.5 hours later....

The era of satellite servicing is arriving. At the Satellite Innovation conference, companies said that the success Northrop Grumman demonstrated extending the life of GEO satellites “broke the suspension of disbelief” about the feasibility of servicing. Companies in...

Chinese officials confirmed their goal of a first crewed lunar landing by 2030. At a briefing Thursday, the China Manned Space Agency reaffirmed plans to land astronauts on the moon by 2030, but acknowledged significant challenges ahead. China is also working on a...

SpaceX struggles to keep up with Starlink demand along Ukrainian front lines. Troops report high demand for Starlink to support military operations. Remotely operated vehicles, like rovers, get as little as 10 megabits per second of bandwidth, making it difficult to...

A networking company is using Starlink to enable companies to link to remote sites without going through the public internet. MTN’s services transfer data through a terrestrial backbone leased from major carriers once data transmitted from a customer’s Starlink...

The next space race will be won at night. NASA’s recent Fission Surface Power program aims to launch a fission reactor to the nuclear South Pole by 2030. Experts argue that the U.S. can’t afford to wait until 2030 given China’s strides and past successes in long-term...