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India’s Jio lays out sovereign LEO constellation plan ahead of IPO

19 June 2026 at 20:27

Jio Platforms, which owns India’s largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from satellite constellations to jumpstart its own sovereign LEO network in the country.

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MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market

19 June 2026 at 17:03
Blue Canyon Technologies is using the 150-kilogram X-SAT bus for DARPA's Blackjack program.

MDA Space is buying smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) for $620 million, giving the Canadian company greater access to the lucrative U.S. government market.

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The MEO durability crisis: why LEO hardware will fail the new orbital economyΒ 

19 June 2026 at 14:00
Illustration of the Van Allen Probes in orbit. Credit: NASA

To some, space is the final frontier. But the reality is that once you leave Earth’s atmosphere, you’re not entering a single, uniform void. There are several frontiers up there […]

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Mu-g Technologies enters the parabolic flight business

19 June 2026 at 11:30
Falcon 50

A startup has acquired an aircraft to offer commercial parabolic flight services even as NASA seeks to acquire its own aircraft for reduced-gravity research.

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Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge

19 June 2026 at 08:00

Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros in funding from Europe’s government-backed accelerator program, joining a wave of European companies attracting capital for greater space sovereignty.

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