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NGSO trade association launches without industry giant SpaceX

A composite image of 33 exposures captures reflective Starlink satellites, making them appear to streak over the sky of southern Brazil. Credit: NASA / Egon Filter

Amazon and several other non-geostationary satellite operators have formed a trade association to represent their fast-growing market, with SpaceX notably absent despite having by far the largest NGSO constellation.

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Report: U.S. needs framework for responding to hostile acts in space

Mitchell Institute workshop participants found little consensus on where competition ends and conflict begins as China expands counterspace capabilities

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Trump executive order directs NASA to plan quantum space applications

Astronaut Jessica Meir updates NASA’s Cold Atom Lab aboard the ISS May 8, 2026.

The White House has issued an executive order aiming to unify and accelerate U.S. development of quantum technologies, including space systems that could enable next-generation navigation, sensing and secure communications.

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America is about to cede Africa’s space industry to China, and nobody’s talking about it.

A July 6, 2015 image of Africa and Europe taken by NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. Credit: NASA

If the Trump administration is serious about executing its β€œAmerica First in Africa” policy and transforming American engagement on the continent, it needs to focus on sectors where it still […]

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