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Science & Discovery
Trump Executive Order Pushes NASA Toward Quantum-Secured Space Communications
A new executive order directs NASA to plan quantum communication and sensing infrastructure in orbit, accelerating the push toward theoretically unhackable satellite links.
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Military Space
Germany Pushes a Multinational Space Command as Europe Moves to Cut Its Reliance on American Satellites
Germany is standing up a pan-German space command as European nations accelerate plans to replace US space technology with sovereign alternatives. Rheinmetall's third military space deal in months shows industry is already moving.
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Military Space
The Pentagon Just Committed $1.2 Billion to Secure the Rare Earth Minerals That Satellites and Missiles Depend On
Two massive conditional loans—$725M to Energy Fuels, $500M to Phoenix Tailings—mark the Pentagon's biggest bet yet on breaking U.S. dependence on foreign rare earth supply chains.
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Military Space
Rheinmetall and Vantor Are Building a Military Satellite ISR Network for Germany's Armed Forces
German defense giant Rheinmetall signs MoU with Vantor for a joint ISR satellite venture — its third military space partnership in months — as Berlin races to build sovereign orbital capabilities.
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Military Space
The Space Force Just Published a 15-Year Vision. Personnel, Simulators, and Survivability Top the List.
A 100-page roadmap called Objective Force lays out how the smallest military branch plans to quadruple its satellite fleet, grow headcount by 30%, and train for orbital combat through 2040.
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Commercial
Astroscale Raises New Capital as Orbital Debris Removal Becomes Big Business
Japanese-founded Astroscale secures fresh funding to scale its debris removal operations, riding a wave of commercial space investment that signals the orbital sustainability market is finally maturing.
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Astronomy
The Jellyfish Has a Sibling: Fermi Telescope Uncovers Evidence of a Rare Double Supernova
Sixteen years of gamma-ray data reveal a faint supernova remnant hiding in the Jellyfish Nebula's glare — and both explosions may trace back to the same doomed binary star system.
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NASA & Agencies
India's Jio Unveils Sovereign LEO Constellation Plan as $10–15 Billion Bet on Connecting India From the Skies
Jio Platforms filed IPO papers alongside plans for a 1,600-satellite sovereign broadband constellation, challenging Starlink and OneWeb in India's increasingly contested orbital market.
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Missions
Voyager Space Moves to Acquire Astrobotic, Betting Big on Commercial Lunar Delivery at Scale
Voyager Space's acquisition of lunar lander company Astrobotic signals a new phase of consolidation in commercial space, as the CLPS contractor looks to scale up operations with deeper corporate backing.
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Science & Discovery
Webb and Hubble Team Up to Reveal an Ancient Relic of the Milky Way's Formation
Terzan 5 isn't a globular cluster after all. Webb and Hubble data reveal four generations of stars spanning 10 billion years, reclassifying it as a rare 'bulge fossil fragment' that survived the Milky Way's chaotic assembly.
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Commercial
AST SpaceMobile's Block 2 BlueBirds Are in Orbit — and the Race for Direct-to-Cell Just Got Real
SpaceX lofted three Block 2 BlueBird satellites for AST SpaceMobile, expanding a constellation built on the audacious premise that your existing phone can talk directly to orbit.
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Missions
Astrobotic's Griffin-1 Lunar Lander Heads to California for Environmental Testing
Astrobotic has unveiled its Griffin-1 lunar lander and shipped it to California for environmental testing, marking a critical milestone in the company's Moon delivery ambitions.
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