An artist’s rendering of a satellite sending and receiving data (Space Systems Command) Published by The Meridiem, 26 March 2026 Satellite data infrastructure is being actively weaponized through delays, spoofing, and private control during Gulf conflict Attribution crisis emerges as commercial space operators can't identify manipulation sources Transition from open
By Basillioh Rukanga, Published by the BBC, 24 March 2026 Namibia has rejected an application by Elon Musk-owned Starlink for a licence to provide satellite internet services in the country, dealing the company a second setback in southern Africa. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran) announced the decision without
A simulation of the full network of Starlink satellites when their first 12,000 satellites are up - an additional 30,000 have been requested. While delivering high-speed internet globally is a noble goal, destroying ground-based astronomy, astrophotography, and even stargazing as a hobby should be reckoned with as extraordinary collateral damage.
The Esrange in Arctic Sweden has been the launch site for sub-orbital rockets. Photograph: Mattias Forsberg/SSC By Adrienne Murray & James Brooks, Published by The BBC, 24 February 2026 It's 04:00 on a snow-covered hill in Swedish Lapland, 120 miles (200km) north of the Arctic Circle. A countdown echoes from
Image by Getty / Futurism By Sylvain Biget and Xavier Demeersman, Published by Futura, 14 February 2026 A Russian spy satellite has broken apart in geostationary orbit, generating a cloud of debris and raising fresh concerns about the growing risks in space. Was it an attack? An explosion? Here’s what
Image: janiecbros/Getty Images By Raquel Brandao, Published by Earth.com, 12 February 2026 Earth’s crowded orbital environment has reached a point where space traffic collisions could occur within days of a widespread tracking failure. That compressed timeline leaves little margin to restore control before debris spreads and raises risks for navigation,
Image credit: SpaceX By Tim Fernholz, Published by Tech Crunch, 11 February 2026 In a sense, this whole thing was inevitable. Elon Musk and his coterie have been talking about AI in space for years — mainly in the context of Iain Banks’ science-fiction series about a far-future universe where
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches 27 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit on Dec. 16, 2025. (Image credit: ULA) By Hugo Ruher and Xavier Demeersman, Published by Futura-Sciences, 9 February 2026 The Amazon Leo satellite constellation poses a growing threat to astronomical observations. According to researchers, these
