Shetland spaceport ready for launch in July

Artist's impression of an RFA rocket in flight. Image credit: RFA Published by BBC News, 5 February 2025 The UK's new spaceport in Shetland will be ready for satellite launches by July, MPs have been told. A number of companies plan to use SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst, the northernmost point

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Top Pentagon contractors poised for gains as Trump pushes missile shield expansion

Northrop Grumman's low-Earth orbit constellation of satellites detecting missile launches by an unidentified adversary. Northrop Grumman illustration By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 3 February 2025 The proposed “Iron Dome for America” system is heavily reliant on space-based sensors and potentially controversial space-based interceptors WASHINGTON — The nation’s top

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Starlink Screenshot SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX

Roughly 4 to 5 Starlink LEO Broadband Satellites Now Burning Up Per Day

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Mark Jackson, Published by ISPreview, 3 February 2025 Data released by an independent researcher has revealed that SpaceX appears to now be “retiring and incinerating” about 4 or 5 Starlink broadband satellites from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) every

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Sweden launches its first military satellite

Space X Falcon 9 launch, August 16, 2024. California, Vandenberg Spaceport. Freeze frame from NASA video Published by Militarnyi, 2 February 2025 The Swedish Armed Forces have announced the launch of their first military satellite, a communications satellite called Gna-3. Swedish television company SVT reported on this. The satellite was launched on

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The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout

Starship on launch pad By Jackie Wattles, Published by CNN, 1 February 2025 It was a typical balmy afternoon across the tropical islands that lie southeast of Florida, where tens of thousands of tourists flock this time of year for winter break. But on January 16, just after sundown, a

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