By Sam Skove, Published by Defense One, 1 March 2023 Portable sat-comm gear feeds drone video to artillery batteries—and more. NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine—In a crowded basement just a staircase away from their sleeping quarters, the men and women of Ukraine’s 93rd Brigade “Seneca” drone unit waited for video feed of
By Tom Ambrose, Published by The Guardian, 1 March 2023 After Virgin Orbit’s failed mission, Commons committee hears complaints about regulator Britain’s failed attempt to send satellites into orbit was a “disaster” and MPs are being urged to redirect funding to hospitals, with the country now seen as “toxic” for
By Mark Johnson, Published by ISPreview, 27 February 2023 Elon Musk’s SpaceX will today attempt to launch the first batch of its second generation “V2 Mini” (Bus F9-2) ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which add a bunch of new features that should help to improve the service
By Kevin George, Published by Investopedia, 27 February 2023 Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE), the world's first publicly traded space tourism company, likely lost over $100 million in the fourth quarter as operating costs surged and the company geared up to begin commercial operations. Analysts expect to see a year-on-year
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 27 February 2023 "It's going to be like an interstate highway in a rush hour in a snowstorm with everyone driving much too fast." Just 10 years ago, a mere thousand or so operational satellites may have orbited our planet, but there will be
By Jackie Appel, Published by Popular Mechanics, 24 February 2023 How will Elon Musk and SpaceX respond? China is aiming to send thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink. The satellites will be able to track those in the Starlink mega-constellation, and will secure China a
By Alex Christian, Published by Wired, 23 February 2023 In a factory on the outskirts of Glasgow, aerospace manufacturer Skyrora is building rockets for a space-bound taxi service for satellites. Nine engines, 50,000 liters of fuel, 7 metric tons of thrust, and a velocity of nearly 8 kilometers a second
By Linda Pentz Gunter, Published by CounterPunch, 21 February 2023 Last month I rushed through the august halls of the British parliament in Westminster, on my way to a briefing on small modular reactors for Members of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee. Running late though I was, it was tempting
