Satellite image collected by BlackSky over Vasylkiv Air Base, Ukraine, Feb. 28. Credit: BlackSky By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 4 November 2026 Satellite intelligence service uses BlackSky imagery to monitor factories, warehouses, data centers and theme parks. Traders can track Tesla factories, Amazon warehouses from space WASHINGTON —
The SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, about 15 miles south-west of downtown Los Angeles. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Tom Perkins, Published by The Guardian, 25 October 2026 This gives the company an advantage in tracking objects in orbit, raising national security concerns and fears of greater control over the
Image Credit: SpaceX By Stephen Marcantel, Published by The Current, 3 September 2026 By the time the public comment period on a proposed Federal Aviation Administration rule change closed Monday night, thousands had shared their thoughts — more than half of them mentioning Louisiana and its rapidly eroding coastline, fragile
A SpaceX Falcon rocket lifted of from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the NROL-69 mission on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 27 August 2026 The U.S. military purchased
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) watch center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Credit: Space ISAC By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 26 August 2026 SALT LAKE CITY – Small satellites face growing threats because potential adversaries recognize their expanding role in providing communication, Earth-observation and navigation
By Dylan Malyasov, Published by Defence Blog, 25 August 2026 Key Points Two satellites from Russia's second Rassvet batch are decaying toward reentry after never performing orbit-raising maneuvers. None of the 16 satellites launched July 19 climbed above 360 km, roughly 200 km lower than the first group reached at
An image of Earth taken by Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman shortly after the Orion translunar injection burn April 2. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman By M.C. Sungaila, Published by Space News, 21 August 2026 Policy documents from both the White House and the Office of Space Commerce this summer acknowledge that space is
A Chinese LandSapce ZhuQue-3 booster, the country's first to successfully touch down on land. LandSpace By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 19 August 2026 Earlier today, Chinese firm LandSpace achieved the country’s first successful recovery of a reusable space launch rocket booster on land. This follows China’s first-ever recovery of
