Image source: Missile Defense Agency Published by Clash Report, 29 January 2026 Germany is preparing to become the first European country to develop its own space-based missile detection system, as concerns grow in Berlin and across Europe about reliance on U.S. early-warning capabilities. Germany is planning to develop the core
Photo by NASA on Unsplash By Daniel Frostwick, Published by Blackburndrone, 23 January 2026 On the screens inside ESA’s control room, the orbits look clean and calm. Thin blue lines wrapping around Earth, a silent ballet of hardware and code. Then a technician zooms in on a weather satellite’s trajectory
Illustration of congestion in geostationary orbit. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 By Richard Jacklin and James Snape, Published by Space News, 16 January 2026 Space is rapidly becoming the world’s most congested frontier. What was once a domain of scientific exploration is now a crowded commercial arena, a global infrastructure
Render of a small launch vehicle launching from SaxaVord Spaceport - via Shetland Flyer Aerial Media By Skye Jacobs, Published by Techspot, 14 January 2026 CubeSats, rocket startups, and a Shetland launch site are redefining the UK's orbital future Winners & losers: In workshops scattered across Glasgow, engineers assemble CubeSats –
By Adm Urwick, Jessie Osborne, Published by Space.com, 31 December 2025 There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away. There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such
An image of the NGC 5353/4 galaxy group made with a telescope at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, USA on the night of Saturday 25 May 2019. The diagonal lines running across the image are trails of reflected light left by Starlink satellites as they passed through the telescope’s field of
This European Space Agency simulation shows the number of spacecraft currently orbiting the Earth, with many expected to either burn up in the atmosphere, or move to a distant 'graveyard orbit' when they reach end of life By Mojaba Akhavan-Tafti, Published by The Conversation, 3 December 2025 The rapid expansion
Published by First Post, 28 November 2025 Europe is advancing a military-grade “system of systems” in space, pooling national satellites to build a secure surveillance and intelligence network to boost defence autonomy amid rising geopolitical threats. European nations are now seeking to pool their national space assets to build a
