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Concerns grow after spate of social media posts showing SpaceX Starlink satellites burning in the sky — we are currently seeing a ‘couple of satellite re-entries a day,’ says respected astrophysicist

October 9, 2025
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| China, Satellites, SpaceX, Starlink

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 By Mark Tyson, Published by Tom's Hardware, 9 October 2025 Starlink satellites are designed to completely burn up upon reentry, but every few months there are news reports about space debris impacting Earth. A recent

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn New Glenn’s second stage tank at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL., July 14, 2022. (Photo: Blue Origin)

Blue Origin wins $78.2 million contract to expand satellite processing infrastructure at Cape Canaveral

October 7, 2025
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| Blue Origin, Dual and Commercial Use, Launch sites, Satellites, Space Force, Space Systems Command, Spending

Blue Origin’s New Glenn New Glenn’s second stage tank at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL., July 14, 2022. (Photo: Blue Origin) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 October 2025 The contract is a public-private partnership agreement awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command WASHINGTON

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Opening lines of communications for space safety

October 6, 2025
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| Amazon, Artemis, Canada, China, Communications, Dual and Commercial Use, ESA, India, ITU, NASA, Satellites, SpaceX

Can the U.S. and China cooperate in space? (Image credit: Dragon Claws/iStock/Getty Images) By Jeff Foust, Published by The Space Review, 6 October 2025 The International Astronautical Congress is billed as one of the largest global space conferences and an opportunity for countries to come together to discuss key space

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Russia persistently targeting British satellites, UK Space Command chief says

October 3, 2025
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| Jamming, Proximity, Russia, Satellites, Space Command, UK

Tedman near a radar unit at RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/Reuters By PA Media, Published by The Guardian, 3 October 2025 Maj Gen Paul Tedman says Moscow trying to disrupt UK’s military activities on ‘weekly’ basis and closely monitoring space assets Russia is attempting to jam UK

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Space Rapid Capabilities Office to put radars on sats to warn of space-bound threats

October 2, 2025
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| Dual and Commercial Use, Orbital Warfare, Radars, Satellites, Space Command, Space Force, Surveillance

GSSAP space domain awareness satellite (Air Force Space Command archive) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 2 October 2025 The plan is to award two vendors 24-month Direct to Phase II SBIR grants worth $3M each to demo low-cost, low-weight radars on Space Force satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit.

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Satellite radios sought for Golden Dome interceptor demo

October 1, 2025
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| Communications, Golden Dome, Missile Defense, Satellites, Space Systems Command

One concept for the Golden Dome missile defense system with space-based elements. (credit: Redwire) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 1 October 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s procurement arm has opened a competition for companies to design a compact radio-frequency (RF) terminal for inter-satellite communications, according to

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