Goodbye to Starlink – Amazon launches more Project Kuiper satellites and moves forward with its plan to conquer the Internet from space

Amazon's Project Kuiper lifted off at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 6 October 2023, carrying the first two of a planned 3,236 satellites into space. Photograph: Terry Renna/AP By Laura M., Published by Union Rayo, 28 June 2025 Amazon has its own satellite project. Beyond dominating the internet, it now wants

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Space Force is contracting with SpaceX for new, secretive MILNET SATCOM network

SpaceX's Starlink system By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 18 June 2025 The MILNET contract with SpaceX is being paid for by the Space Force but managed by the National Reconnaissance Office, sources said. WASHINGTON — The Space Force in contracting with SpaceX for a new government-owned, contractor-operated satellite

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Protesters outside the 2022 Rocket Lab conference at Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch. Peter Meecham / The Press

Implications for NZ from Rocket Lab’s military work go undebated

Protesters outside the 2022 Rocket Lab conference at Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch.Peter Meecham / The Press By Warren Thomson. Published by The Press, 9 June 2025 Warren Thomson is an anti-nuclear activist who has been writing and speaking on peace issues for fifty years, and is involved with

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China’s Satellite Swarm Sparks Global Alarm as Starlink Rival Grows More Aggressive

A modified Long March-6 rocket carrying 18 Qianfen satellites takes off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China's Shanxi province. VCG/AP By Brian Foster, Published by Glass Almanac, 6 June 2025 China’s ambitious satellite projects are making waves around the globe, not just for their potential economic and technological

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