Published by Blue Origin, 24 November 2025 Blue Origin announced today an agreement with Optimum Technologies (OpTech) to integrate its next-generation Caracal optical payload onboard the first mission of Blue Ring, the highly maneuverable multi-mission spacecraft for payload delivery, hosting, and infrastructure services. Blue Ring's first mission is expected to
Image Crown Copyright 2023 By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 14 November 2025 Slingshot Aerospace has been selected by the UK Space Agency to deliver a global optical sensor network that will expand the United Kingdom’s ability to track satellites and orbital debris as congestion in orbit continues
By Jon Brodkin, Published by Ars technica, 14 November 2025 It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries. Image of a Starshield satellite from SpaceX's website. Credit: SpaceX About 170 Starshield satellites built by SpaceX for the US government’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) have been sending
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 13 November 2025 The DARPA program aims to improve the ability to "track potential threats and objects of interest originating from or transiting cislunar space." As the moon becomes the center of the new space race, the United States military is looking for new
By Lisa West, Published by UK Defence Journal, 12 November 2025 Raytheon UK has been awarded a contract to provide orbital analyst capability to the UK Space Agency in support of the nation’s Space Domain Awareness mission, the company stated. Under the agreement, analysts from Raytheon UK will operate from
Space domain awareness is critical for the military's flexibility and responsiveness in space. Image generated via DALL-E. By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 6 November 2025 Demand has never been greater for the monitoring of objects in orbit and the coordination of their safe movement. The number of active
Rendering of constellation of imaging satellites in low Earth orbit. Credit: BlackSky By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 6 November 2025 The race to deliver intelligence faster is reshaping the commercial satellite industry — and the business models behind it. At last week’s Milsat Symposium in Mountain View, California,
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a blockade outside the Pine Gap military facility. (ABC News: Alex Barwick) By Ben Doherty, Published by The Guardian, 26 October 2025 A protest over Pine Gap’s claimed role in genocide has refocused attention on the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs Straight and bare,
