China outlines mega constellations in ITU satellite filingsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 China has submitted plans for more than 200,000 satellites to the International Telecommunication Union, underscoring a drive to secure orbital positions and radio spectrum as global competition for low Earth orbit intensifies. The applications on the ITU website cover more than a dozen planned satellite constellations, with individual networks ranging from a few dozen spacecraft to systems appr
Time-expanded network model cuts complexity in mega constellation launch planningTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 30, 2025 Large Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations promise continuous, high-capacity information services, but planners must work within limits set by launch cadence, payload capacity, and orbital mechanics to deploy satellites in batches at reasonable cost. Researchers Junru Lin, Tiantian Zhang, and Min Hu at Space Engineering University in Beijing have developed an optimization framework that keeps de
K2 Space raises 250m to scale Mega class high power satellitesTorrance, CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 K2 Space has closed a 250 million dollar Series C funding round that values the company at 3 billion dollars as it prepares to field a new generation of large high power satellites designed for the heavy lift launch era. The round follows 500 million dollars in signed contracts with commercial operators and U.S. government customers and is led by Redpoint, with participation from accounts advise
Study: Current, future megaconstellations risk space-based astronomyResearchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center sound alarm about current and projected impacts to observatories, like the Hubble Space Telescope and others.
Scientists trace ancient mega watersheds on MarsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Billions of years ago, rainfall on Mars fed rivers that cut valleys, overtopped crater rims and carved canyons, with some flows likely reaching a northern ocean basin on the planet. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have now organized these fluvial features into large drainage systems, producing the first global inventory of major Martian river basins and identifying 16 larg
Ancient giant shark fossils reveal early mega-predator dominance in Australian seasBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Researchers have identified fossils of a gigantic lamniform shark that lived off northern Australia 115 million years ago. This predator achieved massive body size much earlier in shark evolutionary history than previously known, taking a leading position in ocean food chains with large marine reptiles. The discovery emerged from an interdisciplinary analysis reconstructing size evolution in anc
Perseverance Meets the MegabrecciaWritten by By Henry Manelski, Ph.D. student at Purdue University Last week, the Perseverance rover began an exciting new journey. Driving northwest of the Soroya ridge, Perseverance entered an area filled with a diverse range of boulders that the science team believes could hold clues to Mars’ early history. The terrain we are exploring is […]
Trump Megabill Includes Billions for Artemis, ISS, Moving A Space Shuttle to Texas And MoreThe House passed President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” this afternoon. Trump is expected to sign it tomorrow, July 4, a self-imposed deadline Republicans were determined to meet. Dubbed the […]
Smallsat manufacturers weigh megafactories versus microfactoriesWhile some smallsat manufacturers are scaling up production with new factories, others believe smaller, focused facilities are a better investment.
NASA’s Hubble Finds Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega CentauriMost known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, or relatively lightweight, with a mass of under 100 times that of the Sun. Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are scarce, however, and are considered rare “missing links” in black hole evolution. Now, an international […]
Former SES CEO joins megaconstellation startup E-SpaceFormer SES CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh has returned to the space industry to oversee strategy in Europe and the Middle East for E-Space, the connectivity startup plotting a network of hundreds of thousands of satellites.
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La NASA invita a los medios al lanzamiento del nuevo mega-cohete y nave espacial lunaresYa está abierta la acreditación de medios de comunicación para las actividades de pre-lanzamiento y lanzamiento relacionadas con la misión Artemis I de la NASA, la primera misión desde Apolo de sistemas de exploración construidos para llevar tripulación a bordo que viajará alrededor de la Luna.
Satellite operators criticize “extreme” megaconstellation filingsEstablished satellite operators expressed their frustration at the wave of filings for enormous satellite constellations, arguing nations need to step forward and establish rules to curtail such systems.
NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Future Mega Moon Rocket BoostersNASA has awarded the Booster Production and Operations Contract (BPOC) to Northrop Grumman of Brigham City, Utah, to build boosters for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to support nine SLS flights.
NASA Mega Moon Rocket Passes Key Test, Readies for LaunchThe largest rocket element NASA has ever built, the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, fired its four RS-25 engines for 8 minutes and 19 seconds Thursday at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.















