SpaceX’s Starship successfully reaching low-Earth orbit and deploying 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites marks a pivotal moment for US internet access. This achievement not only validates Starship’s heavy-lift capabilities but fundamentally redefines Starlink’s Read More
Beijing’s Resilient Rocketry and Strategic Silence A Chinese Long March 7A booster broke apart less than 90 seconds after liftoff on August 10, a technical setback for a key part of Beijing’s orbital ambitions. Yet, Read More
The Unseen Intent Behind Rising Space Budgets The quiet uptick in defense budgets often masks profound strategic shifts, none more critical than the US Space Force’s recent, seemingly bureaucratic, adjustment to its National Security Read More
The Quiet Commercial Exit of a Workhorse Last week’s final United Launch Alliance Atlas V mission for Amazon’s Kuiper constellation marked a definitive end, not just a transition, for a rocket that once Read More
The Shifting Calculus of Space Operations A routine reboost of NASA’s aging Swift astronomy satellite, performed last week by Katalyst Space Technologies, might seem like a mere footnote in the annals of space activity. Read More