Industry Space Amazon's satellite internet service is finally ready for real users – sort of Amazon Leo begins commercial rollout with 396 satellites, targeting Starlink's early 2020 beta performance By Skye Jacobs, July 4, 2026, 7:49 AM
Space The Web Amazon just got a reprieve: it only has 331 Leo satellites instead of the 1,616 it needed by July Amazon's satellite internet project was months away from losing its FCC authorization By Rob Thubron, June 9, 2026, 10:27 AM
Space Blue Origin prepares to reuse New Glenn booster in bid to challenge SpaceX The launch combines a reuse test with AST SpaceMobile's high-capacity BlueBird satellite By Skye Jacobs, April 18, 2026, 9:19 AM
Industry Space Amazon purchases Globalstar for $11.6B to expand its low Earth orbit satellite network Amazon is investing heavily in its satellite network By Shawn Knight, April 14, 2026, 1:40 PM 12 comments
AI Space US government hires BlackSky to build next-gen AI surveillance satellites for Earth and beyond The "world's most advanced space-based intelligence system" is going to become even better now By Alfonso Maruccia, April 1, 2026, 2:48 PM 13 comments
Electronics Tech Culture GPS is getting jammed in the Strait of Hormuz, and ships are appearing in circles The interference is disrupting navigation in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes By Skye Jacobs, March 15, 2026, 12:07 PM 18 comments
Mobile Space Starlink Mobile is rolling out V2 satellites that promise 100x data density from orbit SpaceX second-gen network pushes closer to delivering "5G from space" By Skye Jacobs, March 3, 2026, 9:13 AM 8 comments
The Web Hardware The world's first transatlantic fiber cable is being pulled off the ocean floor Before Starlink, there was TAT-8 By Skye Jacobs, February 24, 2026, 6:11 PM 15 comments
Space AI Elon Musk wants to launch AI satellites from the Moon using a giant catapult Moon-based mass driver could hurl AI satellites into orbit By Rob Thubron, February 11, 2026, 9:24 AM 14 comments
The Web Security Russian forces thrown into communications chaos after Starlink cutoff Ads seeking civilians to register Starlink terminals surface after cutoff By Rob Thubron, February 10, 2026, 8:31 AM 33 comments
Space The Web Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX with plans for space-based AI infrastructure Rocket company wants to turn low Earth orbit into a global data center layer By Skye Jacobs, February 3, 2026, 5:23 AM 7 comments
Space The Web Europe's answer to Starlink is officially starting to come online Satellite internet is becoming the next battleground for digital independence By Alfonso Maruccia, February 2, 2026, 6:57 PM 53 comments
Science Space The "Crash Clock" shows how close we are to the next satellite collision Tiny bits of debris and a flood of new satellites are tightening the safety margins around Earth By Skye Jacobs, January 25, 2026, 1:04 PM 15 comments
Science Space Scientists turn earthquake sensors into space debris trackers Tracking space debris, one sonic boom at a time By Skye Jacobs, January 23, 2026, 1:56 PM
Space Mobile China seeks approval to launch massive orbital satellite constellation If approved, it'd become one of the largest satellite constellations ever deployed By Alfonso Maruccia, January 14, 2026, 2:03 PM 12 comments
Space Industry Scotland is quietly building one of Europe's most advanced space ecosystems CubeSats, rocket startups, and a Shetland launch site are redefining the UK's orbital future By Skye Jacobs, January 14, 2026, 9:31 AM
Space The Web SpaceX gets green light to grow Starlink to roughly 15,000 satellites The move brings Starlink closer to delivering gigabit speeds By Rob Thubron, January 12, 2026, 8:34 AM
Space Electronics Starlink to lower SpaceX satellites as near-misses pile up in low Earth orbit Low Earth orbit is getting very crowded By Rob Thubron, January 2, 2026, 6:19 AM
Space The Web A Starlink satellite appears to have exploded and is now spiraling toward Earth Caused by an internal energy event, not a collision By Skye Jacobs, December 20, 2025, 11:32 AM 21 comments
Space Tech Culture BlackSky captures high-quality photos of Earth less than a day after launching its new satellite BlackSky says its new Gen-3 satellite can spot cars, ships – even people and their shadows By Alfonso Maruccia, November 27, 2025, 10:44 AM 7 comments
Apple Mobile Apple's quiet satellite strategy is starting to look like a long-term play for global coverage Apple bets on space connectivity while competitors circle By Skye Jacobs, November 10, 2025, 11:52 AM 17 comments
Gaming Space They got Doom running on a satellite orbiting Earth, because of course they did A game that is set off-planet can now run off-planet By Cal Jeffrey, November 3, 2025, 5:30 PM
Science Space Astronomers warn of "catastrophic" consequences as startup pushes plan to launch giant space mirrors Satellites that would redirect sunlight to Earth's night side By Skye Jacobs, November 3, 2025, 6:18 AM 24 comments
Space Industry Airbus, Thales and Leonardo to merge space units in biggest shake-up in decades Europe remakes its space industry to match SpaceX's rapid model By Skye Jacobs, October 26, 2025, 10:08 AM
Space Industry SpaceX's classified Starshield satellites are broadcasting on restricted frequencies Signals from SpaceX's Starshield network raise questions over spectrum misuse By Skye Jacobs, October 20, 2025, 10:06 AM 13 comments