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German startup makes history with first orbital space flight launched from European soil

It was Isar's second launch, coming 18 months after the company's first rocket plunged to the ground and exploded in a fiery spectacle shortly after takeoff from the same site.

An Isar Aerospace rocket.
A drone view of firefighters conducting search and rescue operations at a damaged road leading to Gyirong Port after a mudslide, in Gyirong county, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China August 28, 2026.

Nepal monitoring two lakes, flood risk to remain until they're fully drained, official says

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Israel seeking to lead intensifying international race over anti-satellite weaponry - analysis

Kratos Defense and Security Systems' GAIA100 tri-band ground station

Kratos subsidiary Orbit secures major international satellite orders


US divisions over Chinese spy balloon show politicized foreign policy - analysis

The incursion of a Chinese spy balloon into US airspace has turned what could be a normal debate and discussion into another politicized foreign policy issue.

 Spectators watch after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast in Holden Beach, North Carolina, US February 4, 2023.

TAU establishes first observatory for orbit satellite communication

The station includes a satellite observatory dome with a diameter of 4.25 meters, a tracking system, a primary high-speed camera and more.

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Space startups funding halved in 2022 as investors shift to safer bets

Last year marked the toughest period for space startups since the economic crisis in 2008.

 Spacecraft hardware engineer Anubhav Thakur performs a test on one of Spire's Lemur 2-2.0 satellites during a tour of Spire's nano-satellite facility in San Francisco, California January 6, 2016.

Britain's groundbreaking satellite launch ends in failure

The apparent failure deals a further blow to European space ambitions after an Italian-built Vega-C rocket mission failed after lift-off from French Guiana in late December.

Cosmic Girl, a Virgin Boeing 747-400 aircraft sits on the tarmac with Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket attached to the wing, ahead of the first UK launch tonight, at Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport in Newquay, Britain, January 9, 2023.

TAU engineers launching first Israeli nanosatellite for communicating from space

This is the first optical ground station in Israel and one of very few worldwide that can lock onto, track and collect data from a nanosatellite.

 The satellite team (Clockwise): Orly Blumberg, Prof. Ofer Amrani, Prof. Meir Ariel, Dr. Dolev Bashi & Idan Finkelstein

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

If all goes as planned, the SUV-sized Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will produce research data within several months.

The advanced radar SWOT satellite, short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography and designed and built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles, is seen in an artist's rendition created in February 2015.

SpaceX gets US approval to deploy up to 7,500 satellites

SpaceX has sought approval to operate a network of 29,988 satellites, to be known as its “second-generation” or Gen2 Starlink constellation to beam internet to areas with little or no access.

SpaceX SN15 starship prototype liftoffs from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, May 5, 2021.

Iran determined to send more satellites to space - IRGC aerospace chief

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC’s aerospace force, said that Iran is determined to put more satellites into space using a new satellite launch vehicle.

 A first military satellite named Noor is launched into orbit by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Semnan, Iran April 22, 2020

Satellites, missiles and drones: Who is IRGC scientist Abdollah Mehrabi?

While Mehrabi has been publicly linked to Iran's drone project, his role expands to the country's space and ballistic missile programs.

 Launch of Qaem 100 satellite

Russia's anti-satellite threat tests laws of war in space

Space has expanded beyond its title as the "final frontier." Now, it has become a new battleground.

A rocket booster with satellites of British firm OneWeb blasts off from a launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome