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April 10, 2025
VSAT NEWS
Multi-Orbit and Multi-Partnership Strategies Shape the Future of Inflight Connectivity



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Inflight connectivity providers are making substantial advances in network strategy, hardware integration, and operator partnerships, reflecting the sector's shift toward scalable, high-performance services across multiple orbits and technologies. Several recent announcements from Eutelsat, Panasonic Avionics, SES, Intelsat, ThinKom, and Quvia demonstrate the competitive momentum behind multi-orbit architectures, vertically integrated software-hardware ecosystems, and increasingly flexible service model ... read more

GPS NEWS
Rx Networks launches TruePoint FOCUS to deliver real-time centimeter precision
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Rx Networks Inc., a leader in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data services, has announced the debut of TruePoint FOCUS, a cloud-powered correction platform that provides near-instantaneou ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Microbial profile mapped aboard China space station
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Efforts to understand how microgravity shapes microbial life have long been hampered by limited data from the International Space Station (ISS), primarily due to the technical challenges of sustaine ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Rocket Lab launches tailored solar arrays for next gen satellite missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has unveiled a new suite of customizable solar arrays, branded as STARRAY, aimed at addressing the broad spectrum of satellite power demands across all orbital environments. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar panels from Moon dust may revolutionize lunar energy supply
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
In a significant advance for lunar sustainability, scientists have fabricated solar cells using simulated Moon dust, offering a lightweight, radiation-resistant energy source for future Moon mission ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Amazon satellite launch scrubbed due to weather
Washington (AFP) April 10, 2025
Weather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink from lifting off Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Trump's NASA chief pick says will 'prioritize' Mars mission
Washington (AFP) April 9, 2025
NASA will prioritize sending astronauts to Mars, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US space agency said Wednesday, shifting focus beyond a long-planned return to the Moon - but insisting both were achievable. ... more
MOON DAILY
Differences in lunar space weathering revealed by farside samples
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
This study, led by Dr. XIAN Haiyang and Dr. ZHU Jianxi from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presents groundbreaking findings from the Chang'e-6 lunar m ... more
IRON AND ICE
Life rebounded quickly after dinosaur-killing impact
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Roughly 66 million years ago, a colossal asteroid collided with Earth, triggering the mass extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and wiping out approximately 70% of marine species. But new research ... more

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS


MOON DAILY
Redwire and ispace-US forge partnership to pursue lunar mission contracts
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a prominent developer of space infrastructure, has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding with ispace technologies-U.S., inc. (ispace-U.S.), an America ... more
MOON DAILY
True Anomaly expands Jackal spacecraft operations to GEO and lunar space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
True Anomaly Inc., a leader in developing advanced defense-focused space technologies, has unveiled plans to extend the operational envelope of its Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV) to geosync ... more
EXO WORLDS
In the quest for alien life, even empty results hold value
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
What if future planetary surveys yield no evidence of life beyond Earth? A research team led by physicist Dr. Daniel Angerhausen from ETH Zurich's Exoplanets and Habitability Group, working in colla ... more
EXO WORLDS
Microscopy study in Earths harsh environments informs alien life search
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Body Text: Researchers at Portland State University have demonstrated that signs of microbial life can be consistently detected across a variety of Earth's most extreme habitats, findings that may s ... more
TECH SPACE
A football field of archives shaped the identity of the Royal Observatory
London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
The vast archival legacy of George Biddell Airy, former director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, stretches 110 meters across the Cambridge University Library shelves-roughly the length of a foo ... more
GPS NEWS
Digging Gets Smarter with Trimble's Siteworks Upgrade for Excavators
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) has launched a new capability for its Siteworks Machine Guidance Module that integrates tilt bucket attachments into its field software suite. This enhancement enables constru ... more
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ROBO SPACE
In Alabama, NASA's annual rover vehicle challenge drives inspiration for moon, beyond
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 8, 2025
NASA will kick off its 31st annual Rover Competition this week in Alabama, giving students from around the world a chance to show their engineering prowess in the space agency's " obstacle course games. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Weather satellite operational, completes fleet to forecast severe storms on Earth
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 8, 2025
The final piece of an advanced series of weather satellites officially began operating Tuesday to help provide better forecasts on Earth and in space, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ... more
MARSDAILY
A step closer to Martian habitability as lichens endure simulated surface conditions
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
In a breakthrough experiment, scientists have demonstrated that some species of lichens can survive conditions that mimic those on Mars, including intense ionizing radiation, while continuing to fun ... more
IRON AND ICE
NASA Webb Telescope Sizes Up Small Asteroid with Big Implications
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has provided critical new data on asteroid 2024 YR4, confirming that this near-Earth object poses no significant risk of impact in 2032 or the foreseeable future. ... more
EXO WORLDS
What null results in the search for life could still reveal
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
BODY TEXT: What if, after decades of scanning the cosmos with cutting-edge telescopes, we still detect no signs of extraterrestrial life? A new study led by researchers at ETH Zurich, including SETI ... more
EXO WORLDS
Saturn's moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount, study finds
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a strange, alien world. Covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and dunes of soot-like "sand," its topography has long fascinated scientists and ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Solar wind compressions spark massive heatwaves on Jupiter
London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
A powerful solar wind surge that dramatically compressed Jupiter's magnetic boundary has been recorded for the first time, revealing unexpected heating effects across the gas giant's upper atmospher ... more
TECH SPACE
Sierra Space teams with Honda and Tec-Masters for ISS clean energy test
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Sierra Space has announced a strategic partnership with Honda and Tec-Masters to conduct in-orbit testing of Honda's advanced water electrolysis system aboard the International Space Station (ISS). ... more
TECH SPACE
Honda to test renewable tech in space soon
Washington (AFP) April 4, 2025
Honda will partner with US companies to test in orbit a renewable energy technology it hopes to one day deploy on the Moon's surface, the Japanese carmaker announced Friday. ... more
CHIP TECH
A new path for quantum connections
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
Applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a photon-routing device that could significantly enhance the interface between opti ... more
IRON AND ICE
Mammals were shifting to ground life long before dinosaur extinction
London, UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
New findings from the University of Bristol suggest that mammals had begun transitioning from arboreal habitats to terrestrial ones several million years prior to the asteroid strike that caused the ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA uncovers complex teamwork in magnetic bacteria
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
In a breakthrough study, researchers backed by NASA have explored the remarkable cooperative behavior of a rare form of bacteria that function as if they were a unified multicellular entity. These o ... more
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TIME AND SPACE
Smartphone sensor array reimagined as ultra-precise antimatter imaging system
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
In a major advance for antimatter research, scientists from CERN's AEgIS collaboration have engineered a groundbreaking imaging system by adapting the image sensors found in mobile phone cameras. Th ... more
SPACEWAR
Sierra Space advances secure GPS tech for US Space Force initiative
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Sierra Space has successfully showcased its Resilient GPS (R-GPS) satellite technology, a critical advancement for the U.S. Space Force's efforts to strengthen national defense through more robust n ... more
OUTER PLANETS
20 years of Hubble data reveals evolving weather patterns on Uranus
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
The ice giant Uranus, known for its peculiar sideways rotation, has revealed new atmospheric secrets thanks to a 20-year observational campaign using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Through precise i ... more
SPACEWAR
Gravitics wins $60M backing to deploy on-orbit vehicle platforms
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Gravitics has secured a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) award from SpaceWERX, a division of the U.S. Space Force, which could provide up to $60 million in combined government, Small Business In ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Wearable tech and fitness routines guide health strategies for astronauts
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2025
Expedition 72 astronauts kicked off the week by strapping on wearable sensors and engaging in workout regimens designed to help researchers understand how the human body adjusts to spaceflight. Thes ... more
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