Think tank calls debris-making ASAT tests a losing trade
FAS analysis argues debris-creating anti-satellite tests offer little military value and should be banned.
Robinhood’s new venture fund holds a thin early space portfolio
RVII brings retail investors a thin early slice of space exposure built around an Earth observation AI startup.
Space AI decisions outrun the audit trails built to explain them
Software-level allocation choices in orbit now decide who stays connected, with few records to explain them.
Quantum computers could forge the history held in satellite logs
Satellite telemetry logs face a post-quantum deadline before the signatures protecting them expire.
Contractors book Golden Dome work as 2027 funding stalls
Golden Dome dollars are finally reaching contracts even as fiscal 2027 funding remains uncertain.
SpaceX vertical build wins it a bigger missile defense role
SpaceX's $8.1B in recent awards put vertical integration at the center of the Pentagon's missile defense build.
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