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There are now enough Amazon Leo satellites to launch the service, but its constellation is still tiny compared to Starlink's.

Amazon says it now has enough satellites operating in low-Earth orbit to light up its Starlink internet competitor. With last night's launch, Amazon Leo has 396 satellites deployed, which is "enough to support continuous service across initial latitudes," according to Chris Weber, VP heading up business and product for Amazon Leo. That puts the company […]

Elon Musk says a report about a SpaceX AI phone prototype is "utterly false." The report, published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, says SpaceX showed off a "handset-like prototype" to some investors before launching its record-breaking initial public offering in June. The device was "slimmer than an iPhone," and they were told it […]

"We've got time into 2027 before we're getting nervous."

SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.

Starliner's certification may be delayed to 2027, 10 years later than Boeing's original schedule.

A timely tale about a 50-year-old robotic arm...

Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business, selling access to AI compute power and models. The move would pit it against the big cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

"That would be an awesome capability."

But the company is still claiming that New Glenn will return to flight this year.

"We believe this will be one of the most transformative deals in the space industry."

"Where does the threshold live that an action necessitates some proportional reaction?"

The all-stock deal values Iridium at $8 billion, and gives Rocket Lab even more firepower to compete against Amazon and SpaceX.

Rocket Lab, the space company best known for its small satellite launcher Electron, has announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications for $8 billion. The deal will combine Rocket Lab's launch services and spacecraft manufacturing with Iridium's satellite-based communications network, putting it in a better position to challenge SpaceX. Iridium offers communications services to over 2.5 […]

Rocket Lab will own satellites connecting the most remote corners of the Earth.

Dealing with vendor invoices usually means someone is sitting there manually opening PDFs and typing...

The Euclid space telescope's stunning photo of our galaxy's “crowded heart” captures more than 60 million stars.

Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.

The 8-mile pipeline would bring fuel for Starship to the company's Starbase.

NASA is testing a 'cryocoupler' developed by L3Harris for in-orbit refueling.