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Astranis showcases the precision machining of a 5lb aluminum block into flight hardware for satellites using advanced 5-axis CNC techniques on a DMG Mori DMU 40.

65 years ago, the US Navy's Transit-4A became the first satellite to use nuclear power in orbit with a tiny RTG. Today, modern RTGs like those from Zeno Power can scale output using nuclear waste.

A think tank workshop simulated space warfare scenarios to explore how US and allied commanders might respond to potential attacks on military satellites, considering diplomatic versus military reactions.

SpaceX is set to launch the Falcon 9 carrying the SXM-11 mission for SiriusXM from Florida at 10:25 p.m. ET, with a webcast starting 10 minutes before liftoff.

Sawyer Merritt highlights SpaceX's 'star' initiatives: Starfall for microgravity research and manufacturing, Stargaze for orbital tracking, and Starshield for secure satellite networks.

A developer built a 6-agent AI system for satellite collision avoidance in 4 days for a hackathon, sharing lessons learned.

Loft Orbital's YAM-9 satellite runs Google's Gemma 3 vision-language model onboard for real-time image analysis, reducing downlink bandwidth and latency by deciding what data to send to Earth.

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies are attempting an unprecedented rapid satellite rescue mission to boost the aging Swift observatory's orbit, preventing its loss due to atmospheric drag. The mission was conceived and developed in under a year with a $30 million contract.

NAVI-Orbital demonstrates the first in-orbit deployment of a zero-shot vision-language model (Gemma 3) on a LEO satellite, enabling autonomous scene classification and semantic compression of Earth observation data without fine-tuning.

A satellite called Yam-9 used Google DeepMind's Gemma 3 vision-language model in orbit to autonomously identify areas of interest based on natural language queries, marking the first reported use of a VLM in space and signaling a shift toward more autonomous satellite operations.

Elon Musk announces SpaceX AI satellites, likely referring to Starlink or new satellite capabilities with integrated AI.

SpaceX has unveiled its first satellite design incorporating artificial intelligence, marking a step in AI-enhanced space technology.

SpaceX confirms successful satellite deployment.

Evidence suggests the U.S. military has been using a hidden 176-bit slot in public GPS signals to broadcast encrypted cryptographic keys for nearly 20 years, effectively turning GPS satellites into global numbers stations.

Elon Musk shares a comparison of Starlink V2 vs V3 satellite specs, highlighting massive bandwidth increases per satellite and per launch, with V3 deployment starting later this year on Starship.

SpaceX has been awarded a $4 billion contract to build missile-tracking satellites as part of the 'Golden Dome' defense system, continuing its work on the Trump administration's defense initiative.

A pure-OCaml implementation of the CCSDS protocol stack, codenamed Borealis, successfully booted up on the DPhi Space ClusterGate-2 payload module in low Earth orbit, demonstrating safe and performant OCaml in space.

An exploration of the concept and challenges of building data centers in space for enhanced data processing and reduced latency.

Elon Musk intervened to overhaul Starlink production, cutting costs 10× and scaling output 10× to eliminate a critical bottleneck.

Starlink announces its high-speed satellite internet service is now available in the reader’s area with speeds up to 400+ Mbps.