A strange brown ribbon stretching from the coast of Africa to North America has scientists and other experts worried about the planet's future. Here's why.

The Space Force is reopening a $1.4 billion program to build mobile ground stations used to track and command spacecraft, after initially awarding the work to a single contractor. The move reflects a broader effort by the Defense Department to diversify suppliers and reduce dependence on bespoke systems that are costly to produce.

Elon Musk's Starlink announced that it's launching new 'direct-to-cell' satellites in 2027. Starlink said Monday that it plans to begin launching next year its second generation of satellites

The service will go live in 2028. It comes as Starlink's owner, SpaceX, gears up for an IPO.

Open Cosmos shed more light on its proposed sovereign broadband constellation for Europe March 2, branding the Ka-band network ConnectedCosmos while leaving how it will meet mid-2026 deployment deadlines in the dark.

From Super Bowl ads to new constellation announcements, satellites are suddenly everywhere. What’s driving this surge in activity, and what should we make of it?

The Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile joint-venture for European connectivity to its orbiting satellites has been officially opened. ‘Satellite Connect Europe’ i

Avellan added that 2026 will see the deployment of "45 to 60 satellites into loaded orbit by the end of this year, with current expectations closer to 60 satellites ready to ship and 45 satellites in orbit," and that manufacturing capacity had reached "six satellites worth of micron and phase array per month."