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The russian project to launch an alternative to Starlink is in trouble. It seems there is a credit crunch and not enough money for it in the budget for this year.

President Trump wants to spend $175 billion to build a “Golden Dome” of missile defenses. History has some warnings for the project’s new director. A look at some of the looming hurdles from me and Micah Maidenberg: wsj.com/politics/natio…

Is the 3:1 down-to-upload ratio observed by Jetblue really due to user behaviour or just the result of congested GEO links & clients flooding the uplink with retransmission requests causing a feedback loop? At 10-15% packet loss retransmissions can consume over 50% of bandwidth.

EnduroSat raises $49 million to mass produce larger satellites spacenews.com/endurosat-rais…

This is a stunningly good piece...lots of amazing inside details

The bloom's off the rose for Europe's #Iris2 multi-orbit secure connectivity constellation, now openly criticized for its organization, core team selection and estimated cost overrun. Time for a reset? 🇪🇺 EU Defence and Space European Space Agency Boston Consulting Group #smallsateurope SatNews 🛰. spaceintelreport.com/europes-iris2-…

We finished processing and integrating all 27 satellites for our KA-02 mission earlier this month, and @ULAlaunch is targeting no earlier than Friday, June 13 for launch, with a 30-minute window opening at 2:29pm EDT. Follow ULA’s mission page for updates:

Elon: Starlink V3 satellites are each the size of a 737.

South Korea has approved SpaceX to launch its Starlink internet service in the country 🇰🇷🛰️

EchoStar said it won't make an interest payment because of an FCC inquiry into its 5G network. The move could potentially set the stage for EchoStar to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection – and blame the FCC for it. lightreading.com/open-ran/echos…

For the first time, Starlink has appealed directly to South Africans to help it launch locally. mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband…

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Why is IRIS² being dropped now? 1. It has been non-sensical from the start at every level but killing competition by allowing the entire industry to form a single consortium was Breton's biggest stupidity by far. 2. France prioritizes saving Eutelsat over its satellite builders

Should Trump tax SpaceX for its free use of US government controlled spectrum resources? Musk has never sent a dime to the US government for this critical enabling input to the Starlink business, while the carriers use spectrum acquired at auction, with proceeds sent to the

15 Starlink launches on May, resulting in 372 broadband satellites and 26 direct-to-cell satellites to orbit. That’s a lot of capacity!

Translated article by Germany's Klartext Raumfahrt: IRIS²: “Dead in the Water” June 2, 2025 Note in advance: We would have liked to publish this article as a commentary marking the halfway point of the IRIS² project. But that wasn’t possible—because even today, it remains

Globalstar C-3 system accepted for filing by FCC. Good news for Globalstar, one wonders if the timing provides a hint that Apple shouldn't get involved in the 2GHz kerfuffle investors.globalstar.com/news-releases/…

Excellent new report from RAND detailing the role space capabilities have played in the Russian-Ukraine war and what it might mean for space in future armed conflicts: rand.org/pubs/research_…