2+ hour, 43+ min ago   (201+ words) By Abbey White, Staff Writer, SatNews Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Coverage and analysis from across the conference, tracking the forces shaping the next phase of the SmallSat market. Rockets function reliably. Satellites roll off assembly lines at scale. Yet the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (209+ words) Targeting the growing gap between encrypted application layers and vulnerable terrestrial infrastructure, Spacecoin and the Midnight Foundation announced a partnership on January 29, 2026, to develop a private peer-to-peer (P2P) messaging platform. The collaboration aims to bypass traditional internet gateways prone to censorship,…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago   (297+ words) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. " Diffraqtion, an MIT and University of Maryland spinout, announced on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, that it has raised $4.2 million in combined pre-seed funding and a DARPA SBIR Phase 2 contract. The capital will accelerate the development of the company's novel "quantum…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (232+ words) The global space community is undergoing a fundamental transformation, maturing from a niche exploration sector into a foundational component of critical global infrastructure. As the industry accelerates toward a highly anticipated $1 trillion valuation, it has evolved into a backbone upon…...