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After a decade of disruption, the global launch market has consolidated around a handful of serious players. Here's where the competitive landscape actually stands today.
Cutting through the noise to tell you exactly which telescope to buy if you're just getting started — and which ones to avoid, regardless of what the box says.
Sentinel-6B's first validated altimetry data continues the longest unbroken sea level record in history. Sea level rise has nearly doubled in rate since 1993 — here's what the 33-year record now shows.
The South Atlantic Anomaly causes satellite memory errors, single-event upsets, and accelerated solar array degradation on every LEO orbit. Here's what it is, why it's expanding, and how operators cope.
China's lunar program in 2025 is on track: Chang'e 7 heads for the Moon's south pole, Long March 10 nears its first flight, and 17 nations have joined the ILRS. Here's where it all stands.
Laser satellite communication transmits data 100× faster than radio with no spectrum allocation. Here's how free-space optical inter-satellite links work and what the Australia-Japan collaboration is achieving.
Sentinel-6B's Poseidon-4 SAR altimeter extends 30+ years of global sea level data. Here's how satellite radar altimetry actually works and why this Copernicus mission is irreplaceable for climate science.
Venturi's MONA LUNA is a European commercial lunar rover targeting the Moon's south pole before 2030. Here's the mission architecture, the technology challenges, and what it means for European space ambitions.
NASA's super pressure balloon completed a full Earth circumnavigation in 16 days at 33 km altitude. Here's the engineering that keeps a football-stadium balloon aloft for months without venting gas.
Arkadia Space's in-orbit green propellant test validates a non-toxic hydrazine replacement for small satellites. Here's how high-performance green propellants compare to hydrazine — and why the industry is finally switching.
Lunar regolith hazards go beyond abrasion. Razor-sharp, electrostatically charged, and potentially toxic to lungs — here's what makes moon dust a primary engineering challenge for every Artemis surface mission.
Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole in 2025, revealing a chaotic magnetic field at solar maximum. Here's what the images show and why they matter for space weather forecasting.
How does spacecraft thermal control work? From MLI blankets and heat pipes to phase change materials — a clear guide to keeping satellites at 20°C across a 270°C temperature swing.
How does the thermosphere affect LEO satellites? From atmospheric drag to GNSS disruption — and the 2022 Starlink incident that made the stakes impossible to ignore.
Earth's magnetic field protects life from solar wind, enables animal navigation across thousands of kilometres, and its current weakening already affects satellites. Here's why it matters beyond atmospheric shielding.
Parker Solar Probe's closest-ever images of the Sun show the solar corona's internal structure in unprecedented detail. Here's what WISPR captured at 6.1 million km — and how the spacecraft survives 1,400°C.