The Strategic Importance of China’s Long March 10B Rocket Recovery
China's Long March 10B rocket catch is more than a rocket milestone. It signals that reusable launch is moving from…
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What the Starship Recovery Reveals About Reusability Challenges
SpaceX’s successful recovery of a flight-tested Starship from the Indian Ocean is valuable because it brings the vehicle, its heat…
Replacing LRO: The Case for Commercial Lunar Imaging
NASA may use a commercial lunar-orbiter imaging service to supplement or eventually replace the aging Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The important…
Countering Starlink: Strategies for Disruption
Starlink counterspace is easier to disrupt locally than to destroy globally. That difference shapes the risks of electronic warfare, cyber…
Deorbit-as-a-Service: The Pentagon Wants to Buy Satellite Disposal
The Defense Innovation Unit and Space Development Agency have selected D-Orbit USA, Firefly, and Katalyst Space to study deorbit-as-a-service. The…
SpaceX’s Expanding Role in U.S. Missile Defense
This analysis explains the SpaceX Golden Dome role: a growing infrastructure position across launch, sensing, and communications, but no publicly…
A Strike on Samara Exposes the Bottleneck in Russian Launch Capability
A strike on Russia’s Progress Rocket and Space Centre is unlikely to shut down launches immediately. Its real significance for…
Understanding BOHR: The Future of Micro-Power in Space
City Labs' BOHR mission is a real first for commercial nuclear space power in orbit. The important part is not…
Innovative Methods for Outer Space Treaty Verification
A Nature study proposes using cosmic-proton spallation neutrons to help identify nuclear warheads in orbit, opening a path toward Outer…
SpaceX Starship Flight 13: Key Insights and Developments
Starship Flight 13 deployed functioning satellites and returned an intact ship to the ocean. The next test—orbit and a tower…