Space

ABL closes $170 million round, valued at $1.3 billion

South Korea wants to go to the Moon, too

On October 28th, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX published its Terms of Service for the beta test of its Starlink broadband megaconstellation. If successful, the project purports to offer internet connection to the entire globe – an admirable, albeit aspirational, mission. I must confess: Starlink’s terrestrial impact is a pet issue of mine. But this time, something else caught my attention. Buried in said Terms of Service, under a section called “Governing Law”, I discovered this curious paragraph:

As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Joint Air Power Competence Centre, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Responsive Space for NATO Operations”, originally published in the Joint Air Power Competence Centre Journal 31.

In the latest Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, Steven Freeland and Torsten Kriening welcomed Prof Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Prof PJ Blount to the historic Café Barerra in Leiden. Over croissant and coffee, the panelists, along with a lively audience engaged in a revealing and insightful discussion

ExactEarth refines AIS-based maritime tracking service

NASA boosts 365 small space businesses and institutes

UNOOSA launches another Space4Youth competition

Sky Perfect JSAT buys its first Airbus for Superbird-9

Software firm Bluestaq wins $280m contract from U.S. Space Force