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  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China building cyber weapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak

    Classified CIA document assesses Beijing’s ambitions to take control of communications critical to fighting wars

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korea claims success in building first spy satellite

    Pyongyang says satellite will strengthen country’s ability to conduct pre-emptive strike and monitor US and South Korean activity

  • Monday, 10 April, 2023
    LexSpace industry
    OneWeb/Eutelsat: sky-high terminal cost brings valuation down to earth Premium content

    The need for scale is why OneWeb is combining with French group Eutelsat and seeking a London listing

  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Virgin Orbit
    Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy protection in US

    Richard Branson’s rocket launch spin-off has already ceased operations and cut 85% of workforce

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    Mis-steps that brought Virgin Orbit crashing back to earth

    Branson vehicle teeters after series of flawed decisions and a failed launch lead to painful denouement

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit in talks about potential buyout

    Shares hit after company announces ‘operational pause’ and puts staff on unpaid furlough

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    A dose of reality is needed in the race to connect smartphones to space

    There are still substantial hurdles to cover the world’s communications black spots

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    ExplainerScience
    Spy balloons, sky clutter and UFOs: what flies in the ‘forgotten space’?

    Objects in the upper stratosphere are used for science, surveillance and communications

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Virgin Orbit pledges to return for new UK satellite launch

    Richard Branson’s company wants to try again later this year after failed mission from Cornwall

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    News in-depthSpace industry
    Virgin Orbit scrambles to establish why first UK satellite launch failed

    Very public blow to British ambitions to be player in Europe’s ‘space race’

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    LexAerospace & Defence
    Virgin Orbit: launch failure puts focus on finances Premium content

    Rising rates and weaker economic conditions make fundraising more onerous

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Virgin Orbit
    Virgin Orbit shares sink after rocket ‘anomaly’

    Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne prevented from gaining orbit in blow to British space ambitions

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Interview
    Europe’s independent access to space is at risk, says space agency chief

    Josef Aschbacher says continent needs to ensure it has competitive capabilities as UK prepares for launch

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Taiwan
    Taiwan plans domestic satellite champion to resist any China attack

    Country wants to emulate Elon Musk’s Starlink in wake of Ukraine war with low-Earth orbit start-up

  • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
    Rana Foroohar
    The new space race could turn science fiction into reality

    Public and private actors are duking it out for extraterrestrial control

  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
    Aerospace & Defence
    UK aviation regulator approves first satellite launch from British soil

    Civil Aviation Authority issues final licences to Virgin Orbit for take off from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay

  • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
    Europe
    Europe’s next generation of weather satellites set for launch

    €4.3bn system promises 50 times more data to improve accuracy of forecasts, particularly for imminent storms

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    UK Broadband
    UK to deploy Musk’s Starlink in first test of satellite for rural connectivity

    Government aims to provide ultrafast internet to all homes across country

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen
    Ukraine shows how space is now central to warfare

    Europe must set clear rules for management of orbits — and keep control of its own celestial infrastructure

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    FT SeriesTech Champions
    Kayrros: from tracking oil by satellite to tackling the climate emergency

    By monitoring energy use in real time, the French start-up says its software can help manage the transition to lower-carbon energy

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    News in-depthSpace industry
    ‘We really want to be first’: UK fights to lead new space race

    Spaceport Cornwall blazes a trail as Britain aims to become European leader in launch of commercial satellites

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Britain has a difficult decision to make on space

    The government’s ambition in the sector is at odds with its strategy

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    Space industry
    UK security at ‘severe risk’ without reliable satellite access, MPs warn

    Commons science committee urges ‘better cross-government co-ordination’ on space strategy

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
    Anjana Ahuja
    We are dangerously reliant on GPS to tell the time

    Recent outages in satellite systems have confirmed the importance of data from atomic clocks as an invisible utility

  • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
    Viasat’s Inmarsat deal risks making in-flight WiFi more expensive, says CMA

    UK competition regulator warns $7.3bn tie-up risks quality of onboard connectivity

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