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• SpaceX shares rise nearly 20% in historic IPO

  

  SpaceX shares rose on the first day of trading as the company went public in a milestone event for both the company and the broader space industry.

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• Avanti trims GEO exposure with Hylas-3 sale

  

  TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once defined the British satellite operator, with plans to sell the youngest payload […]

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• Astronomers fear orbital data centers will interfere with observations

  

  As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year, astronomers warn those satellites could cause serious interference with their observations.

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• All in on AI at Astra

  

  Chris Kemp thinks he could be the last person left working at Astra — but not for the reason most people might think. His company rode the SPAC boom five […]

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• H3 successfully returns to flight

  

  Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit.

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