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Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Already a Leader in Satellites, Gets Into the Spy Game

The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global interests.

Business - The New York Times - 7 hours ago

SpaceX Gets $734 Million National Security Satellite Launch Contract

If you need proof that the space industry has undergone huge upheaval, check out the win SpaceX—still technically a startup—has just pulled off, beating big name opposition to a huge paycheck.

Business - Inc. - October 21

Singapore Ex-Leader’s Brother Gets Political Asylum in UK

World - Yahoo News - October 22

Boeing-made satellite breaks up in space

The "total loss" of the communications satellite has affected Intelsat customers around the world.

Lebanon: Satellite imagery reveals intensity of Israeli bombing

Israel damaged more buildings in two weeks than in a year of fighting with Hezbollah, data shows.

Taiwan to have satellite internet service as protection in case of Chinese attack

Coverage with UK-European provider will be in place by end of month, says island’s main telecoms company. Taiwan is expected to have access to low earth orbit satellite internet service by the end ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Satellite images show how Milton reshaped parts of Florida coastline

Satellite images taken before and after Hurricane Milton struck and passed over Florida last week show the extent of coastal damage.

Elon Musk battles Indian billionaires over satellite internet spectrum

Starlink head in spat with owners of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel mobile networks who call for space bandwidth auctions

World - Financial Times - October 16

Musk v Ambani: Billionaires battle over India's satellite internet

Musk's Starlink and Mukesh Ambani are preparing to face off in India’s satellite broadband market.

Boeing-made satellite explodes in space after experiencing "anomaly"

Since the breakup, the U.S. Space Force is now tracking "around 20 associated pieces" of the satellite in space.

World - CBS News - October 23

Satellite images show Israel bolstering defences on Syria border

Digging of new trench in Israel-occupied Golan Heights comes as IDF prepares against potential threats from war-torn neighbour

Business - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at Iranian military bases

There were no Israeli strikes on Iran's oil industry, nor its nuclear enrichment sites or its nuclear power plant at Bushehr.

What satellite images reveal about Israel's strikes on Iran

BBC Verify has analysed satellite imagery from Iran to assess damage from Israeli air strikes.

Amazon's satellite spending has investors on edge. The payoff may be worth the wait

Amazon is pouring money into satellite internet service Project Kuiper. Investors have questions on what it means for profits.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Satellite images show damage at Iran military sites after Israel attack

Satellite imagery suggests that Israeli’s attack on Iran appears to have damaged a key element of Tehran’s ballistic missile production and air defense sites, potentially leaving it exposed to any ...

Satellite Images Suggest Israel Struck a Major Iranian Missile Plant

Analysts said the Shahroud Space Center was likely used to produce intermediate-range ballistic missiles that could be used to target Israel.

World - The New York Times - 20 hours ago

Israel Demolished Hundreds of Buildings in Southern Lebanon, Videos and Satellite Images Show

At least 1,085 buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged since Israel’s invasion targeting the Hezbollah militia, including many in controlled demolitions, a New York Times analysis shows.

World - The New York Times - 8 hours ago

Taiwan Discovers Challenge of Building a Satellite Network Without Elon Musk

SpaceX’s network hasn’t cracked the market on an island where self-sufficiency is a matter of survival.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago

‘Humanity would watch helplessly as space junk multiplies uncontrollably’: has the number of satellite launches reached a tipping point?

From chaotic collisions to depletion of the ozone layer, the thousands of satellites in orbit around Earth have the potential to wreak havoc in coming decades. What are the solutions to a growing ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

Amazon’s satellite constellation doesn’t offer its stock much upside, says BofA

The company’s ambitious Project Kuiper broadband satellite system has been attracting a lot of attention recently.

Business - MarketWatch - October 21

China building ‘counter-stealth’ radar on disputed South China Sea reef, satellite pictures suggest

Upgraded Triton Island outpost in the Paracel archipelago expands China’s surveillance capabilities in the region. The Chinese military is constructing a new counter-stealth radar system on a ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases

An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran’s onetime nuclear weapons program and at ...

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

Israel's attack on Iran damaged two secretive military bases outside of Tehran, satellite photos analyzed by the AP show

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit important Iran Revolutionary Guard missile base

Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program

World - ABC News - 18 hours ago

Israeli attack on Iran likely damaged Revolutionary Guard's missile and space base, satellite photos analyzed by AP show

World - ABC News - Yesterday

The Week: The Budget, a trip to China, and the US election

And Your Guide to the US Election

The Leader of Hamas Is Dead

Also, Biden traveled to Germany as the U.S. wrestles with military aid. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 17

The Death of Hamas’s Leader

Yahya Sinwar is dead. Could this be a turning point?

Top stories - The New York Times - October 18

The Dilemma Iran’s Leader Faces

Iran’s Supreme Leader now faces a critical choice: whether to pursue nuclear weapons.

Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Satellite images show North Korean special forces sent to Russia disguised as Russian soldiers with fake IDs, South Korean spies say

World - Yahoo News - October 18

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