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Iceye raises 1 billion euros to expand SAR satellite systems

Iceye raises 1 billion euros to expand SAR satellite systems

- Iceye raised €1 billion to expand its constellation of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites. - Funds will support scaling manufacturing, launching additional satellites, and enhancing global imaging revisit rates. - The company aims to improve commercial and government Earth-observation services, including monitoring and emergency response. - Investment positions Iceye to compete in

FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellation | The waiver “serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation.”

FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellation | The waiver “serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation.”

- The FCC granted a waiver that removes an imminent deadline for Amazon’s Kuiper LEO satellite broadband constellation. - The waiver delays a regulatory milestone Amazon would have otherwise missed, allowing more time to meet deployment requirements. - The FCC said the decision “serves the public interest by promoting a second large

Live coverage: NASA to unveil Artemis 3 crew, provide updates on mission

Live coverage: NASA to unveil Artemis 3 crew, provide updates on mission

- NASA will reveal the four-person Artemis 3 crew and backups at Johnson Space Center and provide a mission confidence update during a June 9 briefing streamed live. - Artemis 3 is planned as a low Earth orbit rendezvous: Orion will dock with one or both HLS landers (Blue Origin’s

San Francisco’s Metropolitan Mosaic

San Francisco’s Metropolitan Mosaic

- Astronaut photograph from the ISS (May 27, 2026) captured downtown San Francisco during a break in unsettled weather. - Image shows the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, dense urban grids, and Golden Gate Park’s 1,000+ acres of green space. - Northeastern waterfront features historic wharves, piers, seawalls

Russia is jamming GPS from space

Russia is jamming GPS from space

- Reports indicate Russia is conducting GPS jamming from space, affecting civilian and military navigation signals. - Interference appears to originate from Russian satellites or space-based transmitters rather than ground-based sources. - Disruptions have been observed in multiple regions and complicate aviation, maritime, and military operations. - Analysts warn this signals a

Recovery team placed dozens of heating pads over Chang'e 5 return capsule to prevent the remaining fuel from freezing so they can drain it easily. (2020 December)

Recovery team placed dozens of heating pads over Chang'e 5 return capsule to prevent the remaining fuel from freezing so they can drain it easily. (2020 December)

- Recovery team placed dozens of external heating pads over the Chang'e 5 return capsule after its December 2020 landing. - The pads prevented remaining propellant from freezing so ground crews could drain it more easily and safely. - The procedure aided post-landing recovery and handling of the spacecraft. - A

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket booster on record-breaking 35th flight

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket booster on record-breaking 35th flight

- SpaceX launched Falcon 9 booster B1067 on a record 35th flight from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral on June 8, 2026, at 6:13:50 a.m. EDT, deploying 29 Starlink satellites (mission Starlink 10-35). - The launch succeeded despite some mid/upper-level cloud concerns; SpaceX confirmed