ESA and European Commission awarded contracts to two teams of companies to study architectures for an Earth imaging system for security applications.

These proposals may or may not reach orbit on their backers’ timelines, but they are the most concrete example of a broader shift already underway, one that also sits behind proposed moonbases, ...

The U.S. Space Force is looking for satellites that could be kept on standby, launched on short notice and sent to approach and inspect spacecraft in orbit.

Albania is the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords, part of a surge of new signatories ahead of a key meeting next month.