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12/06/2026

NASA has completed the investigation into the damage sustained last year at its 70-meter radio-frequency antenna, known as the Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14), at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California.

The agency has classified the event as a Type A mishap based on the total cost of damages. The antenna will remain offline to complete repairs and previously scheduled upgrades.

NASA has completed the investigation into the damage sustained last year at its 70-meter radio-frequency antenna, known as the Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14),

11/06/2026

A paper has been published that analyzes and identifies a space-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) interference source that has caused scores of powerful transient wide-area interference events over continental Europe, Greenland, and Canada since 2019.

This paper analyzes and identifies a space-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) interference source that has caused scores of powerful transient wide-area interference events over continental Europe, Greenland, and Canada since 2019. While terrestrial or near-terrestrial sources are prima...

10/06/2026

A Boston University engineer has proposed a concept called StormWall that would use six spacecraft placed in GSO to combat space weather. Each spacecraft would carry a chemical payload that, once released, would rapidly photoionize in sunlight, turning into plasma.

Simulations suggest six spacecraft could weaken geomagnetic storms before they disrupt Earth’s satellites, GPS, and power grids.

09/06/2026

📖 Closing the security gap in space systems – the latest spotlight article is now live on our blog!

Find the article here: https://blog.satsearch.com/2026-06-09-spotlight-closing-the-security-gap-in-space-systems-with-terma

This article, developed in collaboration with Terma, details the critical role of (cyber)security in modern space missions and explores how adopting practical security measures can protect space assets.

🛰️ With over five decades of expertise, Terma provides mission-critical software, electronics, and services tailored for the harsh realities of space environments.

The article details a number of key takeaways relating to space mission security:

🎯 Prioritize architectural simplicity: Minimize complexity and avoid over-engineering access controls. Overly complex systems often create new administrative vulnerabilities, making simplicity the most effective path to robust security.

🎯 Focus on ground security: Protect the pre-launch environment where physical access is possible. Rather than over-engineering space hardware, prioritize securing integration cleanrooms and ground facilities against tampering.

🎯 Adopt proven standards: Move toward end-to-end encryption and established industry protocols like CCSDS. Relying on battle-tested terrestrial standards instead of custom, proprietary solutions ensures better interoperability and mission resilience.

You’ll also find a summary of recommendations for NewSpace teams to harden modern space missions.

🛰️ The Terma Ground Segment Suite (TGSS) offers flexible, end-to-end solutions that support operators from initial spacecraft development through mission ex*****on.

➡️ Check out the full portfolio of commercially-available capabilities offered by Terma to tackle these challenges: https://satsearch.com/suppliers/terma/products

And catch the Terma team at ILA Berlin this week:
📍 Hall D, Booth 414
📅 June 10-14

💡 Please share any feedback you have about this article or ideas for future spotlights; leave us a message either in the comments, or contact us directly.

Happy reading!

09/06/2026

Chinese aerospace researchers unveiled the Air Target Agent System, a powerful LLM agent collaboration AI tool designed to take satellite surveillance beyond image recognition – enabling it to analyse what it sees, draw conclusions and act on them autonomously.

Researchers say their AI ‘brain plus tool army’ cuts analysis time and overcomes obstacles without human intervention.

08/06/2026

After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations.

Launched in 2013 to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere from orbit, Maven mysteriously fell silent in December.

07/06/2026

Arxis, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Omnetics Connector Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of proprietary high-reliability Micro-D-Sub and Nano-D-Sub connectors and interconnect assemblies used in critical defense and space, commercial aerospace, and medical applications.

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., June 2, 2026 — Arxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARXS) (the “Company” or “Arxis”), a publicly-traded industrial compounder formed in partnership with Arcline Investment Management (“Arcline”), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Omnetics Connecto...

06/06/2026

Originally imagined in the mid-1990s as the Dark Matter Telescope, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is designed to study our constantly moving and changing universe in greater detail than ever before. In Rubin’s first year alone, scientists expect the observatory to find 1 million undiscovered asteroids.

Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results are already starting to arrive.

05/06/2026

A recent study by Imperial College London found that solar sails could carry spaceships to the edge of our solar system within the next 10 or 20 years, but does the current state-of-the-art lightsail technology live up to such ambitious mission concepts?

"I think these are not far-out type of ideas; they are not really futuristic ideas that we are talking about."

04/06/2026

The Department of Space (DoS) in India has cleared the way for clusters manufacturing space-tech equipment and testing facilities in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. In a two-pronged approach, the state governments allocated land parcels dedicated to space-related manufacturing.

India clears space manufacturing clusters in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu; Gujarat’s plug-and-play Khoraj hub near Ahmedabad to get IN-SPACe shared test facilities.