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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are set to pioneer a breakthrough in communication technology by testing quantum communications using quantum entanglement.

The former EXA Infrastructure CEO will head up the new public investment fund company

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a plan in place to minimise orbital debris by requiring Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to be disposed of no more than five years after being taken out of service.

A venture capital investor has pumped US$50 million into a space start-up founded by Greg Wyler, previously of O3b and OneWeb.

Microsoft is establishing its Azure Space unit in Adelaide, South Australia, in partnership with Nokia.

There’s a lot going on in space today: new satellite mega-constellations are springing up in multiple orbits, high-throughput satellites (HTS) have been launched into the skies, and SpaceX, OneWeb and Amazon are planning huge rollouts of satellites in a low Earth orbit (LEO) over the coming years.

UK-based Lacuna Space has successfully tried out its space-borne internet of things (IoT) network, using a new satellite orbiting at 500km.

Viasat’s high-quality residential internet service has expanded to an additional 14 states in Brazil, delivering services to more than 93% of the country's population.

AWS Ground Station is now available in Ireland, markings its third introduction in the EMEA region, following Stockholm and Bahrain. The Ground Station is also available in Sydney Australia and in Ohio and Oregon in the US.

International space tech company Celestia Technologies Group has been granted a £3.5 million eight-year unsecured cross border loan to support an acquisition and growth.

The Yinhe-1 broadband communication satellite, independently developed and operated by GalaxySpace, has successfully launched into orbit.

A Virginia start-up has raised a total of $12 million to build and launch five nanosatellites to connect mobile phones directly.