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SWF’s Almudena Azcárate Ortega will participate in the 2026 Würzburger Europarechtstage, “The European Union in Outer Space,” on June 15–16 in Würzburg.
She will speak on space security law during the panel "Outer Space as a Domain of Militarization, Conflict and Defence.”
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"Operators have typically focused on cataloging objects and predicting orbital paths. That approach is becoming less effective as governments field spacecraft capable of changing orbit, conducting proximity operations and performing other maneuvers"
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So excited about this - this is a great opportunity for early career nuclear policy professionals who have been wanting to learn more about space and how it affects strategic security. Check it out! 👇
"Russia also has plans for a satellite ground station on Svalbard...This fuels suspicions of dual-use, as the radar could download satellite data for military purposes, potentially breaching Norwegian law."
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Whiting noted the orbital warfare plan is “building on the rendezvous and proximity operations that we’ve done three times now over the last 18 months with individual, Multinational Force Operation Olympic Defender partner nations.” breakingdefense.com/2026/05/us-c...
A mere 100,000 satellites spacenews.com/orbital-rais...
The FCC "waived the mid-deployment milestone, saying the decision 'serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation,' alongside SpaceX’s Starlink, its main competitor."
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"Since 1961, when Pakistan’s space agency SUPARCO was established, it has conducted a total of 15 satellite launches — six of those launches have taken place in the last 16 months alone."
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Todd Harrison: SpaceX is "a company that has evolved its focus over time from being a space launch company to being a SATCOM company to being an AI data center and space company...Launch is an increasingly small part of the SpaceX portfolio.”
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LeoLabs deploys mobile space-tracking radar in Indo-Pacific LeoLabs deploys mobile space-tracking radar in Indo-Pacific
Gen. Stephen Whiting told the Mitchell Institute today that SPACECOM also plans to continue its Apollo Insights table-top exercises with commercial industry on a quarterly basis this year.
Space Force efforts to breed more competitors aren’t keeping up with ever-increasing demand for rockets.
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A Los Angeles-based startup has raised $5 million to fund an in-orbit computing demonstration next year, ahead of plans to deploy more than 100,000 orbital data centers to meet surging demand for AI i...
An investigation by ThePrint finds six Pakistani Earth-observation satellites launched in just 16 months. These satellites are carefully positioned to provide Pakistan with continuous imagery of India...
The FCC was not swayed by complaints from SpaceX, which said Amazon was asking for 'special treatment' to miss a July deadline to launch half of a 3,232-satellite constellation.
Applications are open for SWF’s Space Boot Camp for Nuclear Policy Professionals.
This week-long program is for early-career nuclear policy professionals & PhD researchers interested in how space activities affect strategic stability.
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