Space

Mayor Tim Keller and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will lead a brigade of local officials and area experts today, Monday, in a virtual battle to persuade the Pentagon to locate the new U.S. Space Command in Albuquerque.

SpaceX recently won $886 million in subsidies from the Federal Communications Commission to build out its satellite Internet called Starlink to 642,925 new potential customers in 35 states, including New York.

State officials on Wednesday announced a new 12-month pilot program that will bring broadband Internet service to 100 customers in Union County, Ohio, which is near Columbus, starting in 2021.

Space Command thrives in Colorado Springs, operating in a perfect ecosystem that combines a qualified workforce, proximity to supporting entities, public safety, transportation and community support.

Created last year as the first new armed service since 1947, the Space Force was established with the mission of protecting U.S. interests in space from potential adversaries, be they rival nations or gobs of space junk.

With its $886 million award from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to expand satellite broadband access in more than 640,000 locations across the United States.

A Huntsville company is drawing attention after unveiling what it calls the “world’s biggest autonomous launch vehicle” - or drone - to launch small satellites into space rapidly at prices below conventional launches.

The FAA has granted a "temporary flight restriction" that covers an area from just south of State Highway 48 at Port Isabel to the U.S.-Mexico border and extends east into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Pentagon will soon choose a permanent home for the U.S. Space Command, and no location offers more opportunity or a richer history than Port San Antonio, a selection that would also greatly boost Texas business.

Answer: $103 million.

Albuquerque is on the short list of cities that the U.S. Air Force is considering to permanently locate the new U.S. Space Command, pitting the city against five other competitors, city and state officials announced.

Ohio State Representative Jason Stephens (R- Kitts Hill) on Wednesday announced that he will be supporting a new resolution to locate the United States Space Command Headquarters to that state.

A new company is now headed to Spaceport America in southern New Mexico in order to test recently developed turbulence-detection technology on unmanned glide flights through the stratosphere.

As companies like SpaceX and Amazon launch more satellites, space will become incredibly crowded. Autonomous technology will be key to managing all the new traffic off Earth's surface — and more.

SpaceX, having already established a formidable reputation in rocket launches, is starting to roll out what it hopes will be an even more muscular arm of its business: broadband Internet service.

The school district in Ector County, Texas, recently became the first school district in the nation to partner with SpaceX to provide broadband service to families with poor or no Internet access.

Thanks to partnerships with the Washington Emergency Management Division and State Department of Commerce, SpaceX Starlink satellites have connected both a fire-stricken town and a tribal reservation to high-speed Internet.

The United States military could soon hitch rides on commercially operated low-Earth orbit satellites that have the potential to significantly improve land, sea and air-based encrypted communications.