November 3, 2025

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Watchdog Calls for FCC to Reject SpaceX Spectrum Buy, Investigate Musk’s Ties to China
Watchdog group Frequency Forward is calling for the FCC to deny SpaceX’s purchase of EchoStar spectrum and investigate Elon Musk’s business ties to the Chinese government. The group filed a petition to deny with the FCC on Oct. 30, over SpaceX’s $17 billion deal to buy EchoStar spectrum licenses to bolster its direct-to-cell services.

“The FCC has a duty to protect our communications infrastructure from foreign influence and exploitation,” said Arthur Belendiuk, lead outside regulatory counsel for Frequency Forward. “This petition raises serious national security questions about whether Elon Musk, through his extensive financial and operational entanglements with the Chinese…[continued]

Imagery and Sensing
Iceye Launches New Tasking Product for Tactical Use Cases
Iceye has a new satellite imagery tasking product geared toward short notice for critical operations, calling it Tactical Access. It is a subscription tasking product…[continued]

Technology
Unibap Space Solutions and Leonardo to Collaborate on Space-Based ISR
Swedish space computing company Unibap Space Solutions announced a deal with Leonardo this week to collaborate on space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. The…[continued]

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Connectivity
Virgin Media O2 to Launch Direct-to-Cell Service in UK With Starlink
British telecommunications company Virgin Media O2 is working with Starlink to offer direct-to-cell services to its customers in a new offering called O2 Satellite. Under…[continued]

Finance
ICYMI: Startup Catalyx Space Wants to Make Space as Easy as Software
New startup Catalyx Space has raised a $5.4 million seed funding round to accelerate its technology development to build space infrastructure including satellite buses and…[continued]

Cybersecurity
In the Magazine: Securing the Final Frontier: The Need for Public-Private Collaboration on Space Cybersecurity
Government and industry approaches to a new age of space innovation are converging more quickly today than ever before. Private companies are far outpacing governments…[continued]

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