<p>The telecom industry is undergoing its greatest period of disruption since the telegraph, as companies work to open up space as the next frontier for communications. French startup Constellation hopes to take part by repurposing 5G tech to provide a Starlink-like satellite broadband that uses telecoms&#8217; existing assets. Constellation Technologies &amp; Operations, to call it [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The telecom industry is undergoing its greatest period of disruption since the telegraph, as companies work to open up space as the next frontier for communications. French startup Constellation hopes to take part by repurposing 5G tech to provide a Starlink-like satellite broadband that uses telecoms&#8217; existing assets. Constellation Technologies &amp; Operations, to call it [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For the first time, SpaceX not only launched its mammoth Starship, but also returned the booster to the launch site and caught it with a pair of oversized &#8220;chopsticks.&#8221; This test flight — the fifth in the Starship development program — took place Sunday morning at the company’s Starbase site in southeast Texas. The nearly [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Northwood Space, the startup founded by former Disney star Bridgit Mendler, nailed a key test last week when its ground station unit successfully connected with orbiting Planet Labs satellites.&nbsp; Operating from Planet’s ground station in Maddock, North Dakota, the team successfully showed the startup’s novel phased-array antenna system can transmit data to and from satellites [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As we approach the final stretch before TechCrunch’s biggest event of the year — one of the most highly anticipated tech conferences for startups and VCs alike — let’s take a look at the top five reasons you won’t want to miss Disrupt 2024, set to take place at Moscone West in San Francisco from [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s been the stuff of science fiction for decades: to provide gigawatts of cheap, clean power anywhere on Earth, day or night, using satellites that collect and transmit solar energy directly on orbit. Aetherflux, a new startup emerging from stealth Wednesday, says it is developing a novel design for space-based solar to unlock this energy [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As government and defense sectors increasingly lean on commercial services, opportunities for startups in dual-use technology have never been more promising. Yet, for young, agile companies, the challenge of entering such a highly regulated and traditional landscape is significant. How can emerging businesses compete with established primes for contracts and attention? And how can investors [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As government and defense sectors increasingly lean on commercial services, opportunities for startups in dual-use technology have never been more promising. Yet, for young, agile companies, the challenge of entering such a highly regulated and traditional landscape is significant. How can emerging businesses compete with established primes for contracts and attention? And how can investors [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. The final agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is live and we&#8217;d love to see you there. Come hear the latest and greatest insights from top space entrepreneurs and investors! Want to reach out with a tip? Email Aria at aria.techcrunch@gmail.com or send a message on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The future of space is ripe for reinvention, and TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is bringing together two visionaries determined to reshape how we reach and operate in orbit.&nbsp; Join Kelly Hennig, COO of Stoke Space, and Muhammad &#8220;Mo&#8221; Shahzad, president and CFO of Relativity Space, on the Space Stage as they explore how emerging technologies, software, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fresh on the heels of a massive funding round, Impulse Space has landed a $34.5 million contract from the Space Force for two ultra-mobile spacecraft missions.&nbsp; Under the Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) program, the two missions will demonstrate how highly maneuverable spacecraft can help the military rapidly respond to threats in space.&nbsp; For [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fresh on the heels of a massive funding round, Impulse Space has landed a $34.5 million contract from the Space Force for two ultra-mobile spacecraft missions.&nbsp; Under the Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) program, the two missions will demonstrate how highly maneuverable spacecraft can help the military rapidly respond to threats in space.&nbsp; For [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce that we’ve finalized our dedicated Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages — all under one big roof. To top it off, we&#8217;re thrilled to share we&#8217;ll be hosting a pitch competition this year called &#8220;The Space Challenge, powered by [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce that we’ve finalized our dedicated Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages — all under one big roof. To top it off, we&#8217;re thrilled to share we&#8217;ll be hosting a pitch competition this year called &#8220;The Space Challenge, powered by [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There are many hypotheses about what capabilities will need to come online for the growing space industry to flourish, but two of the biggest concern in-space mobility and in-space refueling. To have a fully independent space economy, proponents argue, we’ll need to be able to move satellites around in space and we’ll need a way [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There are many hypotheses about what capabilities will need to come online for the growing space industry to flourish, but two of the biggest concern in-space mobility and in-space refueling. To have a fully independent space economy, proponents argue, we’ll need to be able to move satellites around in space and we’ll need a way [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Impulse Space has raised a massive new tranche of funding as big-name investors bet that moving satellites around in orbit will soon be a high demand service.  The startup, which was founded by Tom Mueller three years ago, announced the $150 million Series B round on Tuesday. Impulse is developing a line of orbital transfer [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Impulse Space has raised a massive new tranche of funding as big-name investors bet that moving satellites around in orbit will soon be a high demand service.  The startup, which was founded by Tom Mueller three years ago, announced the $150 million Series B round on Tuesday. Impulse is developing a line of orbital transfer [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Anduril is expanding even further into the &#8220;ultimate high ground.&#8221;&nbsp; The company, which is best known for AI-powered defense products that span air, land and sea, is partnering with satellite bus manufacturing startup Apex to rapidly deploy payloads on orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense.  It is a rare instance of the growing defense [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Anduril is expanding even further into the &#8220;ultimate high ground.&#8221;&nbsp; The company, which is best known for AI-powered defense products that span air, land and sea, is partnering with satellite bus manufacturing startup Apex to rapidly deploy payloads on orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense.  It is a rare instance of the growing defense [&hellip;]</p>