The past ten days have seen an unprecedented collision between a Silicon Valley billionaire and one of the world’s most restrictive regimes. When Iranian authorities plunged the country into an almost total internet blackout after Israeli air-strikes on June 13 – 14, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk switched Starlink coverage on over Iran less than 24…
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SpaceX’s Starbase and Texas Infrastructure Updates Recent policy changes in Texas are shaping SpaceX’s launch operations at Starbase (Boca Chica). In June 2025, Texas lawmakers approved measures giving the newly incorporated city of Starbase – effectively a SpaceX company town – authority to close public roads and beaches for rocket activity texastribune.org texastribune.org. This allows…
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China’s June 2025 experiment beaming 1 Gbps of data from geostationary orbit with a laser barely brighter than a night‑light has electrified the telecom industry—and alarmed military planners worldwide. Multiple open‑source reports agree that the demonstration proves China can move high‑bandwidth traffic five times faster than today’s Starlink downlinks while using a fraction of the power, thanks to a…
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Global OISL Market Overview (2024-2030) The global market for Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISL) – laser-based communication links between satellites – is experiencing explosive growth as space networks transition from radio frequencies to optical connectivity. In 2024, the OISL-related market (also referred to as “optical satellite communication”) was estimated around US$402 million, but it is projected…
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Stacks of Starlink satellites awaiting deployment in orbit. A new space race is underway—not for the Moon or Mars, but to blanket Earth in high-speed internet from space. Private companies and governments are launching mega-constellations of satellites by the thousands, aiming to beam broadband connectivity to every corner of the globe. The stakes are enormous:…
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