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A look at SpaceX's IPO, reportedly aiming to raise up to $50B at a $1.75T valuation, more than seven times higher than its ~$200B valuation in October 2024 (Financial Times)

Financial Times: A look at SpaceX's IPO, reportedly aiming to raise up to $50B at a $1.75T valuation, more than seven times higher than its ~$200B valuation in October 2024 — Star Trek's warp drive allows a starship to bend space-time and exceed the speed of light without breaking Einstein's general theory of relativity.

techmeme.com · Mar 6

SpaceX

Iridium just killed the multi-component IoT stack with one 16mm module

Building a device that works everywhere has always come with a hidden tax: extra components, extra board space, extra complexity, and a bill of materials that quietly kills the economics of scale. For IoT developers targeting use cases beyond terrestrial coverage, that tax has been particularly punishing–until now. Iridium Communications recently unveiled the 9604, a satellite IoT […] The post Iridium just killed the multi-component IoT stack with one 16mm module appeared first on Internet of T

iottechnews.com · Mar 6

Iridium Communications

Amsterdam Space Symposium – How the EU Is Making Space Defense-Ready – with Marjolijn van Deelen

During the Amsterdam Space Symposium, SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Marjolijn van Deelen, Space Envoy at the European External Action Service. The post Amsterdam Space Symposium – How the EU Is Making Space Defense-Ready – with Marjolijn van Deelen appeared first on SpaceWatch.GLOBAL.

spacewatch.global · Mar 6

DealFlowAgent raises $750,000 to automate small business M&A

A seed-stage investment bank for small business M&A raises $750,000 from the backers of Uber and SpaceX. The market they’re targeting is enormous. The question is whether they’re early or right on time. Most people who sell a business do it once. They don’t know the going rate, they don’t know which buyers are serious, […] This story continues at The Next Web

thenextweb.com · Mar 6

SpaceX

20 Space Summits Incoming March 2026: UK, US, And World

Your must-attend guide: 20+ conferences across UK, USA & worldwide (from Space-Comm London to LPSC Texas & DC Satellite) The post 20 Space Summits Incoming March 2026: UK, US, And World appeared first on Orbital Today.

orbitaltoday.com · Mar 6

Israel: Rocket interception debris sparks fire near Tel Aviv

Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv on Thursday after Iranian missiles were fired towards central Israel. No injuries were reported, though debris from intercepted rockets started a fire in a residential area.

africanews.com · Mar 6

Rocket Lab Deploys Commercial Satellite for Confidential Customer Aboard Electron's Fourth Launch of the Year

Rocket Lab has successfully launched and deployed a single commercial satellite to a 470 km low Earth orbit for a confidential customer aboard its Electron launch vehicle, making it two successful launches for Rocket Lab in less than a week from two different countries. The launch took place within 7 days of Rocket Lab’s most recent mission from its Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia, which deployed a hypersonic test flight for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit with its

spacewatch.global · Mar 6

Rocket Lab

Space One Terminates Kairos Launch Shortly After Lift Off, Suffering Third Launch Failure

Japanese launch service provider, Space One has failed to launch its Kairos rocket into space for the third time, terminating the flight shortly after lift off. This was the company's third attempted launch after two failed attempts in March and December in 2024. The post Space One Terminates Kairos Launch Shortly After Lift Off, Suffering Third Launch Failure appeared first on SpaceWatch.GLOBAL.

spacewatch.global · Mar 6

GMV Wins UK Space Agency Contract for Satellite Launch Monitoring Algorithms to Support UK NSpOC

GMV has won a UK Space Agency contract to develop advanced algorithmic capabilities for space launch monitoring, supporting the analytical requirements of the UK National Space Operations Center (NSpOC). The contract focuses on the development and demonstration of data processing algorithms designed to detect, identify, and characterize space launch events using heterogeneous observational data sources. The post GMV Wins UK Space Agency Contract for Satellite Launch Monitoring Algorithms to Supp

spacewatch.global · Mar 6

Grumman F8F Bearcat – the Get Highest the Fastest Fighter to Never Die

4,000 pounds of airframe. 3,000 pounds of engine. It will reach 424 miles per hour and rocket off a carrier deck at nearly 5,000 feet per minute. By 1943, America is finally smashing its way across the Pacific. But there is still a problem no plane has solved. From the moment Japanese aircraft appear on […]

uasvision.com · Mar 6

With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt'

The development marks a step toward enabling astronauts on long-term moon missions to produce their own food.

japantimes.co.jp · Mar 6

AegisUI: Behavioral Anomaly Detection for Structured User Interface Protocols in AI Agent Systems

arXiv:2603.05031v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI agents that build user interfaces on the fly assembling buttons, forms, and data displays from structured protocol payloads are becoming common in production systems. The trouble is that a payload can pass every schema check and still trick a user: a button might say "View invoice" while its hidden action wipes an account, or a display widget might quietly bind to an internal salary field. Current defenses stop at syntax; they were never built

arxiv.org · Mar 6

Zombie Agents: Persistent Control of Self-Evolving LLM Agents via Self-Reinforcing Injections

arXiv:2602.15654v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Self-evolving LLM agents update their internal state across sessions, often by writing and reusing long-term memory. This design improves performance on long-horizon tasks but creates a security risk: untrusted external content observed during a benign session can be stored as memory and later treated as instruction. We study this risk and formalize a persistent attack we call a Zombie Agent, where an attacker covertly implants a payload

arxiv.org · Mar 6

A History of Entry, Descent, and Landing of Human Spacecraft

A human spacecraft is not finished when it reaches orbit. It is not finished when it docks, lands on the Moon, or circles Earth for months. It is finished only when the crew is back on the ground alive, reachable, and in condition to be recovered. That fact shaped the entire history of crewed spacecraft design.

newspaceeconomy.ca · Mar 6

Reclaiming Lost Text Layers for Source-Free Cross-Domain Few-Shot Learning

arXiv:2603.05235v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Source-Free Cross-Domain Few-Shot Learning (SF-CDFSL) focuses on fine-tuning with limited training data from target domains (e.g., medical or satellite images), where CLIP has recently shown promising results due to its generalizability to downstream tasks. Current works indicate CLIP's text encoder is more suitable for cross-domain tasks, however, we find that \textbf{removing certain middle layers of the text encoder can effectively improve perf

arxiv.org · Mar 6

SPyCer: Semi-Supervised Physics-Guided Contextual Attention for Near-Surface Air Temperature Estimation from Satellite Imagery

arXiv:2603.05219v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Modern Earth observation relies on satellites to capture detailed surface properties. Yet, many phenomena that affect humans and ecosystems unfold in the atmosphere close to the surface. Near-ground sensors provide accurate measurements of certain environmental characteristics, such as near-surface air temperature (NSAT). However, they remain sparse and unevenly distributed, limiting their ability to provide continuous spatial measurements. To b

arxiv.org · Mar 6

Mobility-Embedded POIs: Learning What A Place Is and How It Is Used from Human Movement

arXiv:2601.21149v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recent progress in geospatial foundation models highlights the importance of learning general-purpose representations for real-world locations, particularly points-of-interest (POIs) where human activity concentrates. Existing approaches, however, focus primarily on place identity derived from static textual metadata, or learn representations tied to trajectory context, which capture movement regularities rather than how places are actua

arxiv.org · Mar 6

Seraphim Space Investment Trust Posts Record Results

Seraphim Space Investment Trust ($SSIT) announced its financial results for H2 2025, revealing a successful portfolio of global space businesses that have seen valuations buoyed by geopolitical trends. The post Seraphim Space Investment Trust Posts Record Results appeared first on Payload.

payloadspace.com · Mar 6

Exclusive: Viasat and Space42 Share Strategy for Equatys JV

The two companies cancelled a key roundtable at the Mobile World Conference, but Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg gave Payload an exclusive rundown. The post Exclusive: Viasat and Space42 Share Strategy for Equatys JV appeared first on Payload.

payloadspace.com · Mar 6

Viasat

War in Iran: Verified footage reveals scale of Tehran's response and range of its targets

Since the Israeli-American airstrikes on Iran on February 28, the Islamic Republic has launched a large-scale retaliation against numerous targets across the Persian Gulf and as far as the Mediterranean. Videos recorded on the ground and satellite images help measure the number and extent of these strikes.

lemonde.fr · Mar 6

A look at SpaceX's IPO, reportedly aiming to raise up to $50B at a $1.75T valuation, more than seven times higher than its ~$200B valuation in October 2024 (Financial Times)

Iridium just killed the multi-component IoT stack with one 16mm module

Amsterdam Space Symposium – How the EU Is Making Space Defense-Ready – with Marjolijn van Deelen

DealFlowAgent raises $750,000 to automate small business M&#038;A

20 Space Summits Incoming March 2026: UK, US, And World

Israel: Rocket interception debris sparks fire near Tel Aviv

Rocket Lab Deploys Commercial Satellite for Confidential Customer Aboard Electron's Fourth Launch of the Year

Space One Terminates Kairos Launch Shortly After Lift Off, Suffering Third Launch Failure

GMV Wins UK Space Agency Contract for Satellite Launch Monitoring Algorithms to Support UK NSpOC

Grumman F8F Bearcat – the Get Highest the Fastest Fighter to Never Die

With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt'

AegisUI: Behavioral Anomaly Detection for Structured User Interface Protocols in AI Agent Systems

Zombie Agents: Persistent Control of Self-Evolving LLM Agents via Self-Reinforcing Injections

A History of Entry, Descent, and Landing of Human Spacecraft

Reclaiming Lost Text Layers for Source-Free Cross-Domain Few-Shot Learning

SPyCer: Semi-Supervised Physics-Guided Contextual Attention for Near-Surface Air Temperature Estimation from Satellite Imagery

Mobility-Embedded POIs: Learning What A Place Is and How It Is Used from Human Movement

Seraphim Space Investment Trust Posts Record Results

Exclusive: Viasat and Space42 Share Strategy for Equatys JV

War in Iran: Verified footage reveals scale of Tehran's response and range of its targets

DealFlowAgent raises $750,000 to automate small business M&A