AST Spacemobile CEO Abel Avellan Jamel Toppin for Forbes On Wednesday, AST SpaceMobile announced a deal to provide cellular service from space to fill in coverage gaps for Verizon customers, starting in 2026. The agreement, which expands on a $100 million May 2024 deal, sent AST stock skyrocketing 9% Wednesday—making the Texas-based satellite cellular provider’s…
For decades, satellites have circled Earth collecting images, but much of the data never reaches the ground or arrives too late to be useful. Zaitra, a Czech startup based in Brno, is trying to change that. Its Skaisen AI model processes data in orbit and beams down concise, machine-readable alerts, cutting latency from hours or…
President Donald Trump announces the Golden Dome missile defense shield alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sen. Kevin Cramer, and Sen. Dan Sullivan in the Oval Office in May 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters A revolution has been unfolding in military space—quiet yet unprecedented in both audacity and scale. Mass-produced, upgradeable small satellites are about to…