The 200,000-Satellite Filing: When Commercial Loopholes Become State Weapons – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2026-01-23 00:00
China submitted a batch of NGSO filings totaling roughly 203,000 satellites. The scale alone makes clear this is not a near-term deployment plan. It is a strategic attempt to establish regulatory priority at a level capable of slowing, complicating, and reshaping competitors’ future deployments.
Orestone Mining Initiates Phase I Exploration at Francisca Gold Project in Argentina – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2026-01-23 00:00
Orestone Mining Corp. (TSXV: ORS) confirmed the commencement of its Phase I exploration program at the Francisca Gold Project, located in the Salta Province of Argentina. The program is designed to validate surface mineralization and refine targets for a subsequent drilling campaign. Orestone’s exploration strategy relies on identifying NW-trending faults that act as conduits for gold-bearing fluids.
Ericsson Reports Strong 2025 Fiscal Results Driven by 5G Core and Cloud Growth – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2026-01-23 00:00
Ericsson announced fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2025. Organic sales growth across all three primary segments in Q4. Cloud Software and Services division leading at 12% growth. Looking toward 2026, Ericsson anticipates the Radio Access Network (RAN) market will remain flat.
NASA’s Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings
Original Publication Date: 2026-01-23 13:02
The Chandra Source Catalog (CSC) contains the X-ray data detected up to the end of 2020 by Chandra. The latest version of the CSC, known as CSC 2.1, contains over 400,000 unique compact and extended sources and over 1.3 million individual detections in X-ray light. Within the CSC, there is a wealth of information gleaned from the Chandra observations — from precise positions on the sky to information about the the X-ray energies detected.
TerraWave enters the scene with lasers and game-changing data speeds
Original Publication Date: 2026-01-23 03:52
Blue Origin has unveiled TeraWave, an ambitious satellite communications network. It is poised to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second (Tbps) This capability dwarfs current consumer satellite broadband offerings. TeraWave targets a capped user base of approximately 100,000 customers.