Professor Teodoro Valente’s leadership contributed significantly to the progress of the Italian and international space sector.

Michelangelo Moles holds a master’s degree in Corporate Communication and Media.

Michelangelo Moles focuses on innovation, strategic communication, and outreach related to new economic models linked to the sea and space.

Michelangelo Moles holds a master’s degree in Corporate Communication and Media and specializes in the space economy and the blue economy.

Giampiero Di Paolo is the chief executive officer of Thales Alenia Space Italia.

Starship Flight 13 was the second Starship mission in the V3 configuration.

Starship development delays could affect NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2027 under the Artemis program.

SpaceX aborted the 13th Starship test flight during ignition of the rocket’s Raptor engines.

The first Starship V3 flight was postponed after a ground fault was detected during preparations.

Starship Flight 13 was planned to include the first test deployment of 20 Starlink V3 satellites.

SpaceX competes with Blue Origin for a prominent role in NASA’s return-to-the-Moon effort.

The aborted Starship test flight was postponed after some engines failed to start and SpaceX unloaded methane and liquid oxygen from the rocket.

The Space Development Agency’s next launch will be either T1TL-A with satellites from Northrop Grumman or T1TL-F with satellites from Lockheed Martin.

The Space Development Agency will launch satellites when they are ready instead of following a fixed monthly schedule.

SpaceX launched the Space Development Agency’s third Tranche 1 data transport mission on Falcon 9 to low-Earth orbit.

Teodoro Valente was a reference point for the Lazio aerospace system, including institutions, companies, and research organizations.

Roberta Angelilli is the vice president and regional minister for economic development of the Lazio Region.

Teodoro Valente contributed to the growth of the space sector in Lazio and Italy.

Teodoro Valente led the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana.

AST SpaceMobile plans to raise up to $1 billion through a convertible senior notes offering to fund ongoing operations, secure launch capacity, and evaluate potential strategic acquisitions.

AST SpaceMobile completed a strategic pivot to SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets to deliver its intermediate satellite batches.

AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBirds 11, 12, and 13 have completed fabrication and are scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during the first half of August 2026.

AST SpaceMobile is a Texas-based operator.

A late-June 2026 ground test anomaly that caused an upper-stage explosion sidelined Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and reduced near-term launch availability.

AST SpaceMobile originally partnered with Blue Origin to launch 45 BlueBird satellites on the New Glenn rocket.

AST SpaceMobile is continuing to manufacture and deploy its Block 2 BlueBird satellite configuration for continuous space-based cellular broadband service.

AST SpaceMobile has rescheduled its commercial Direct-to-Device service launch to early 2027.

The launch of BlueBirds 11, 12, and 13 will expand AST SpaceMobile’s in-orbit fleet to 13 space vehicles.

The proposed framework would replace the existing bright-line broadcast ownership rule with a case-by-case public interest evaluation model.

If approved on August 6, 2026, future broadcast transactions exceeding the historical 39 percent threshold will enter the FCC’s regular public interest review process instead of being automatically rejected.

On May 11, 2026, the American Television Alliance urged the FCC to close regulatory loopholes that allow broadcasters to bypass existing ownership limits.

The FCC will make the draft Order publicly available on its web portal on July 16, 2026.

The American Television Alliance opposed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s proposal to repeal the national broadcast ownership cap on July 15, 2026.

The FCC is scheduled to vote on the draft Order at its open meeting on August 6, 2026.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. is developing analog beamforming integrated circuits that are scheduled to enter testing later in 2026.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. posted a 60 per cent gross margin in the first half of fiscal 2026.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. recorded a net loss of $822,000 in the first half of fiscal 2026.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. has historically specialized in the design and production of mobile, auto-deploying satellite-based antenna systems.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. improved cash flow from operations by $200,000 year-over-year in the first half of fiscal 2026.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. reported $1.7 million in revenue for the first half of fiscal 2026.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. is nearing commercialization of a proprietary multi-orbit platform designed to operate across low-Earth orbit, medium-Earth orbit, and geostationary satellite networks.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. expects its analog beamforming integrated circuits to lower production costs and improve hardware performance.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. is debt-free and holds $22,816,552 in working capital.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. is transitioning from mechanically tracked parabolic dishes to electronically steerable phased array antennas.

The astrobiology patent is intended to provide researchers with a tool for studying living organisms in an environment analogous to Mars.

The astrobiology patent developed in Sardinia is still under examination at the European Patent Office, in the United States, in China, and in India.

The astrobiology patent is part of the Sardinian aerospace ecosystem’s strategy to turn research results into skills, collaborations, and development opportunities within the space economy.

The astrobiology patent developed in Sardinia has been granted in Japan and Russia.

Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Università degli Studi di Sassari, CRS4, DASS, and TOLO Green filed the astrobiology patent in 2021.

The activities for the astrobiology patent were led by DASS president Giacomo Cao with contributions from researchers and doctoral students at the Universities of Cagliari and Sassari and from CRS4.