The four-booster Ariane 6 configuration carries roughly twice the payload of the two-booster version.

The Vinci engine is capable of multiple ignitions and has a long operational lifetime.

DLR Lampoldshausen’s test stands and infrastructure enable testing of engines and complete rocket stages under flight-representative conditions, including vacuum simulations.

Ariane 64 is intended to deploy large satellite constellations for commercial and institutional customers because of its high payload capacity and flexibility.

The core of the Ariane 6 upper stage is the Vinci engine, which uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as propellants.

New Zealand now exceeds Russia in annual launch numbers.

Analysts project about 72,000 active satellites within the next five years.

Russia has attempted to jam Starlink and to interrupt Starlink ground service operations and cyber functions.

Paul Struhsaker identified the conflict in Ukraine as an inflection point where commercial space assets became military targets.

AI-driven malware named Promptlock has emerged targeting space systems.

Solar Cycle 25 is exposing commercial-grade satellite components to radiation levels they were not designed to withstand.

The Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture and the Golden Dome concept propose launching bundles of interoperable satellites that communicate and reconfigure autonomously to increase resilience.

The 1961 Hardtack Orange high-altitude nuclear tests destroyed contemporary satellites and caused power grid outages in Hawaii.

Paul Struhsaker is the CEO of Arrasar Partners.

A global outage in July 2025 took Starlink offline for hours.

Supply chain weaknesses in the commercial space industry have been exposed.

GPS jamming in the Baltic Sea has surged and disrupted thousands of vessels and civil aviation corridors.

MTN will deploy Amazon’s newly unveiled maritime-grade hardware that uses electronically steered phased-array antennas to maintain connectivity in high sea states without moving parts.

MTN’s Amazon Leo integration targets commercial shipping, yachting, offshore energy, and cruise sectors.

Amazon is in a high-tempo launch phase to meet regulatory requirements for its constellation.

Amazon requested a 24-month extension from the FCC in late January to fulfill its license mandate of 3,236 satellites.

Amazon’s commercial rollout of Amazon Leo is on track for Q1 2026.

MTN will leverage Amazon’s fleet of more than 150 production satellites currently in orbit to provide service.

Trevor Vieweg is Head of Global Business for Amazon Leo.

The reseller agreement between MTN Satellite Communications and Amazon Leo was announced on Feb. 10.

Steve Ritacco is Senior Vice President of Technology and Product Development at MTN Satellite Communications.

Amazon Leo is designed to integrate with Amazon Web Services to allow maritime operators to move data from ship to cloud over a private, secure backbone.

MTN is set to initiate pilot deployments of Amazon Leo for its key cruise and offshore customers immediately.

MTN’s multi-network portfolio already includes Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb.

The MTN–Amazon Leo deal positions MTN to provide near-global coverage from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific.

MTN’s partnership with Amazon Leo integrates Amazon’s high-capacity LEO constellation into MTN’s multi-orbit network.

MTN Satellite Communications secured an agreement to become one of the first authorized maritime resellers for Amazon Leo.

MTN’s multi-network architecture combining Amazon Leo, Starlink, and Eutelsat OneWeb is designed to offer redundancy for mission-critical vessel operations and crew welfare.

Amazon Leo was formerly known as Project Kuiper.

Stoke Space closed a $350 million extension funding round in addition to a $510 million Series D it raised in October.

Stoke Space intends to develop Nova’s reusability through multiple demonstration flights following a crawl-walk-run approach.

Rep. Mike Haridopolos, as chair of the House space subcommittee, supports greater partnerships between NASA and the commercial space industry to leverage their complementary strengths.

SpaceX has delayed its Mars plans to prioritize missions and development focused on the Moon.

US Innovation Technology Fund is a previous backer of Stoke Space and focuses investment on technologies tied to national defense.

Northwood closed a $100 million Series B round led by Washington Harbour Partners and Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Alpine Space Ventures.

Issues on Vulcan’s recent flight require review before Vulcan will carry its next national security payload.

Nova was designed by Stoke Space to be reusable.

Stoke Space’s inaugural Nova mission is targeting a trajectory beyond orbit to demonstrate high-energy performance.

The Ariane 64 and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rockets both completed their recent missions successfully.

Stoke Space’s total funding reached $1.34 billion after the $350 million extension round.

Stoke Space is aiming to fly its Nova rocket on an inaugural mission in 2026.

Stoke Space had enough capital at the end of last year to fund the first few flights of its Nova rocket.

CesiumAstro closed a $270 million Series C round to support expansion of its national security contracts and build out its natsec business.

Stoke Space’s planned reusability flight profile includes reentry, relighting engines, targeting a position in the ocean, and hovering before recovery operations.

Stoke Space is based in Washington.