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Month: November 2025

Broken SHIELD

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Space Industry Surges Forward as Golden Dome Faces Critical Communication Challenge

Posted on November 23, 2025December 1, 2025 by Austin

The space indus­try expe­ri­enced a week of sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments, from major fund­ing rounds to inter­na­tion­al part­ner­ships. At the same time, the Pen­tagon’s flag­ship Gold­en Dome mis­sile defense ini­tia­tive con­tin­ues to grap­ple with trans­paren­cy issues that could threat­en its long-term via­bil­i­ty. Gold­en Dome’s Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Cri­sis The most press­ing sto­ry this week cen­ters on Gold­en Dome, Amer­i­ca’s…

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Chinese Satellite Getting Hit By A Rock

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Blue Origin Lands, China Stumbles, and Golden Dome Takes Flight

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Austin

This week remind­ed me why I enjoy work­ing in the defense and space sec­tors. We wit­nessed his­to­ry in the mak­ing, strate­gic piv­ots that will reshape entire indus­tries, and the kind of tech­no­log­i­cal break­throughs that sep­a­rate lead­ers from fol­low­ers. Let me walk you through what hap­pened and why it mat­ters for our future. Blue Ori­gin Finally…

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Space Closed

Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Government Shutdown Ripples Through Launch Schedules While Mega-Deals Reshape the Sector

Posted on November 10, 2025November 9, 2025 by Austin

The space indus­try faced a week of con­trasts as gov­ern­ment dys­func­tion col­lid­ed with pri­vate sec­tor momen­tum. While the ongo­ing fed­er­al shut­down cre­at­ed oper­a­tional headaches for launch providers and con­trac­tors, bil­lion-dol­lar deals and strate­gic acqui­si­tions con­tin­ued to reshape the com­mer­cial space land­scape. Launch Oper­a­tions Feel the Shut­down Squeeze The most imme­di­ate impact of the gov­ern­ment shutdown,…

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Space Industry Cheat Sheet: Golden Dome Takes Shape as NASA Leadership Drama Unfolds

Posted on November 3, 2025November 9, 2025 by Austin

Team, here is your week­ly Space Indus­try Cheat Sheet. In the past week, it has solid­i­fied my opin­ion that the chal­lenges the Unit­ed States faces are not tech­ni­cal, but rather a lack of uni­ty. There have been updates to the Gold­en Dome of Amer­i­ca effort (which has its own set of pros and cons), NASA…

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