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AXA XL Partners with SpaceAble to Support Operators with Satellites in Low Earth Orbit

AXA XL Insurance announced it has established a global partnership with SpaceAble, a start-up specializing in space situational awareness (SSA), to better support satellite operators and organizations operating in space. Based in France and a leading European SSA service provider, …

UK Space Industry Aims to Remove Dangerous Space Junk from Orbit

A defunct satellite spent early April hurtling through space toward the body of an old rocket, threatening a collision that the European Union’s Space Surveillance and Tracking Consortium estimated could generate more than 4 million pieces of debris. In the …

Protecting the Planet from Asteroids, Comets

The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to protect the planet from incoming asteroids that could wipe out entire regions or even continents. The National Science and Technology Council released a report last week calling for improved asteroid detection, tracking …