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Despite being targeted by cyber-commandos, the satellite giant SES aims to push forward beaming lifesaving internet connections to Ukraine’s blitzed cities and citizens.
The military's equivalent of Starlink, which allows for troops to remain in contact, is now disrupting other satellites, as discovered by a civilian tracker.
China launches new Gaofen-14 stereo mapping satellite China added to its Earth observation fleet late Saturday, sending a second Gaofen-14 mapping satellite into sun-synchronous orbit.
WASHINGTON (AP) — New satellite images taken Thursday show the scale of the demolition of the White House East Wing as President Donald Trump moves forward with the construction of a new ballroom at the White House. See the change in images from Oct. 23 and Sept. 26, 2025 in images from Planet Labs PBC:
Egypt is preparing to inaugurate its new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in an official ceremony after multiple delays. Construction began in 2005, and the museum entered a partial trial opening phase in 2024. The official inauguration, originally scheduled for July 3, 2025, was postponed to the last quarter of the year due to regional conflicts.
Without press access to see the demolition firsthand, it fell to a camera hundreds of miles above the White House to see what was really happening at the East Wing. Planet Labs released an image taken Thursday morning from one of its SkySat satellites showing the 123-year-old annex leveled.
In the past five months, a virtually empty lot in The Everglades transformed into the heart of Florida’s deportation efforts, now commonly known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” State officials ramped up construction at an unprecedented speed,