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Bitget launches IPO Prime with SpaceX-linked pre-sale

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Bitget opens retail pre-IPO access with SpaceX-linked tokenised offering, as the exchange pushes deeper into private-market trading and tokenisation.
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Sentinel Global rebuilds AI-led venture team, eyes 2026

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Sentinel Global rebuilds its AI-driven venture team around GIC veteran Jeremy Kranz and expands Sentinel Labs, targeting a 2026 fundraise.
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WISeKey expands satellite network to boost IoT cybersecurity

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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WISeKey has expanded its satellite constellation via a SpaceX launch, enhancing secure global IoT connectivity with advanced post-quantum cybersecurity features.
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Cloudflare urges vigilance after global internet disruptions in Q3 2025

Wed, 29th Oct 2025
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Cloudflare's report reveals widespread global internet disruptions in Q3 2025 from government shutdowns, cable damages, natural disasters, cyberattacks and technical faults.
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Australia's Kanyini satellite sends first images from space

Fri, 28th Feb 2025
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Australia's first state-funded satellite, Kanyini, has successfully captured initial images from space, marking a significant milestone for the nation's space mission.
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Optus accelerates 5G rollout in regional Australia

Thu, 6th Feb 2025
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Optus has launched its 5G network rollout in regional Australia, aiming to boost coverage significantly and complete the nationwide rollout two years ahead of schedule.
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Optus fast-tracks 5G rollout in regional Australia

Fri, 31st Jan 2025
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Optus is fast-tracking its 5G rollout in regional Australia by partnering with TPG Telecom, promising improved connectivity and service for customers.
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SES launches two O3b mPOWER satellites via SpaceX Falcon 9

Mon, 30th Dec 2024
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SES has successfully launched its seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, enhancing its medium Earth orbit constellation.
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South Australia's Kanyini satellite launched via SpaceX mission

Sun, 18th Aug 2024
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South Australia's Kanyini satellite has successfully launched via SpaceX's Transporter-11 mission, marking a groundbreaking achievement for the state's space sector.
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Wireless Logic gets authorised reseller status for SpaceX's Starlink

Mon, 22nd Apr 2024
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Wireless Logic gains authorised reseller status for SpaceX's Starlink, enhancing global IoT deployment capabilities by incorporating Low Earth Orbit satellite connectivity.
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NanoAvionics to send four satellites into orbit on SpaceX mission

Mon, 11th Mar 2024
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics is set to launch four satellites into orbit as part of SpaceX's next mission, enhancing global 5G and earth observation capacities for Luxembourg, Spain, and South Korea.
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3GPP Standards for Satellite IoT – the catalyst for progression, or a Mexican standoff?

Thu, 22nd Feb 2024
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Amid a lowered cost to develop satellite networks, questions arise as to whether 3GPP Standards for Satellite IoT will serve as a progression catalyst or incite standstill tensions.
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HPE's Spaceborne Computer-2 heads to ISS with highest storage yet

Thu, 1st Feb 2024
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise sends its enhanced Spaceborne Computer-2 to the International Space Station, augmenting AI and machine learning capabilities with unprecedented flash-based storage power.
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Australian space tech startup secures SpaceX support

Tue, 24th May 2022
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Space Machines Company has secured the support of SpaceX as a launch partner in carrying SMC's Optimus Orbital Transfer Vehicle to space next year.
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Microsoft's Azure Space – Cloud above the clouds

Wed, 21st Oct 2020
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Microsoft is entering the private space exploration market with Azure Space, hiring a team of experts to build cloud capabilities for the space industry.
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Kacific satellite payload to take off on SpaceX launch

Tue, 17th Dec 2019
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Its 56 high-throughput spot beams will place capacity over selected regions in South East Asia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
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Fleet Space announces three million sensors on its satellite IoT network

Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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Fleet Space Technologies' Project Galaxy hits a milestone, registering 1 million IoT devices within 24 hours and adding 2 million more to its waiting list.
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HPE opens up 'cloud above the clouds' for space travel

Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
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HPE has launched a supercomputer on the ISS, enabling astronauts to analyse data in space, speeding up research without Earth-based delays.
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Data centres in outer space could happen sooner than you think

Thu, 29th Mar 2018
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An expert has stated that we could soon be launching data centres into outer space to utilise solar power & zero human error, among other things.
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Spaceborne computer set to teraFLOP its way across the Solar System

Thu, 22nd Feb 2018
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HPE's super space computer, launched into space by SpaceX, has achieved one teraFLOP status and is running smoothly.