N ew satellite imagery has captured the USS Nimitz strike carrier group operating in the South China Sea amid rising tensions with China. The South China Sea is a critical maritime corridor, with an estimated one-fifth of global trade passing through its waters each year.

Starlink rival Starlink Viasat, working with United Launch Alliance (ULA), is making final preparations for the launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 ultra-high-capacity broadband satellite. The Atlas V will lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, and you can watch the launch as it happens (more details below).

The planned “air moving target indicator” system for Golden Dome could potentially deploy up to 600 satellites to track missiles and aircraft.

In the early hours of Sunday, Elon Musk ’s SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 18 different satellites into space on a mission it’s calling Bandwagon-4. One of these satellites was Haven Demo, a test satellite designed to help Vast Space—a U.S.-based aerospace company—prepare for the launch of Haven-1, a privately owned space station.

Since the fall of Sudan's El-Fasher, reports have emerged of summary executions, sexual violence and abductions.

Yale researchers document evidence of atrocities in Sudan's El Fasher using satellite imagery, while U.S. intelligence confirms UAE weapons transfers to the Rapid Support Forces.

China launches first GEO Yaogan satellite as India lofts record-mass commsat China launched a new Yaogan reconnaissance satellite late Sunday, following India’s launch of its highest mass communications satellite to date.