Rocket Lab plans to acquire Iridium for $8B and combine Rocket Lab's launch services with Iridium's satellite-based communications network to rival SpaceX (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/science/958891/rocket-lab-iridium-…
Rocket Lab is buying Iridium’s satellite network for $8 billion
to take on SpaceX
Rocket Lab
-- the space company best known for its small satellite launcher Electron,
-- has announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications for $8 billion.
The deal will combine Rocket Lab’s launch services and spacecraft manufacturing
with Iridium’s satellite-based communications network,
putting it in a better position to challenge SpaceX.
Iridium offers comm…
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C23 is coming: here's what's on the menu.
https://thephd.dev/c23-is-coming-here-is-what-is-on-the-menu
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Rocket Lab to acquire #Iridium in $8bn deal that reshapes space communications market: https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/rocket-lab-iridium-acquisition-space-communications/ - if completed, the deal would combine Rocket Lab’s launch, satellite manufacturing and space systems capabilities with Iridium’s global low Earth orbit communications network, L-band spectrum and established customer base.
How Israel's War Crimes are Coming Home
https://www.juancole.com/2026/05/israels-crimes-coming.html
Huh, interesting: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions_local-democracy-reporting/643527/act-candidate-resigns-after-chinese-political-group-link-revealed Wonder about their vetting process. I suspect the…
„In the pilot NodeNet: Meshnetworks for Emergency Communication, Waag, in collaboration with the Municipality of Amsterdam, investigates the technical feasibility of mesh network technology using a set-up of 30 devices hosted by citizens from Amsterdam.“ #meshtastic #meshcore
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Alan Braxe feat. Annie:
🎵 Never Coming Back
#NowPlaying #AlanBraxe #Annie
https://alanbraxe.bandcamp.com/track/never-coming-back-feat-annie
https://open.spotify.com/track/0ovssuQcWfJa1KVlKzmFNn
today's picture of the day on #wikicommons is really powerful
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Séeberger,_Petites_musiciennes_d…
Ebola shows how Trump’s health policies are going global — and coming home - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/05/30/how-americas-health-policies-are-reverberating-around-the-world-and-coming-home/