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Dimitrios Stroikos

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bologna. Head of the LSE IDEAS Space Policy Project.

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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
In my open access article for @iajournal.bsky.social I examine how space politics is becoming more plural and less Western-centric. It looks at how China, private actors, emerging space powers, the global South, and regional cooperation are reshaping the international space order.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Pleased to be quoted today in The European Correspondent on Europe’s contribution to Artemis and its broader role in space. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/europes... @lseideas.bsky.social
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Europe's quiet corner of the final frontier
In the last two weeks, we watched four astronauts do what no human being ever has: travel 406,771 km from Earth, around the Moon, and back. On reentry
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thanks so much, Chris. All is good, and I hope you are well too.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
China’s space achievements are accelerating. But does that automatically make it a great power in space? My article explores why space power also depends on leadership, recognition, and the ability to attract and retain followers. Article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Empire of the stars—not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space
The ‘rise of China’ is one of the most important developments in the field of space activities. In recent years, China has made considerable progress in advancing its space capabilities and now pla...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I’ll be presenting my recent Pacific Review article, Empire of the stars not yet? China as a “partial” great power in space. Free and open to all, and chaired by @bleddb.bsky.social
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Is China a great power in space? Join me on 26 March for an online event hosted by the Astropolitics Working Group of @BritishIntS. Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
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Empire of the stars—not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space- Astropolitics | BISA
- Astropolitics Working Group
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
4/4 Using China and India as an entry point, and building on postcolonial insights, the article argues that how space security is understood and practiced in the non-Western world can look familiar yet remain “almost the same, but not quite.” @unibo.it @lseideas.bsky.social
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
3/4 This has the effect of reifying a universal understanding of space security, often distorting or obscuring the different meanings, referent objects, and drivers of space security policy in the non-Western world.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
2/4 The article makes the case for a global space security studies. Participation of new actors from the Global South, has introduced greater diversity and plurality in understandings of what constitutes space security, prevailing analyses remain largely couched in Eurocentrism
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
1/4 I’m pleased to share my latest open access article, “Same orbits, different rocket dreams? China, India, and the case for global space security studies,” in the Journal of Space Safety Engineering. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Same orbits, different rocket dreams? China, India, and the case for global space security studies
This article puts forward the case for a global space security studies using China and India as an entry point. Recent trends, including the militariz…
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Don’t miss the International Studies Association’s Virtual PASS course “Advancing Diplomacy for Space Security” next Monday (Feb 9, 2026) with Saadia M. Pekkanen, PJ Blount, Gregory Miller — and me. Mini TTX + diplomacy under time pressure. www.isanet.org/Programs/Vir...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
1/2 🚀⭐️ New in Pacific Review: “Empire of the stars not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space”. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Empire of the stars—not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space
The ‘rise of China’ is one of the most important developments in the field of space activities. In recent years, China has made considerable progress in advancing its space capabilities and now pla...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
2/2 I argue we need to look beyond launches and hardware to the social foundations of space power: legitimacy, recognition, leadership, and sociability, building on insights from the International Society approach.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
1/2 🚀⭐️ New in Pacific Review: “Empire of the stars not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space”. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Empire of the stars—not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space
The ‘rise of China’ is one of the most important developments in the field of space activities. In recent years, China has made considerable progress in advancing its space capabilities and now pla...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Great to be quoted in this @news.sky.com article on the race to replace the International Space Station. 🚀 Really interesting moment for the future of research & commercial activity in low Earth orbit. news.sky.com/story/the-ra... @lseideas.bsky.social @unibo.it
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The race to replace the International Space Station
After 25 years in orbit, the International Space Station will be decommissioned from 2030 – and a race is underway to replace it. NASA is backing privately run space stations to keep humans in orbit, ...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🛰️ New Space Policy volume now available!: themes include cooperation & sustainability; EU SST; space economy; space mining; Mars governance; electronics assurance terms; satellite recycling; STEM/NewSpace; space education. ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/journal/spac... @lseideas.bsky.social
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Space Policy | Vol 74, November 2025 | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Space Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
On 21 October, I had the pleasure of being part of one of the panels at the inaugural Prospero Conference, hosted by @fasikcl.bsky.social in partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence (SONAC) discussing the evolving threat landscape in space. Thanks to all who made it happen! @lseideas.bsky.social
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🚀 New issue of Space Policy (Vol. 73) is out! Topics include India’s #SpaceEconomy, cislunar security, satellite mega-constellations, European space sovereignty & more. Read here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/journal/spac... #SpacePolicy #SpaceResearch @lseideas.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social
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Space Policy | Vol 73, August 2025 | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Space Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🚀 Don’t miss this ISA event led by Prof Saadia Pekkanen: Building Skills for Space Diplomacy 📅 Sep 15, 2025 | 4:00 PM (London) 1-hr overview of the legal, political & policy foundations shaping space governance. 👉 Register: isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #SpaceDiplomacy #ISA #SpacePolicy
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Building Skills for Space Diplomacy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Space diplomacy is of vital importance in avoiding war and building collaboration across civilian, commercial, and military space affairs. But there is little knowledge or training on the subject, eve...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission
NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth spaceflight of her career early on Wednesday, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary heading for their countries' first visit to the International Space Station.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Pleased to share my CFR policy memo on India’s Space Policy. I examine how India is reshaping its space policy and engaging with emerging global norms in space. 🔗 www.cfr.org/article/indi... @lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social
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India’s Space Policy: Between Strategic Autonomy and Alignment With the United States
India’s space policy, once driven primarily by domestic development goals, is increasingly aligning with that of the United States. How it approaches the norms of space governance, however, could pro…
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
📚 LSE IDEAS also hosts the Space Policy Journal: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/spac...
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Space Policy | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Space Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Part of the LSE IDEAS Space Policy Project, which I have the privilege of heading. 🔗 Project: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/projec... #SpacePolicy #SpaceEconomy #NewSpace #InternationalRelations #LSE @lsepress.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social
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Space Policy
LSE IDEAS Space Policy seeks to share insights into the evolving relationship between space policy and international politics.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🚀 New @lseideas.bsky.social report by Jana Fey & Walter Peeters “The Changing Economy of Space Application and Exploration” How evolving space economies—from state-led to New Space—shape international cooperation and geopolitical tensions. 📖 www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/public...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
#SpaceSecurity #OuterSpace #China #India #Geopolitics #OpenAccess #HAFReview #BlueSkyAcademics @lsepress.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Thanks to Professor Kolovos for the invitation, and to the Air Force Command and Staff College + Colonel (Pilot) Dimitrios Zervos for supporting the project. Thoughtful military–academic dialogue on space is more important than ever.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The issue, edited by Professor Alexandros Kolovos, brings together a great lineup of contributors thinking seriously about space, strategy, and geopolitics. Full issue 👉 www.haf.gr/news/publica...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚀 Excited to share my latest piece: China and India as Space Powers: Geopolitics, Domestic Interests, and Prestige—now out in the Hellenic Air Force Review, part of a special issue on space security in a multipolar world. 📖 drive.google.com/file/d/1RpM7...
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09-China and India as Space Powers Geopolitics, Domestic Interests, and Prestige, Dimitrios Stroikos.pdf
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
China Treads Carefully in the Eastern Mediterranean thediplomat.com/2025/05/chin...
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China Treads Carefully in the Eastern Mediterranean
From Syria to Turkiye and Egypt to Israel, how is China navigating the web of very complex relations in the region?
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Kosmos 482: Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere
The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Thank you Maaike!
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
5/ Thanks to the editors for including our work in this rich and timely volume on global space politics and policy. @lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
4/ We look at the drivers behind this shift, from geopolitical pressures to strategic ambitions, and what it means for India’s place in the global space order.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
3/ Once focused primarily on development, India’s space agenda now includes: 🚀 Exploration 🛰️ National defense 🌐 Diplomacy & soft power 💼 Commercialisation & private sector growth
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
2/ Our chapter is titled: “The Metamorphosis of India’s Space Policy in a Changing Space Order.” It examines how and why India’s space policy has changed so significantly in recent years.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🧵1/ A bit late in posting this, but I’m very pleased to have co-authored a chapter with Rajeswari Rajagopalan for the Routledge Handbook of Space Policy, edited by Mariel Borowitz, Thomas Hoerber, Antonella Forganni, and Bruno Reynaud de Sousa. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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The Metamorphosis of India's Space Policy in a Changing Space Order* |
This chapter explores the transformation of India’s space policy from a focus on space for development to the pursuit of security and prestige. India’s early
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to International Space Station to launch on May 29 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/axio...
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Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to International Space Station to launch on May 29 - The Times of India
Science News: NEW DELHI: The Axiom-4 Space Mission, which will carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla along with three other crew members, is scheduled to be laun.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Honored to speak at the @nereusaisbl.bsky.social NEREUS 2025 General Assembly at the European Committee of the Regions! Spoke on European space policy and the crucial role of European regions. 🔗 lnkd.in/eM2Cmck5 #SpacePolicy #EuropeanRegions #NEREUS #EUspace @lseir.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Check out this new special issue of Asian Security edited by Professor Saadia Pekkanen on space in the international relations of Asia! Lots of fascinating contributions! #SpacePolicy #AsianSecurity #InternationalRelations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Space in the international relations of Asia: a guide to technology, security, and diplomacy in a strategic domain
This essay brings space into the international relations of Asia. It orients readers to three unfolding trends that are shaping the evolution of the new space race at present – democratization, com...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Dr K Kasturirangan (1940-2025): Visionary scientist who dreamed big, steered ISRO through tough times indianexpress.com/article/indi...
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Dr K Kasturirangan (1940-2025): Visionary scientist who dreamed big, steered ISRO through tough times
Kasturirangan, a celebrated space scientist who also served as member of Rajya Sabha and a member of the erstwhile Planning Commission, passed away in Bengaluru on Friday morning. He was 84, and ailin...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
China shares rare Moon rocks with US despite trade war www.bbc.com/news/article...
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China shares rare moon rocks with US despite trade tensions
Two US institutions have been granted access to samples collected by the Chang'e-5 mission in 2020.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Isro achieves second docking with SpaDeX satellites timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/isro...
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Isro achieves second docking with SpaDeX satellites - Times of India
ISRO has achieved a second successful docking of its SpaDeX satellites, marking a significant advancement in space technology. Chairman V Narayanan hailed the operation as smooth, emphasizing its impo...
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
‘No substitute’: Europe’s battle to break Elon Musk’s stranglehold on the skies www.ft.com/content/cfee...
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‘No substitute’: Europe’s battle to break Elon Musk’s stranglehold on the skies
Brussels wants to create a homegrown alternative to Starlink with satellite groups such as Eutelsat
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Maximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
„In reality, it is Paris and London, not Brussels, Berlin or Warsaw, that are leading the transformation of European security. Now is the time for Ursula von der Leyen’s ‘geopolitical Europe’ to leave behind a legacy of infantile strategic thinking.“
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After NATO — the way forward
Global instability demands action. Europe’s time to lead has arrived
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Europe tries to fix its plumbing — and leave Starlink behind www.ft.com/content/8634...
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Europe tries to fix its plumbing — and leave Starlink behind
Many governments outside the US do not want to rely on Elon Musk’s satellite company
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Starlink nears India launch: 7 key facts about the satellite internet service indianexpress.com/article/tech...
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Starlink nears India launch: 7 key facts about the satellite internet service
Starlink's Jio-Airtel Deal: Here are the ins and outs of Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX that has signed strategic deals with Airtel and Jio in India.
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
‘Deeply uncomfortable’: UK Starlink users switch off over Musk’s political machinations www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘Deeply uncomfortable’: UK Starlink users switch off over Musk’s political machinations
Numbers using satellite broadband system has been growing but users are having second thoughts due to Musk’s role in Donald Trump’s administration
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Sweden to expand arms and space capabilities without US www.ft.com/content/a7c2...
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Sweden to expand arms and space capabilities without US
Stockholm still values co-operation with Washington but backs stronger European pillar of Nato, defence minister says
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Stranded astronauts’ rescue mission lays bare Boeing’s struggles in space www.ft.com/content/4d30...
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Stranded astronauts’ rescue mission lays bare Boeing’s struggles in space
Pair who flew to ISS in group’s Starliner capsule are returning to Earth — but nine months late and in a SpaceX Dragon
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Dimitrios Stroikos @dstroikos.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Musk, Ambani join hands in surprise Starlink India internet dea www.reuters.com/markets/deal...
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Musk's Starlink and India's Reliance sign surprise satellite internet deal
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio signed a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring Starlink satellite internet services to India, a surprise move from the billionaires after being at odds for several months over how the country should grant them spectrum.
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