
The Unsinkable Satellite: Tales of Survival When the Rocket Goes Boom
Exploring the engineering miracles of spacecraft that survived launch failures, the new risks of re-entry, and why financial resilience is just as crucial as structural integrity.
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5 articles on space risk, parametric insurance, and the new space economy.

Companies to develop independent records of satellite and ground station operation for use in space risk scoring and claims assessment.
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Exploring the engineering miracles of spacecraft that survived launch failures, the new risks of re-entry, and why financial resilience is just as crucial as structural integrity.

In December 2025, the White House sent a clear and irreversible signal: Space is now critical national infrastructure. The Executive Order reshapes how space missions are designed, funded, secured, governed, and insured.

When a JetBlue Airbus A320 suddenly pitched downward over the Gulf of Mexico, investigators first blamed turbulence. It wasn't turbulence — it was a solar energetic particle that flipped a bit inside the flight control system.

A burst of solar energetic particles flipped a single bit inside a commercial aircraft's flight control computer. One cosmic particle, 162 lives, and a global recall. Space weather is now a systemic operational risk.