Year: 2026

Star Catcher, the startup led by former Made in Space and Redwire executive Andrew Rush, has raised $65 million to fuel its plans to build a power grid in space.  […]

SpaceWERX has awarded TrustPoint a $4 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract, which will fund the buildout of four satellites and four ground stations for a full end-to-end demonstration of […]

Space42 has made a significant move in the direct-to-device (D2D) arena, partnering with Skylo Technologies to deliver standards-based D2D connectivity through its Thuraya-4 geostationary (GEO) satellite. Space42 announced Monday that […]

Vitesse Systems has combined with Accelint to form a new defense tech company called Lyntris, focused on the connected battlefield.  Both companies have been under the ownership of Trive Capital […]

Hughes Network Systems continues to report lower satellite broadband subscribers, citing competition from satellite competitors and other technologies.  Hughes reported broadband subscribers on Monday as part of EchoStar’s first quarter […]

Aetherflux, the company started by former Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, has rebranded as Cowboy Space and expanded its focus to orbital data centers and associated launch infrastructure. Cowboy Space announced […]

Planet Labs Germany has won a significant new contract with a major government in Europe. The Greek government has signed a 2-year, 7-figure agreement with Planet that will include numerous […]

AI is entering a different phase in Earth Observation. What began as experimentation on curated datasets is now moving into operational use, where models are expected to keep working across […]

Globalstar grew revenue 17% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, which Globalstar reported as the operator is now in a process to be acquired by Amazon.  Globalstar provided a […]

Rocket Lab hit record quarterly revenue in the first quarter of 2026 and shared momentum for the upcoming Neutron launch vehicle as well as a robotics acquisition and work on […]

Skyroot Aerospace, the Indian launch startup, has secured another $60 million in funding. The company is one of the rising stars in India’s  space economy and becomes the nation’s first […]

HawkEye 360 raised $416 million in its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, becoming the second space company to go public this year.  The signals intelligence company began trading on […]

Spire has opened a new satellite manufacturing facility in Munich the company says has the capacity to produce up to 100 satellites per year. The facility is designed for end-to-end […]

MDA Space posted 32% year-over-year revenue growth in the first quarter of 2026 and more than 40% growth for its satellite manufacturing business, driven by work for Telesat Lightspeed and […]

AURORA, Colo. — To ensure the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is postured to meet rapidly evolving threat and warfighters’ needs, is resilient and exploits emerging technologies, the agency’s new director […]

Telespazio France will distribute multi-orbit terminals built by French terminal developer Greenerwave to the European defense market under a new agreement between the companies announced Wednesday.  Under the agreement, Telespazio […]

Verizon has made a significant expansion in its satellite fleet for disaster response as it moves toward a “satellite-everywhere” failover strategy, a representative for the telco told Via Satellite.  Verizon […]

Satellite manufacturer Astranis has raised $300 million in a new Series E funding round and secured up to $155 million in a credit facility to accelerate satellite production for its […]

Swissto12 has struck a key new partnership deal in Germany which could bring exciting new media broadcast capabilities to Geostationary (GEO) satellites. It will work with German high-performance space subsystem […]

Anduril Industries has named a team of collaborators for its recent award to prototype technologies for space-based interceptors, and will work with Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space, Sandia National […]

Telesat’s GEO business declined 25% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, as the operator works toward the launch of its Lightspeed constellation.  CEO Dan Goldberg said this decline in […]

After months of rumors in the market that Globalstar was for sale, Amazon moved last month to acquire the company in a deal worth roughly $10.8 billion. Amazon will acquire […]

AURORA, Colo. — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded new contracts for Earth sensing data to three companies under its Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) effort, adding additional satellite companies […]

Global semiconductor company STMicroelectronics — a supplier to SpaceX and other space companies – expects to earn more than $3 billion from its space business over the next three years.  Remi […]

Lockheed Martin is contributing to a recently announced partnership between Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to develop sea-based launch. The three companies will collaborate on an offshore launch platform for […]

How do you future-proof your satellite network to thrive in an increasingly connected world? It’s a key question that network operators are asking as they navigate new technologies like 5G, […]

Vantor on Monday said it has received a $70 million award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for the first option year of a program that gives the agency and vetted […]

SpaceX launched 45 payloads on a mission to loft a South Korean Earth Observation (EO) satellite early Sunday morning, with a number of rideshare customers onboard as well. The primary […]

Loft is to play a key role in an ambitious next-generation Earth Observation (EO) constellation project in France. It is to partner with Magellium Artal Group after winning a multi-year […]

Fielding more systems for orbital warfare has been the top priority of the White House’s nominee to succeed Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. The Trump administration on […]