China's Long March 10B flew for the first time and recovered its first stage at sea, the second country to do so.
ElevationSpace signed a partner for its AOBA reentry demonstrator and detailed progress toward a mid-2027 first flight.
Space Force finished restructuring procurement around nine mission-focused portfolios instead of individual programs, per SpaceNews.
Pulse Space won a $40 million Space Force contract to mature laser-based power and data transmission between spacecraft.
ICEYE established ICEYE Portugal and a Lisbon R&D center of excellence, naming Rui Costa as country CEO.
Per Marcia Smith: UNOOSA's months-long halt on public satellite registrations is "a failure of the international space governance regime."
The Exploration Company set up a Houston-based US entity, TEC Federal, to compete for US government contracts.
Rivada partnered with Nepal's Mercantile Space to deliver sovereign satellite connectivity over its planned Outernet constellation.
NASA's CSDA program found Umbra's SAR data underperforms on geolocation accuracy and radiometric calibration versus reference systems.
Space42 and Skylo tested two-way SMS and SOS messaging to standard Android phones via the Thuraya-4 satellite.
Ovzon tested its GEO satellite and mobile terminals nearly 1,300 km inside the Arctic Circle with NATO country observers.
The FCC approved Reflect Orbital's Eärendil-1 test satellite, which will reflect sunlight to Earth after dark.
Xona introduced Pulsar Verified, certifying receivers and simulators as compatible with its Pulsar positioning satellite signal.
D-Orbit will fly ArkEdge Space demo satellites on its ION carrier from 2027, per SpaceNews.
Space Force added Relativity Space and Impulse Space to its NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 launch-services pool.
Per the New York Times, Blue Origin is raising $10B at a $130B valuation from Coatue and Bezos, its first outside funding.
ICEYE formally established a German entity in Berlin and Munich, naming Philipp Herkelmann CEO of ICEYE Germany.
Canada's Armed Forces picked Telesat Lightspeed for secure Arctic military satellite connectivity under ESCP-P.
Per Andrew Parsonson on Bluesky, Loft Orbital signed MaiaSpace for multiple launches starting 2028.
MDA Space is acquiring a 70% stake in French EO data analytics firm CLS for 567 million euros, per SpaceNews.
York Space Systems closed its purchase of satcom terminal maker All.Space at $300 million, down from the $355 million first announced.
ispace reserved 500 kg of Starship cargo capacity for a lunar mission targeting no earlier than 2030, a roughly $50 million deal.
Beyond Gravity will supply 27 payload fairings for Ariane 6 flights 16 through 42, its largest Swiss launch-vehicle contract yet.
The Interior Department's BOEM opened a comment period on repurposing offshore oil rigs and new platforms for rocket launch and re-entry.
An Earthjustice-led coalition asked the FCC to complete a full environmental review before licensing any orbital data center satellites.
Indonesia's BRIN said its domestically built NEO-1 Earth observation satellite is targeted to launch in January 2027.
Isar Aerospace will pay Maritime Launch Services for a dedicated Spectrum launch complex at Spaceport Nova Scotia in Canada.
ICEYE says its SAR constellation now stands at 76 satellites after a four-satellite Transporter-17 launch.
Planet's Pelican-11 test satellite launched on Transporter-17, ahead of its Gen 2 imaging fleet.
Per SpaceNews, Simera Sense won a deal to supply eight multispectral imagers for a new regional EO constellation.
BlackSky says it won multiple US R&D contracts to add AI target-recognition and damage detection to its Gen-3 imagery.
Rocket Lab's CFO says Falcon 9 rideshare-access anxiety has reached 'panic' amid reports SpaceX is capping new bookings.
SaxaVord Spaceport told marine users RFA's first RFA ONE launch attempt opens a five-week window from August 10.
Per SpaceNews, Apolink's IPoS-TDsM cubesat launched on Transporter-17 and is now relaying signals on an experimental FCC S-band license.
Per SpaceNews, Arianespace and Infinite Orbits will explore direct-to-GEO rideshare services on Ariane 6 from 2029.
Rocket Lab says it finished all VICTUS HAZE mission phases for Space Force ahead of deadline, including on-orbit tracking in under 59 hours.
Per SpaceNews, Orbit Fab appointed Peter Shaper as CEO and raised over $25 million in interim funding ahead of a Series B round.
SES Space & Defense won a 5-year blanket purchase agreement to supply the US Space Force with managed Ku-band connectivity.
City Labs flew BOHR, calling it the first commercial nuclear-powered satellite, on SpaceX's Transporter-17 rideshare.
Muon Space says it deployed the first three operational FireSat satellites for the Earth Fire Alliance's wildfire-detection constellation.
Unseenlabs says it launched BRO-31, the first satellite of a heavier, more capable second-generation RF-detection fleet.
Open Cosmos launched Posidonia, the Balearic Islands' first satellite, and Hyperion GR-1, the first of a planned Greek EO constellation.
Firefly Aerospace will build the aeroshell for NASA JPL's SkyFall Mars helicopter mission under a $13 million subcontract.
GalaxEye lost contact with Mission Drishti, billed as the world's first OptoSAR satellite, after a geomagnetic storm.
Eight NATO members will network their sovereign military satellites into a shared hybrid constellation.
SpaceX joined the Nasdaq-100 at a market value near $2 trillion, its shares slipping on the debut.
Per Morgan Stanley: SpaceX is worth $300 a share on reusable rockets, Starlink and AI infrastructure; Goldman sees $205.
Axelspace's seven next-generation GRUS-3 microsatellites reached orbit and returned first signals on Transporter-17.
Eurospace's 2025 report shows European space industry sales up 23% to EUR10.9 billion, with EO overtaking telecom as the top segment.
NASA and the SBA signed an agreement to help attract private capital for space technology suppliers.
