SEOPS books five more Isar Aerospace Spectrum launches
SEOPS signs a multi-launch deal for five dedicated Spectrum flights between 2028 and 2030.
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Viasat and Space42 commit up to $1 billion to Equatys venture
Viasat and Space42 formally establish Equatys, a shared direct-to-device satellite venture, with up to $1 billion in equity.
Impulse Space extends Series D to $808 million total
Impulse Space adds $308 million to its Series D, citing surging demand for in-space mobility services.
Space Force lets SpaceX set its own design for $2.3B network
Space Force set performance targets, not a satellite count, for SpaceX's Space Data Network contract.
Scott Manley: China now has more rocket designs than anyone else
Per Scott Manley: China's population of rocket designs has expanded massively since his 2020 survey, most of it privately funded.
EnduroSat raises $205 million to scale satellite production
The Bulgarian satellite manufacturer's second major raise in under a year funds new US and European manufacturing capacity.
Galileo demonstrates first authenticated position fix under spoofing
Five Galileo satellites broadcast an encrypted test signal that let a receiver compute a spoof-resistant position fix.
ESA gives excellence awards to Surrey Satellite, Sener, CompPair
ESA recognized the three space companies at Industry Space Days 2026 for program delivery and innovation.
Northrop Grumman confirmed as prime for Space Force's RRS-G tracking program
Space Force named its ground-target-tracking program RRS-G and confirmed Northrop Grumman as prime, per Breaking Defense.
China's Space Epoch raises Series B++, tops $342 million in six months
Space Epoch closed a Series B++ round, pushing capital raised over six months past 2.3 billion yuan ($342 million), per Caixin Global.
NIGCOMSAT picks Hughes JUPITER gateway for its next two satellites
Hughes will supply the ground gateway system and local terminal-assembly support for NIGCOMSAT-2A and 2B.
L3Harris begins building Xoople's 14-satellite Earth-observation constellation
L3Harris has started building the first satellites for Xoople's AI-focused Earth-observation constellation, targeting first launch in 2028.
Valor Equity distributes $8.5 billion of SpaceX stock to its LPs
Antonio Gracias's Valor Equity Partners handed limited partners $8.5 billion of SpaceX shares in kind rather than selling them.
Update: Open Cosmos raises €300 million to expand satellite manufacturing
Per Via Satellite, Open Cosmos says it can build one satellite a day across its four factories, holds Ka-band spectrum access, has accumulated more than $370...
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Update: SpaceX completes SES's 13-satellite O3b mPOWER constellation
The new satellites are expected to enter service by mid-2027 after orbit raising, testing and commissioning, per TechNode Global.
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Update: SpaceX wins FAA license for Starship's first orbital flight
SpaceX confirmed Sept. 22 as the target date for Starship Flight 14, the vehicle's first attempt at a real orbital insertion after 13 suborbital test flights...
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Update: Portal Space Systems buys dedicated Falcon 9 for Supernova debut
Maverick announced Sept. 14 it booked 10 Kepler Communications Tranche-2 satellites, about 400 kg each, onto the mission, filling the majority of the remaini...
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ESA launches FLEX and Sentinel-3C on Vega-C from French Guiana
Vega-C's eighth flight carried Copernicus Sentinel-3C and the FLEX vegetation mission into orbit from French Guiana.
SpaceX's Starfall capsule signs Space Cargo as first customer
Space Cargo Unlimited has booked a third of Starfall's capacity and expects to reach half by year-end, per Payload.
LandSpace's Zhuque-2E launches 10 more SpaceSail G60 satellites
LandSpace's Zhuque-2E Y7 rocket deployed 10 more satellites for SpaceSail's G60/Qianfan broadband constellation.
Kuva Space detects illegal poppy fields in Afghanistan pilot
Kuva Space's Hyperfield-1 satellites out-detected Sentinel-2 in a pilot mapping illegal opium poppy fields in Afghanistan.
ESA's Celeste demonstrates 5G positioning signals from low Earth orbit
ESA's Celeste IOD-2 satellite transmitted and received standardised 5G positioning signals from LEO for the first time, ESA says.
Lynred to supply infrared detectors for constellr's EO constellation
French infrared-sensor maker Lynred will supply detection technology for constellr's next-generation thermal Earth observation satellites.
KDDI signs Asia's first Starlink Mobile V2 service contract
KDDI signed with SpaceX for next-generation Starlink Mobile V2 service, which it calls Asia's first such contract.
SES and Elveo Mobile expand D2D deal to add roaming, EU manufacturing
SES will use Elveo's D2D tech for European mobile roaming and the two will build LEO D2D satellites in Europe.
Planet wins up to €25 million German federal satellite-tasking contract
Planet's own release: Germany's BKG gets exclusive dedicated satellite tasking access under a deal worth up to €25 million over five years.
Telesat signs global ground-segment deal with SatPort Infrastructure
Telesat's own release: SatPort Infrastructure will build and host Lightspeed landing stations worldwide under a new build-to-suit agreement.
Rocket Lab completes $1.94 billion ATM to fully fund Iridium acquisition
Rocket Lab finished raising $1.944 billion via stock sales, securing the cash it needs for the Iridium acquisition.
SpaceX sued over Starlink Roam price hike and plan changes
A pilot filed a proposed class action Sept. 15 alleging SpaceX ran a bait-and-switch on Starlink's Roam plan, per Law360.
NASA powers on Roman Space Telescope's main science instrument
The Wide Field Instrument's 18 infrared detectors switched on and returned first test data as Roman heads to L2.
HawkEye 360 opens Luxembourg subsidiary, signs Leonardo sovereign RF pact
HawkEye 360 established its first European subsidiary in Luxembourg and signed a sovereign RF-intelligence MoU with Leonardo.
Intellian and Network Innovations to build multi-band WGS flyaway terminals
Intellian's new terminal spans Mil X-band, Military Ka-band and commercial Ka/Ku-band across every orbit, deployable in under 30 minutes.
Italy's $5 billion lunar habitat commitment secures two Artemis moon landings
NASA's Isaacman says Italy committed over $5 billion to a lunar habitat, securing two Italian astronauts Moon-surface seats.
Update: SpaceX completes SES's 13-satellite O3b mPOWER constellation
The Boeing-built trio, launched on booster B1080's 29th flight, brings the O3b mPOWER medium-Earth-orbit constellation to its full complement of 13 satellites.
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Update: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky's 5th Gen-3 satellite on confidential Electron mission
BlackSky's own release confirms the fifth Gen-3 satellite reached first light within 20 hours of launch; upgrades the lead from the Launch Library aggregator...
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Update: Rocket Lab protests NASA's Mars orbiter award to Blue Origin
A re-run corroboration search found two independent trade-press pickups (The Register, SatNews) the original found_none crawl missed three days ago; attached...
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Update: Kazakhstan plans nine-satellite international EO constellation by 2030
Two independent regional outlets (Times of Central Asia, Astana Times) restated the same Sept. 7 Space Days Kazakhstan constellation figures (nine satellites...
original 2026-09-07score 2 → 3
Sophia Space and SLI set terms for $300 million satellite leasing deal
Sophia Space and SLI outlined a non-binding $300 million framework to finance and lease a 10-satellite orbital-compute constellation.
Open Cosmos raises €300 million to expand satellite manufacturing
Open Cosmos raised €300 million, its largest round to date, to scale satellite manufacturing and space data services.
ESA report finds LEO collision risk worsened tenfold in a year
ESA's 2026 Space Environment Report finds its debris Health Index worsened tenfold in a year as megaconstellations keep expanding.
Elveo Mobile taps Apex to build 320-satellite D2D constellation
Elveo Mobile partnered with Apex to stand up a dedicated U.S. factory for its planned 320-satellite direct-to-device constellation.
NIGCOMSAT picks Thales Alenia Space to build NigComSat-2A satellite
Nigeria's NIGCOMSAT contracted Thales Alenia Space to build the NigComSat-2A geostationary communications satellite.
State Department launches Space Catalyst Partnership
A new State Dept initiative links Artemis Accords countries to U.S. commercial space firms, starting with a Peru rural-broadband pilot.
Laser Light opens supplier search for HALO optical satellite fleet
Per Laser Light's release: the company opened a formal RFI seeking a prime contractor for its planned all-optical HALO constellation.
iQPS books H3 rideshare launch with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
iQPS signed a rideshare deal to fly three QPS-SAR satellites on Japan's H3 rocket, per Economia dello Spazio.
ST Engineering iDirect wins Datacom cloud ground-system deal for Asia Pacific
Datacom will use ST Engineering iDirect's Intuition ground system to offer cloud-native satellite services across Asia Pacific.
Update: NOAA launches 10-year commercial satellite data contract vehicle
NOAA named 14 initial industry partners across seven data categories, per its own release and Via Satellite's fuller category breakdown: GNSS radio occultati...
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SpaceX completes SES's 13-satellite O3b mPOWER constellation
SpaceX launched SES's final three O3b mPOWER satellites, completing the constellation on the Falcon family's 700th flight.
USA 32 spy satellite breaks apart at 775 km after 38 years in orbit
A retired 1988 NRO reconnaissance satellite fragmented Sept. 13 at 775 km, adding debris near 200+ active satellites including Iridium.
Sirius Space fires complete STAR-1 rocket engine for the first time
French launch startup Sirius Space Services hot-fired its fully integrated methalox STAR-1 engine for the first time.