ESPI warns Europe is falling behind China on orbital data centers
Per ESPI: Chinese orbital-computing ventures are moving to deployment while Europe still weighs the concept.
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Blue Origin traces New Glenn pad explosion to BE-4 engine valve
CEO Dave Limp says a main oxygen valve on one BE-4 engine caused the May 28 New Glenn pad explosion.
Fire breaks out at Roscosmos's TsNIIMash research center near Moscow
A fire in a TsNIIMash building basement, the facility that houses Russian ISS mission control, was extinguished with no injuries reported.
Redwire posts record $117 million quarterly revenue, narrows loss
Redwire's Q2 2026 revenue rose 89.6% to a record $117.1 million as gross margin and backlog also hit highs.
Satellogic revenue jumps 259% as it posts first operating profit
Satellogic's Q2 2026 revenue rose 259% to $15.9 million, delivering its first positive operating income and adjusted EBITDA.
Synspective releases first imagery from ninth StriX SAR satellite
Synspective's ninth StriX satellite, launched in May, returned its first test radar image of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
CNES sets 2028 target for reusable heavy-lift engine hot-fire test
CNES president François Jacq says a subscale ASTRE engine prototype will get its first hot-fire test in 2028.
OrienSpace raises pre-C round, preps IPO for reusable Gravity-2 rocket
The Chinese launch startup closed a pre-C funding round and began IPO coaching while pushing Gravity-2 toward a Q4 debut.
Telesat signs $2.3 billion Canadian Arctic military satcom contract
Telesat signed a firm $2.3 billion CAD contract for Canada's Arctic military connectivity, expanding Lightspeed by 69 satellites.
SpaceX confirms Starlink Mobile terrestrial network plan on earnings call
Shotwell confirmed on SpaceX's first earnings call that it will build a terrestrial network for Starlink Mobile using EchoStar spectrum.
ICEYE raises EUR 450 million Series F led by General Atlantic at over EUR 10 billion
ICEYE's primary Series F values the SAR operator above EUR 10B; the full round tops EUR 1B with a secondary placement.
AE Industrial completes $845 million takeover of L3Harris space propulsion unit
AE Industrial closed its $845 million majority buy of L3Harris's space propulsion unit, relaunched as Rocketdyne.
SpaceX swaps Cybertrucks in for MRAPs as Crew-13 pad rescue vehicles
SpaceX will swap armored MRAPs for Tesla Cybertrucks as pad-emergency crew rescue vehicles, starting with Crew-13 in September.
Telesat wins C$2.3 billion Arctic satcom contract from Canada
Canada awarded Telesat a C$2.3 billion Arctic military satcom contract, expanding Lightspeed by 69 satellites to 225 total.
Endeavor Optical Networks raises $10.75 million to build laser MEO network
A new startup wants laser-linked MEO satellites to compete with subsea cables on long-haul data routes.
Spire wins $3 million NOAA extension for hyperspectral sounder data
NOAA extended its evaluation of Spire's Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder data with a $3 million contract add-on.
Rocket Lab wins $397 million Space Force contract for AMTI Flatellites
Rocket Lab and STR split $615 million to build airborne-target-tracking satellites for the Space Force's SB-AMTI program.
China SatNet launches 23rd GuoWang satellite group from Hainan
Nine more GuoWang broadband satellites reached orbit on a Long March-8A, taking the constellation past 180 launched.
LiveEO wins German Space Agency grant for multimodal EO vision model
Germany's Space Agency at DLR funded LiveEO to study a foundation AI model spanning optical and radar Earth-observation imagery.
Viasat says ViaSat-3 F2, F3 nearing service entry in Q1 results
Viasat's Q1 FY2027 revenue held flat at $1.2 billion as both remaining ViaSat-3 satellites near service entry.
NASA, Northrop Grumman repurpose canceled Gateway HALO hardware for Moon Base demos
Northrop Grumman will convert HALO module technology into three Lunar Infrastructure Demo missions testing Moon Base survival systems.
SpaceX commits exclusively to Nvidia GPUs for Starmind orbital AI satellites
On its first earnings call as a public company, SpaceX said it will use only Nvidia GPUs for its Starmind AI1 orbital compute satellites.
Royal Air Maroc signs Starlink deal for fleetwide in-flight Wi-Fi
Royal Air Maroc would become the first African airline to fit its whole fleet with Starlink Wi-Fi by 2027, per unconfirmed trade reporting.
AST SpaceMobile launches direct-to-cellular service in Japan with Rakuten
AST SpaceMobile began active satellite-to-phone service in Japan alongside Rakuten Mobile, its first commercial market outside the US.
Xona secures FCC spectrum approval for 250-satellite navigation network
The FCC authorized Xona to broadcast commercial navigation signals for its planned 250-satellite Pulsar constellation.
ICEYE appoints Christos Kolimenakis as CEO of ICEYE UAE
ICEYE names a 15-year JPMorgan veteran to lead its UAE entity as it deepens government ties in the country.
ArianeGroup keeps MaiaSpace alive despite negative shareholders' equity
MaiaSpace posted a 37.5 million euro loss for 2025 that pushed shareholders' equity negative; ArianeGroup voted not to dissolve it.
SpaceX nears deal for 130,000-acre Louisiana spaceport site
SpaceX and Louisiana are close to a deal giving the company an 18-mile marshland stretch in Vermilion Parish for a new launch site.
ETL Systems acquires ground-segment software firm Amphinicy Technologies
ETL Systems buys Croatian software specialist Amphinicy to broaden its satellite ground-segment portfolio.
True Anomaly images Rocket Lab's satellite in VICTUS HAZE drill
True Anomaly's Jackal spacecraft found, approached, and photographed a Rocket Lab-launched target for Space Systems Command.
Hughes Network Systems files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
EchoStar's satellite broadband unit files Chapter 11 after missing an August 1 debt deadline, without a pre-negotiated plan.
Hughes Network Systems, EchoStar's satellite broadband subsidiary, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 2 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, per Advanced Television. Hughes had $102 million in cash on hand against $1.5 billion in borrowings that matured August 1, and filed without a pre-negotiated restructuring plan. EchoStar's own SEC 8-K, filed the same day, discloses an Item 1.03 bankruptcy event.
RFA delays RFA ONE's maiden launch after vehicle issue found in testing
Rocket Factory Augsburg found an issue during pressure testing and de-stacked RFA ONE, casting doubt on the planned August 10 launch window.
K2 Space wins $22.9 million Space Force laser comms contract
The Space Force awarded K2 Space $22.9 million to build and test laser communications terminals on two satellites by 2028.
China completes in-orbit upgrade of BeiDou navigation satellites
CSNO says a software-only in-orbit upgrade to BeiDou's 50 satellites improves positioning and timing accuracy.
China launches communication technology test satellites on Long March-6
A modified Long March-6 carried new communications test satellites into orbit from Taiyuan, per Xinhua and CASC.
Space Force picks 15 firms for $981 million space test and training contract
Rocket Lab, Firefly, Redwire, Sierra Space, Viasat and York join legacy primes competing for NITE-STAR training-range task orders.
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Hisdesat contracts Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to build SpainSat NG III
Spain's satellite operator signed the industrial contract for a replacement secure-comms satellite after SpainSat NG II's total loss.
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites, lands booster's 26th flight
A routine Starlink batch from Vandenberg reused a Falcon 9 booster for the 26th time.
Blue Origin's Air Force rocket-cargo study contract grows to $13 million
The Air Force Research Laboratory added $11.7 million to Blue Origin's REGAL contract to study rocket-based cargo delivery.
NASA completes Super Heavy V3 wind tunnel tests for Artemis III
NASA and SpaceX finished wind tunnel tests on a scale model of the Super Heavy V3 booster behind the Artemis III lander.
K2 Space raises $500 million Series D at $6.8 billion valuation
K2 Space's new funding, led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ, more than doubles its valuation as it scales satellite production.
FCC approves second C-band auction, clearing 160 MHz of satellite spectrum
The FCC voted to auction 160 MHz of upper C-band spectrum for 5G by July 2027, forcing satellite operators to relocate.
SpaceX launches NROL-95 mission for National Reconnaissance Office
A Falcon 9 carried the NRO's classified NROL-95 payload from Cape Canaveral, landing its booster back at the Cape.
Rocket Lab signs third iQPS launch deal for three more Electron missions
Rocket Lab will fly three more iQPS SAR satellites on Electron starting late 2027, its third contract with iQPS this year.
Planet Labs wins Scottish government contract for farmland monitoring
Scotland's government picked Planet, via reseller Computacenter, for a one-year, seven-figure satellite-monitoring deal.
ArianeGroup completes wet dress rehearsal of reusable Themis demonstrator
ArianeGroup rehearsed a full cryogenic countdown for the Themis reusable-booster demonstrator, its first update in ten months.
Sophia Space and Caltech patent orbital data center architecture
Sophia Space and Caltech's new US patent covers a solar-powered, passively cooled modular tile design for space data centers.
ispace switches to Japan's H3 rocket for 2028 lunar lander mission
ispace and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed a launch contract putting ispace's next lunar lander on Japan's domestic H3 rocket in 2028.
CASC launches Tianlian III-01 data relay satellite on Long March-7A
A Long March-7A rocket carried China's Tianlian III-01 relay satellite into orbit from Wenchang, per Xinhua.
Kall Morris tests REACCH debris-capture arms aboard the ISS
Kall Morris ran 172 capture trials of its REACCH gecko-gripper arms aboard the ISS across six sessions, per Payload.