UK and Space Florida commit $400,000 to joint aerospace projects
The UK government and Space Florida each pledged $200,000 to launch a new joint aerospace innovation fund.
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Redwire opens Indiana microgravity R&D and ISS payload facility
Redwire opened a 30,000-square-foot Indiana facility for microgravity biotech R&D and ISS payload operations.
Northrop Grumman takes $91 million more in charges on Vulcan booster program
Northrop added a $91 million charge on its GEM 63XL solid rocket motor program, bringing 2026 charges to $162 million.
Space Foundation pegs 2025 global space economy at $686 billion
The Space Foundation says the global space economy hit $686 billion in 2025, up 12% year over year.
Relativity Space to build second Terran R factory in Florida with $134M backing
Space Florida is putting up to $134 million toward a second Terran R rocket factory near Cape Canaveral.
Contrivian completes merger with Big Network to build connectivity platform
Contrivian folded networking-software maker Big Network into its Starlink-plus-terrestrial connectivity platform.
MDA Space UK selected by OHB to supply lunar landing sensors for ESA's Argonaut
MDA Space UK will supply LEIA LiDAR sensors for the hazard-detection system on ESA's Argonaut lunar lander, per an interim OHB contract.
UK government commits 62 million pounds to satellite tech funding
The UK government opened GBP62 million in space-sector funding, including a third C-LEO satcom technology round.
ThinKom's GT2517 becomes first airborne antenna certified for O3b mPower
ThinKom's ThinAir GT2517 is the first airborne antenna certified to operate on SES's O3b mPower constellation.
House Intelligence Committee advances bill limiting commercial EO imagery sharing
A House Intelligence Committee bill would let the government block commercial EO operators from sharing sensitive imagery.
Space Force triples NSSL Lane 1 launch contract ceiling to $17 billion
Space Force raised the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 launch contract ceiling from $5.6 billion to $17 billion for its seven-provider vendor pool.
Space Force · SpaceX · United Launch Alliance · Blue Origin · Rocket Lab · Stoke Space · Impulse Space · Relativity Space3 sources →
Skyroot's Vikram-1 becomes India's first privately built rocket to reach orbit
Skyroot's Vikram-1 reached orbit on its debut flight, becoming the first privately built rocket to do so from India.
Skyroot Aerospace's four-stage Vikram-1 rocket lifted off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 18 and placed multiple payloads into a roughly 450-kilometer low Earth orbit about 15 minutes after liftoff, per SpaceNews. Reuters reported the rocket stands about 22 meters tall, uses three solid-fuel stages plus a liquid-fuel orbital adjustment module with a 3D-printed engine, and can carry up to 350 kilograms to low Earth orbit. The mission, called Aagaman, carried customer and technology-demonstration payloads including cubesats from Skyroot and Grahaa Space and hosted payloads from Dcubed and Cosmoserve Space, according to SpaceNews.
Reliance Jio's sovereign LEO constellation plan clears technical review
IN-SPACe, ISRO and DoT's WPC wing reportedly found Jio's 1,600-satellite plan "on par" with Starlink; neither party has confirmed it.
HawkEye 360 debuts tactical RF downlink with Lockheed Martin in Pacific drill
HawkEye 360 relayed commercial RF intelligence direct to Lockheed Martin's Aegis-linked C2 system during Valiant Shield 2026.
BQP wins first federal contract, a SpaceWERX space-tracking AI award
BosonQ Psi Federal's quantum-assisted AI software aims to classify unidentified orbital objects faster for the Space Force.
Beyond Reach Labs raises $10 million seed for deployable solar arrays
The startup's 100-meter deployable solar arrays have drawn $342.6 million in customer letters of intent.
Arianespace CEO urges EU, Germany to buy Ariane 6 in blocks
Per Hartpunkt: David Cavaillolès says a 10-20-launch block order would 'completely change' Ariane 6's supply chain planning.
SpaceX in early talks to supply Pentagon AI computing power
Per the Wall Street Journal, the multi-billion-dollar computing deal is still being negotiated and could fall apart.
Swissto12 raises $70 million to expand small GEO satellite production
Swissto12 raised a $70 million Series C to scale up HummingSat small-GEO satellite manufacturing.
Belgium to build Galo military satellite constellation by 2030
Belgium's defence ministry will spend over 200 million euros on its own low-Earth-orbit imaging constellation.
Agnikul Cosmos adds ex-ISRO chief Somanath as board observer
Former ISRO chairman S Somanath joins Agnikul Cosmos's board as an observer ahead of its Mission 02 booster-recovery attempt.
ESA books Ariane 6 to launch Henon deep-space CubeSat
ESA signed a launch contract flying its Henon CubeSat as a secondary payload on Ariane 6 alongside the Plato telescope.
NASA taps SpaceX Starlink lasers to relay Artemis III imagery from Orion
Two Starlink mini laser terminals on Orion's exterior will downlink 4K video during Artemis III's crewed rendezvous demonstration.
Sky Perfect JSAT and ispace sign lunar ground station MoU
The companies will study using JSAT's ground network for ispace's ULTRA lunar lander, targeted for 2028.
LegendSpace raises $29.5 million angel round for AI-driven rocket engines
Six-month-old Chinese startup LegendSpace raised 200 million yuan ($29.5M) to build AI-designed liquid rocket engines.
Frontier picks Starlink Wi-Fi for over 1,000 Indigo Partners aircraft
Frontier and four sister Indigo Partners airlines will equip more than 1,000 aircraft with Starlink Wi-Fi starting in 2027.
Frontier Airlines · SpaceX · Wizz Air · Volaris · JetSMART · Cebu Pacific · Indigo Partners5 sources →
Japan sets goal of 30 orbital launches a year by early 2030s
Japan's National Space Policy Secretariat targets 30 launches yearly by the early 2030s, per SpaceNews.
Loft Orbital orders 10 Airbus buses, 1 Apex Nova bus with option for 9 more
Loft Orbital bought 10 Airbus Longbow buses and an Apex Nova bus, with options on 9 more, per Payload.
Icarus Robotics picks KULR to build batteries for its ISS robot Joy
Icarus Robotics selected KULR to supply batteries for its Joy free-flying ISS robot, per SpaceNews.
Amazon Leo partners with Herotel to launch satellite internet in South Africa
Amazon Leo and Herotel will launch a satellite-internet service, evry, for South Africa in 2027.
Slingshot Aerospace wins $69.2M Space Force AI training contract
Slingshot's largest contract yet funds AI-powered mission-rehearsal training for Space Force Guardians.
Office of Space Commerce defends licensing framework as Congress questions TraCSS cuts
OSC's director defended a novel-activity licensing plan before a House panel as the White House proposed an 80% cut to TraCSS funding.
Defense Innovation Unit opens commercial contest for space-based power beaming
DIU's solicitation seeks commercial proposals to beam electrical power to and from orbit, aiming for a 2030 capability.
AST SpaceMobile slips BlueBird target to 2027, plans $1B note sale
The SEC filing flags possible vertical integration into launch and an advanced-stage Rakuten joint venture for Japan's J-LEO program.
Draper and NASA terminate CLPS lunar lander task order after delays
NASA and Draper mutually ended the CP-12 lunar lander task order after years of schedule slips, ispace-U.S. said.
Zenno Astronautics to redomicile from New Zealand to the United States
Zenno Astronautics will relocate its headquarters to Los Angeles, citing the US space industry's scale and talent pool.
Flexell Space raises $20 million Series A for satellite solar cells
Hanwha-backed Flexell Space closed a $20 million Series A to scale its flexible perovskite and CIGS space solar cells.
SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
A Falcon 9 launched 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, landing its booster on a droneship in the Pacific.
Evercore ISI initiates SpaceX at Outperform with $230 price target
Per Evercore ISI's Kutgun Maral: SpaceX's post-IPO slide makes the upside 'too compelling to ignore.'
UK Space Agency previews strategy framed around growth and security
UK Space Agency director Rebecca Evernden says a new national space strategy is coming 'in the coming weeks.'
SpaceX flies a flight-proven Falcon booster for the 600th time
Booster B1080's 28th flight, carrying 29 Starlink satellites, was the 600th reflight of a flight-proven Falcon booster.
Nicholas Air CEO calls Starlink's price doubling 'reckless'
Per Correnti, via Corporate Jet Investor: Starlink's aviation price hike 'lacks any reasonable ethical process.'
Pangea Propulsion opens Barcelona-area manufacturing plant for serial production
The Spanish propulsion maker opened a 1,000-square-metre plant near Barcelona, its first shift to serial production.
Iridium's PNT ASIC chip reaches commercial availability
The satellite operator's assured-PNT chip is now shipping to device makers after 150+ organizations expressed interest.
SpaceX ships smaller, more power-efficient Starlink V5 dish
SpaceX's Starlink V5 dish weighs less, draws roughly half the power of the V4, and trades a little peak speed for efficiency.
UK Space Agency misses deadline to award debris-removal contract
The UK Space Agency missed its deadline to award a GBP75.6 million debris-removal contract to Astroscale or ClearSpace.
Spire partners with SATE on ESA-backed AI satellite health monitoring program
Spire and Italy's SATE will spend 18 months building AI to diagnose satellite health and failures, under an ESA-backed program.
EU orders 24-hour delay on Copernicus satellite imagery over Gulf of Oman
The EU Council ordered a 24-hour delay releasing Sentinel imagery of part of the Gulf of Oman after a US security request.
Voyager Technologies completes $300 million Astrobotic acquisition
Voyager closed its acquisition of lunar lander maker Astrobotic, now renamed Voyager Lunar Systems.
FAA closes Starship Flight 12 mishap investigation, clears Flight 13
The FAA closed its investigation into May's Starship booster failure and cleared SpaceX for Flight 13 as soon as July 16.