Sophia Space and SLI agree on $300 million financing for 10-satellite edge-computing constellation
PARIS – Sophia Space and aerospace leasing specialist SLI announced a $300 million financing framework Sept. 14 for…
Saudi Arabia’s stc Group orders small GEO satellite in another Astranis Block 3 reshuffle
TAMPA, Fla. — Saudi telecoms giant stc Group has replaced one of two small geostationary satellites Mexican telco…
Rocket Lab protests NASA award of Mars telecom orbiter contract
PARIS — Rocket Lab announced Sept. 11 it is filing a protest of NASA’s decision to award a…
Navigation startup TrustPoint orders 40 satellites from EnduroSat
WASHINGTON — TrustPoint has ordered 40 satellites from EnduroSat for its planned low-Earth-orbit navigation network, the startup’s biggest…
China narrows Tianwen-3 Mars sample return landing site selection, seeking traces of life
HELSINKI — China will select a final landing site for its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return before the end…
HyImpulse raises funding ahead of next suborbital launch
WASHINGTON — HyImpulse, a German launch vehicle developer, announced Sept. 2 it raised more than 50 million euros…
Creotech secures ESA satellite deal for Poland’s first ‘mission-as-a-service’ project
WARSAW, Poland — Polish space technology company Creotech Instruments has signed a 13.9 million euro ($16 million) contract…
Shanghai starts work on wharf for its “Rocket City”
HELSINKI — Shanghai has begun construction on a wharf intended to connect a planned commercial rocket manufacturing hub…
CesiumAstro raising more funds amid acquisition spree
TAMPA, Fla. — CesiumAstro is in the middle of a Series D funding round to support the phased-array…
SpaceX is climbing the stack and pulling up the ladder
In February, SpaceX acquired xAI in an all-stock deal valuing the combined business at $1.25 trillion, the largest…
Muon Space raises $250 million to ramp up satellite production
TAMPA, Fla. — Muon Space has raised $250 million to fuel the small satellite specialist’s push into larger,…
The space industry’s next challenge: supply chain resilience
America’s space economy is scaling faster than its industrial base can support. Commercial constellations are proliferating, national security…