Vantor wins $70 million award to enhance NGA data-delivery platform
Monday, 04 May 2026 10:00
SAN FRANCISCO – Vantor will operate and enhance the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (GEGD) platform, an unclassified web-based system, under a $70 million award announced May 4.
Launch boosts European Earth monitoring and connectivity
Monday, 04 May 2026 06:30
Thirteen European satellites on the same rideshare launcher have successfully reached orbit, bringing capabilities to Italian and Greek monitoring programmes as well as CubeSats that will test satellite connectivity.
Hellenic Fire System satellites launched for Greece
Monday, 04 May 2026 06:30
A constellation of four new satellites has been launched for Greece, marking a world first for a national satellite capability dedicated to wildfire detection and tracking. The mission is the result of cooperation between the Greek government, private satellite company OroraTech and the European Space Agency (ESA), supported through the EU-funded Recovery and Resilience Facility.
Italy’s Earth monitoring programme reaches new milestone
Monday, 04 May 2026 06:00
Italy’s IRIDE Earth observation programme has added seven more satellites to its Hawk for Earth Observation (HEO) constellation, enhancing the strategic data it provides for Italy’s environmental, emergency and security services.
Falcon 9 launches South Korean satellite and 45 rideshare payloads
Monday, 04 May 2026 00:57
A Falcon 9 launched a South Korean imaging satellite and dozens of secondary payloads May 3, illustrating the continued demand for SpaceX rideshare launches.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to open programs to more vendors
Sunday, 03 May 2026 19:43
To accelerate adoption of commercial technology, NGA has established a Rapid Capabilities Office
NGA pushes AI adoption as demand grows for ‘always-on’ intelligence
Sunday, 03 May 2026 18:51
Rather than treating automation as a solution in itself, the agency is using it to reduce latency and narrow uncertainty
Artemis 3 plans remain uncertain as schedule slips
Saturday, 02 May 2026 23:42
More than two months after NASA announced revised plans for the Artemis 3 mission, the agency has provided few details about the mission amid signs its schedule may be slipping.
Why Artemis II’s Eclipse Footage Matters More Than Its Engineering
Saturday, 02 May 2026 08:38
No human had ever sat inside the moon’s shadow. When Artemis II’s Orion capsule rounded the lunar far side on April 1, 2026, its four-person crew became the first, witnessing 54 minutes of totality from a vantage point that no Earth-bound observer could match in duration, scale, or perspective. The geometry of Orion’s free-return trajectory […]
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DARPA’s LASSO Bet: Three Companies, One Brutal Orbit, and the Hunt for Lunar Ice
Saturday, 02 May 2026 06:36
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Benchmark Space Systems, Quantum Space, and Revolution Space to develop competing concepts for a small lunar orbiter capable of hunting water ice from altitudes most spacecraft cannot survive. The agency confirmed the three Phase 1 awards on April 30 for its Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter […]
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From Bespoke to Build-to-Print: How CLPS Is Engineering Lunar Landers Into a Production Line
Saturday, 02 May 2026 04:38
NASA has moved to raise the ceiling on its Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion, a 61% jump that signals the agency intends to buy far more robotic Moon landings than its current cadence supports. The increase, disclosed in a procurement filing on SAM.gov, is the contractual scaffolding for an […]
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NASA to increase value of CLPS contract to support surge of lunar lander missions
Friday, 01 May 2026 21:43
NASA is planning to increase the total value of a contract for robotic lunar lander missions to support a proposed surge in flights for the agency’s moon base plans.
The opportunity beyond orbital data centers
Friday, 01 May 2026 18:10
Investor attention is starting to shift toward ventures that could be enabled by orbital data centers, even as the massive computing networks proposed by SpaceX and others remain years from reality.
Week in images: 27 April - 01 May 2026
Friday, 01 May 2026 12:15
Week in images: 27 April - 01 May 2026
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Starcloud seeks more orbital data center funding shortly after unicorn status
Friday, 01 May 2026 11:57
Starcloud is looking to raise at least $200 million in a deal that would double the two-year-old orbital data center startup’s valuation to about $2.2 billion, a source close to the situation confirmed.