Neuraspace raises $18 million to expand sovereign space awareness
Wednesday, 05 August 2026 05:00
Neuraspace, the Portuguese space traffic management startup, announced around $18 million in fresh funding Aug.
Voyager seeks relaxed requirements in NASA commercial space station RFP
Wednesday, 05 August 2026 02:01
Voyager Technologies remains upbeat about the prospects for its Starlab commercial space station but is hoping for some tweaks to NASA’s plans to support the station’s development.
Rocket Lab, STR win Space Force contracts for airborne-target tracking
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 21:47
The companies, along with a third unidentified vendor, won $615 million in contracts for the AMTI satellite program
Telesat lands $1.63 billion Canadian defense contract
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 21:00
Arctic communications award will fund an expansion of Telesat’s Lightspeed, taking the planned LEO network to 225 spacecraft
NOAA purchases Spire hyperspectral microwave sounder data
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 19:05
SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will continue to evaluate data from Spire Global’s Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) under a $3 million contract extension announced Aug.
Rubicon ASCENT thruster moves from hot-fire testing to production
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 14:48
SAN FRANCISCO – Rubicon Space Systems completed hot-fire testing of its Velox 5-newton ASCENT monopropellant thruster, paving the way for on-orbit operations in 2027.
Military demand shapes market for satellite propulsion
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 14:00
Startups and established spacecraft manufacturers are investing in engines designed to give small satellites more freedom to change orbit
Future of Crew Dragon weighs on commercial spaceflight industry
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 11:14
While SpaceX says there is a “significant” amount of life left in its Crew Dragon fleet, the company has hedged on how long it will continue flying the spacecraft.
SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 11:00
Rocketdyne reemerges as standalone space company
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 08:20
AE Industrial private-equity firm takes 60% stake as L3Harris retains a noncontrolling interest
ESA and Pokémon team up to celebrate World Space Week
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 07:00
The European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) are teaming up to celebrate World Space Week from 4–10 October 2026. This unique, limited-time collaboration brings together two worlds united by curiosity, exploration and imagination.
Kreios Space to fly VLEO demonstration in NanoAvionics bus
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 03:01
SAN FRANCISCO – Spanish startup Kreios Space announced plans Aug. 4 to conduct the first very low Earth orbit (VLEO) demonstration of its air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) in a Kongsberg […]
NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 01:03
With a Falcon 9 upper stage set to hit the moon this week, SpaceX says it is working with NASA on ways to prevent similar collisions in the future.
Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink
Monday, 03 August 2026 15:06
EchoStar’s Hughes geostationary satellite broadband business has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after years of mounting competition from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.