Accelerating investment in the final frontier: leveraging administrative approvals to bolster commercial space development
Solestial banks $17 million and welcomes new CEO
SAN FRANCISCO – Solar energy startup Solestial raised $17 million in Series A funding to expand manufacturing of silicon photovoltaics for space applications.
How IM-2 payload operators made the most of the mission’s landing issues
Companies and organizations can spend years developing experiments and other payloads for a space mission.
Aschbacher calls on Europe to increase space spending
The head of the European Space Agency called on Europe to increase overall spending on space as he prepares a new three-year budget for the agency.
Lawmakers raise alarm over rumored cuts to commercial satellite imagery funding
Rep. Seth Moulton: 'I am especially concerned about the rumor that the National Reconnaissance Office, at the direction of OMB, has slashed commercial imagery funding lines in the FY26 budget'
China launches first of 2,800 satellites for AI space computing constellation
Rocket Lab to launch NASA astrophysics smallsat mission
NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch a small NASA astrophysics spacecraft that will study galaxies at ultraviolet wavelengths.
Arabsat seeks Telesat Lightspeed capacity as Starlink expands into Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Arabsat signed a deal for broadband capacity from Telesat’s proposed low Earth orbit constellation, a day after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced approval to sell LEO services to maritime and aviation customers in the region.
Kepler demonstrates space-to-ground optical links for proposed relay network
Canada’s Kepler Communications said it has successfully demonstrated optical data links between a prototype satellite in low Earth orbit and a partner’s ground station for the first time.
Nuclear battery startup Zeno Power raises $50 million to expand in space and at sea
The funding round was led by Hanaco Ventures and other space and defense-focused investors
