Stay smart on space chemical compliance
The European Union’s Chemicals Regulation, REACH, is one of the most comprehensive legislative frameworks for chemical safety worldwide. Designed to protect human health and the environment from hazardous substances, REACH also poses unique challenges for the space sector where exemptions are rare and obsolescence risks are high.
Sodern to produce star trackers in Colorado

Sodern, a French manufacturer of star trackers and cameras, is expanding into the United States with a new production facility in Colorado.
Gilmour Space raises $146 million

Australian launch vehicle and satellite manufacturer Gilmour Space Technologies has raised its largest funding round to date to scale up rocket and spacecraft production.
Webb reveals Helix Nebula in glistening detail
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Helix Nebula (NIRCam image) Smoke plumes from Chile wildfires seen by Sentinel-3
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This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3 on 18 January 2026, shows clouds of smoke from wildfires on the coast of Chile. ESA monitoring January 2026 space weather event
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Weather Office is closely monitoring a notable space weather event, first detected 18:09 UTC on Sunday, 18 January 2026. We are collecting detailed information from our expert service centres.
Further details and updates will be provided here as they become available.
This page was last updated on 20 January 2026, at 14:00 CET.
Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes 3 New Associate Members

Free warnings, better catalogs: the real fix for space safety

A one-line change in the Dec. 18, 2025 Executive Order, Ensuring American Space Superiority, reopened a debate: should the United States charge satellite operators for basic space situational awareness (SSA) and civil space traffic coordination (STC) services? The order revised SPD-3 by removing the expectation that these services be provided “free of direct user fees,” […]
Washington Harbour expands space investments with ground services acquisition

The firm acquired Radome Services, which was rebranded as Outpost Mission Services to anchor a roll-up strategy in space ground services
