Launch is the foundation of the space industry, to the point that many conflate it with the space industry in entirety because it is literally the loudest, most spectacular element we see. But the quietly orbiting satellites overhead are what really drive the space economy. Even if launch capabilities drastically increase as SpaceX promises with […]

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic will study use of orbital data centers being developed by SpaceX.

Starfighters Space has hired two former Blue Origin New Glenn managers to help advance its air-launch system toward flight demonstrations and operational cadence.

Redwire is taking a renewed interest in lunar landers given the demand signal from NASA to support the agency’s ambitions to develop a moon base.

SAN FRANCISCO – British startup SatVu released imagery from HotSat-2, a thermal satellite built to keep tabs on energy infrastructure.

Lunar Outpost, a developer of lunar rovers, has raised $30 million as it works to revamp designs to meet NASA’s revised Artemis architecture.

The company also announced a new contract to fly hypersonic test flights for Anduril

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to deepen collaboration in planetary defence, alongside a dedicated agreement for collaboration on the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.

The third ESA Earth Observation Commercialisation Forum (ESA CommEO) will bring together the global Earth observation ecosystem for three days of insights, innovation and high-level networking. It takes place in Seville, Spain, from 12–14 May 2026, but you can join selected sessions online to hear about the latest trends arising in the Earth observation commercial market.  

Image: Part of the rugged and deeply indented coast of northeastern Greenland is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.