DIU, SDA Select Winners for Deorbit-as-a-Service Designs

Last week, the SDA and DIU selected three companies to develop designs for scalable satellite capabilities including rendezvous, capture, and deorbit. 

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Exclusive: Space Kinetic Awarded $50M for Space Maneuverability

Space Kinetic announced a $50M OTA award from the Space Force to develop Whirlwind—its space maneuverability and deployment system.

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Rocket Lab Unveils GHOST on a Record Quarter

Rocket Lab ($RKLB) unveiled a deployable launch system—dubbed GHOST—designed to enable responsive launch from anywhere in the world.

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Exclusive: Reflect Orbital Responds to its Critics

The space community is divided over whether Reflect Orbital’s sunlight-reflecting satellites are a bright idea. 

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Scaleup Europe Fund Makes its First Space Bet

Europe’s capital drought may be coming to an end. 

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Neuraspace Raises €15.6M to Scale its SDA Service

As the number of satellites in orbit rises, and space becomes an increasingly important domain for defense ministries around the world, Neuraspace has been raking it in.

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K2 Space Raises $500M Series D at $6.8B Valuation

K2 Space announced a $500M Series D, bringing K2’s total financing north of $1B since 2022.

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Outlier Space Raises $7.3M to Build New Zealand’s First Reentry Vehicle

Outlier Space announced a $7.35M round yesterday to develop its microgravity research and return vehicle, scheduled to fly its debut mission in 2028.

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NASA Opens Call on Moon Base Health Research

NASA’s Human Research Program is asking researchers what they want to know as the agency transitions to long-term stays at a Moon Base.

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Lunar Outpost Plans to Fly NVIDIA Chips to the Moon

The chip race and the race back to the Moon race have just crossed paths.

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Lunar Outpost Joins ESA’s Moonraker Mission in 2030

Lunar Outpost Europe will develop thermal management solutions to help Moonraker withstand the wide temperature swings in lunar orbit.

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ispace Launches Lunar Integrator Service With Starship

The Japanese company announced Tuesday that it had secured 500 kg of payload capacity on Starship to launch no earlier than 2030.