Business • Launch • Satcom

Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice Predicts More M&A Deals on the Horizon

Iridium shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the company’s acquisition by Rocket Lab. According to Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice, there’s more M&A on the horizon.

Civil • Europe • International

Isaacman Doubles Down on New NASA Model for International Partnerships

Isaacman is less than a year on the job, but he’s already upended the way the agency interacts with the rest of the world.

Startups • Technology • VC/PE

Hubble Network Raises $200M Series C at $1.6B Valuation

The round follows a $70M Series B in September 2025, and brings Hubble’s total financing to $300M to date.

ISAM • Startups

Exclusive: Outpost Launches In-Space Manufacturing Service

Outpost will be the first user of the Space Factory platform. The company plans to use the module to produce StarFiber, its next-gen metal fluoride optical fiber, on a mission NET 2028.

EO • GEO

HEO Raises $25M Series B to Fuel GEO Expansion

HEO, the Australian non-Earth-imaging startup, announced Monday it closed a $25M Series B to expand its imaging network to GEO.

Business • Europe • Science

Exclusive: Exolaunch Books its first Starfall Mission 

Exolaunch signed an agreement to support customer payloads on a SpaceX Starfall reentry mission scheduled to launch on a Starship NET 2029.

Europe • Startups

European Space Startups Steal the Show in Paris

European space startups have long wondered when big institutional buyers would stop handing large contracts exclusively to legacy A&D primes. During the last few weeks, it’s become clear that time is now.

Europe • Science • Startups

Exclusive: Space Cargo Unlimited Booked a Third of its Starfall Capacity

Demand appears to be skyrocketing, thanks to a new wave of pharmaceutical companies and researchers realizing that microgravity can provide benefits in drug discovery and research.

ISS • Startups

Icarus Robotics Completes Parabolic Flight Test Ahead of ISS Mission

Icarus Robotics completed a four-flight parabolic test campaign of its free-flying robot—named Joy—in preparation for its first ISS mission in 2027.

EO • Startups

Hydrosat Unveils Osiris Constellation Ahead of 2027 Launch

Very rarely can someone offer you the best of both worlds, but Hydrosat’s newest constellation claims to do just that.

Europe • Launch

SEOPS Books Five Launches on Isar’s Spectrum Rocket

Isar Aerospace became the first European launch startup to reach orbit less than two weeks ago, and already the market is demanding more.

Launch

Maverick Books 10 Kepler Sats to Fill Excess Capacity On Portal’s Dedicated Launch

Everybody’s looking for launch capacity these days, and for those who have it, the phones are ringing off the hook.

Business • EO • Europe

Kuva Space Spots Illegal Poppy Farms from Orbit

Kuva Space released data today from a pilot program that demonstrated its ability to monitor illegal crop farming from space.