Douglas Gorman
Inside the Deepening Ties Between Europe and the Middle East
While European sovereignty may be driven by a response to the deterioration of geopolitical ties to the US, it’s opened the door for Middle Eastern space companies.
Exclusive: Austria Taps R-Space for Its Second Military Sat
Aurora is one of three missions in a series of planned government-backed demos to validate new technologies in orbit
Exclusive: Lunar Forge Unveils Plans to Build Lunar Infrastructure Out of Dust
Lunar Forge’s idea is to drastically reduce the cost required to set up fission reactors, by using regolith to build the majority of the support structure to house and shield the reactor core.
Exclusive: Satellogic Expands AI Apps with SpaceKnow Partnership
Satellogic partnered with SpaceKnow, the AI-powered geospatial intelligence analysis company, to build AI applications on top of Satellogic’s growing stock of satellite imagery.
Rocket Lab Enters the Satcom Market With $8B Iridium Deal
Rocket Lab ($RKLB) has been teasing its entrance into the “space applications” market for years. Yesterday, it pulled the trigger.
Firefly Targets Swedish Launch in 2028 Under New Franchise Model
Firefly Aerospace ($FLY) announced today that it aims to launch its Alpha rocket from SSC Space’s Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden as early as 2028.
US Army Establishes a Space Operations Branch
Modern warfare relies heavily on space-based technologies, and the US Army is making moves to tightly integrate those capabilities with the rest of its military might.
SpaceX Alum Have Raised $9.2B, New Data Shows
As an organization that’s employed thousands of engineers in its 24-year history, SpaceX has acted as both a breeding ground for high-level engineering talent, and as a launch pad for new ideas.
Exclusive: SpaceComputer and Spacemanic Partner on Security Demo Mission
Space Fabric is SpaceComputer’s solution not only for the growing hacking threats on-orbit, but also for the increasing number of shared-compute modules operating on rideshare sats.
SpaceX Starfall Demo Provides Validation for Reentry Startups
SpaceX ($SPCX) launched a demo mission of its Starfall reentry capsule yesterday, kicking off a new era of competition in the budding reentry sector.
Sophia Space Raises $7M, Taps Apex for 2027 Demo Flight
The orbital-compute startup today announced new fundraising—as well as a demo flight with Apex. Both initiatives are aiming to position the company to begin deploying its edge compute hardware in-orbit.
Exclusive: Northwood Unveils New Antenna, Expanded Network Capacity
The new hardware comes amid Northwood’s rapid global expansion of its physical ground station footprint, and will allow the company to support more data downlinks over a wider range of frequencies.
