LunarMoonStartups

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. 

BusinessEOTechnology

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.

BusinessSatcom

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.

EuropeLaunch

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.

Military

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.

AnalysisBusiness

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.

EuropeLaunch

Europe Expands its Launch Opportunities to New Companies

European launch demand just got a boost.

InternationalStartupsTechnology

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.

BusinessISAMStartups

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.

StartupsTechnologyVC/PE

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.

SatcomStartupsTechnology

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.

ScienceTechnology

Boeing Completes Quantum Lab Test Ahead of 2027 Flight

Boeing ($BA) announced today that it successfully demonstrated high-fidelity quantum entanglement swapping during ground tests of its quantum networking satellite—called Q4S.

LunarStartupsVC/PE

Instinct Space Unveils Plans for Low-Cost Lunar Landers

Instinct Space announced a significant pivot today from helping lunar surface missions find their way to getting in on the surface action itself.