Victoria Woodburn
CesiumAstro Raises $730M, Reaches Valuation Above $4.5B
CesiumAstro plans to build and deploy a new constellation—called Synchronicity—consisting of 737 satellites, deployed with the help of a recently closed $730M financing round.
Exclusive: Orbital Taps Orca Aerospace for Onboard Autonomy Software
Satellite autonomy startup Orca Aerospace announced a deal worth up to $20M with LA-based Orbital to put its software on Orbital’s planned data-center fleet.
Exclusive: Sceye Signs Deal to Fly HAPS Fleet for SoftBank
Sceye signed a five-year, master-services agreement with SoftBank to manufacture, launch, and operate a fleet of Sceye’s high-altitude platform systems (HAPS) over Japan.
Exclusive: Stellar Alpina Unveils Monarch Orbiter and Morpho Lunar Lander
The Swiss startup is unveiling two new vehicles: a high-performance orbiter, Monarch, and a lunar lander, Morpho.
Telesat Stays Quiet on C$2.4B GEO Debt Due in December
Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg told analysts the company was “pretty constrained” in what it could say about refinancing its legacy GEO debt.
Virgin Galactic Unveils Apeiron, Delays Commercial Flights to Q2 2027
Virgin Galactic introduced Apeiron to the world on Wednesday, drawing from the ancient Greek concept of the boundless in naming its newest spaceship.
Cowboy Space Reveals Big Iron Data Center Rocket
Cowboy Space pulled back the curtain on Big Iron—a launch vehicle whose upper stage is designed to remain in orbit as a megawatt-class data center.
Exclusive: DoD Taps Orbital Operations for Cryogenic Spacecraft Demo
The Long Beach, CA, startup has won up to $35M from the DoD under a prototype Other Transaction Agreement to fly a full-scale, in-orbit demo of Astraeus—its cryogenic-maneuvering vehicle.
National Academies Rank Nonpolar Moon Sites
A new report from the National Academies ranks the top four non-polar sites for future crewed lunar missions.
SpaceX’s AI Revenue Leads Q3 Earnings
With its first full quarter as a public company under its belt, SpaceX blew past expectations Tuesday with ~$14.6B in revenue and net income of $4.4B.
State Department Taps Trio for $5M Space Diplomacy Push
At last week’s second annual US Space Forum, the US Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna launched Project Constellation, a $5M effort to build international space partnerships.
WarpWare Closes Pre-Seed to Bring Agentic Tools to Flight Software
CO-based WarpWare closed its $1.2M pre-seed round today to expand what it calls an AI-enabled engineering platform for space missions.
RATLOG Wants to Cut ~90% of a Rocket Engine’s Parts
The heavy-lift rocket startup debuted on Y Combinator as part of the Fall 2026 batch.
