Debris • Technology

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. 

Lunar • Science

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.

Startups • Technology

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.

Equities • Launch

Firefly Announces Record Q2 Results

Firefly Aerospace ($FLY) posted its first-ever $100M+ quarter on Tuesday, backed by a fresh slate of launch and defense announcements. 

Equities • Launch

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.

LEO • Science

Redwire Books Starfall’s First Dedicated Mission

Redwire subsidiary SpaceMD announced a contract to fly up to 32 mini-labs on a future SpaceX Starfall mission.

Startups

Endeavor Optical Networks Emerges from Stealth

Endeavor Optical Networks emerged from stealth to build a constellation of optical communications satellites.

Business • Equities

SpaceX Reports Q2 Earnings

After SpaceX’s record-breaking June IPO, the company released its first quarterly results on Tuesday, and the headline figures beat expectations.

LEO • Policy • Startups

Xona Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle for PNT Constellation

Xona Space Systems has won FCC approval to broadcast its Pulsar navigation signals from a full satellite constellation, clearing the last regulatory hurdle before the company can scale deployment.

LEO • Military • Startups

True Anomaly Chases an Evading Target

True Anomaly said it had become the first company to execute an in-space pursuit of an evading target as part of VICTUS HAZE.

International • Policy

NordSpace Funds NVD Amid Canada’s Export Push

NordSpace Ventures announced an investment in North Vector Dynamics this week, a company building full-spectrum sovereign missile capability. 

Rockets • Startups

Hop Aero Wants to Deliver Cargo via Rocket

Hop Aero launched on Y Combinator this week with their autonomous suborbital rocket: Rook.

Cislunar • Deep Space

ESA taps Aalyria to build deep-space network hub

ESA has tapped Aalyria to build a network-operations center that allows spacecraft to share data reliably across the solar system.