Business • International • Startups

Nebex Partners with Thrusters Unlimited to Unlock $700M for Mexico’s Space Ecosystem

The capital will fund EO, telecoms and other strategic capabilities, according to Nebex.

Business • Launch • Satcom

Exclusive: Meridian Space Spins Out from SpinLaunch

“Meridian will carry forward the satcom infrastructure business… SpinLaunch will continue to build on its vision for a lower-cost approach to launch, with further applications in hypersonics to support the Golden Dome program and in the lunar economy,” Meridian Space CEO Massimiliano Ladovaz told Payload.

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.

Business • Civil

TRL11 Will Build Imaging Tech for SR-1 Freedom

TRL11 has received a NASA contract to provide imaging systems for the Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom mission to Mars.

Business • EO

InnerPlant’s Glowing Soy Demos Hyperspectral Use Case

InnerPlant, which was founded in 2018, has enabled plants to let humans know when they’re under stress.

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.

Business • International • Satcom

Viasat and Space42 Commit Up to $1B to Equatys Joint Venture

Space42 and Viasat agreed to formally establish Equatys, a shared satellite-and-ground-infrastructure company for D2D connectivity and advanced mobile satellite services.

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.

Business • Startups

Sophia Space, SLI Set Terms for $300M Satellite Leasing Deal

Orbital compute startup Sophia Space and space asset leasing company SLI have set terms for a $300M asset-financing deal.

Business • Europe • International

International Space Summit Highlights the Strength of Europe’s Space Ecosystem

Efforts by the US government to rain on Europe’s parade this week backfired.

Business • Technology

Tomorrow.io Unveils Next-Gen Weather Forecasting Instruments

Tomorrow.io announced the five instruments that will fly aboard DeepSky—its next-gen constellation built for real-time global atmospheric monitoring.

Business • Startups

Orbital Partners with Reflex Aerospace on ODC Platform

Orbital announced today it has selected German satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace as the exclusive platform partner for Orbital-1.

Business • Satcom

AnySignal Lands Spot on Apex Bus Menu

RF startup AnySignal formalized its partnership with bus manufacturer Apex, allowing customers to add its AnyLink network and radios to Apex’s platforms.