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Stories on space business, including company updates, funding announcements, and contract awards.
Exclusive: Charter Space Launches an Insurance Brokerage
Charter Space is done dipping its toes in the insurance market—opting instead to cannonball in.
Exclusive: Sceye Unveils SceyeCELL Antenna
Sceye announced today a platform designed to merge the best of space and ground comms in the stratosphere.
Orbital Data, Niche Markets Give Space Solar a New Shimmer
The face of space-based solar power (SBSP) is changing due to surging interest in in-space industry and data centers. While some companies are racing toward these new opportunities, others are sticking with the technology’s original goal of powering life on Earth.
OroraTech’s New Exec Plans to Step on the Gas
With Zuleta as a catalyst, OroraTech aims to grow to a few hundred sats in the coming years, with the aim of providing worldwide coverage, 15-minute revisit rates, and resolution as low as 50 m.
Voyager, Max Space Team on Expandable Tech
“Expandable structures represent a step change in how surface infrastructure can be delivered and deployed,” Saleem Miyan, cofounder and CEO of Max Space, said in a statement. “Its architecture embodies increased capability, scalability, and versatility that are essential for sustained deep-space human activity, and to unleash the lunar and Martian economies.”
Muon Space’s Sat-Backed Growth Strategy for 2026
Muon has 20 satellites manifested to launch in the next 20 months, and expects more contracts to close in the coming year, according to CEO Jonny Dyer.
York Drops Protest of Apex’s SBIR Award
York filed a motion asking to dismiss its protest on Jan. 28—one day before going public on the NYSE.
Blue Origin Pauses Space Tourism to Focus On the Moon
If you were waiting for your chance to spend ten minutes suspended in microgravity at the edge of space aboard one of Blue Origin’s tourist vessels, well, you’re just going to have to wait a little longer.
Northrop, Raytheon Report 2025 Earnings
Despite Northrop’s improvements over 2024, the contractor’s space systems business segment saw a downturn in sales.
Blue Origin To Build an Enterprise Satcom Network
Two months after launching New Glenn for the second time (and performing a picture-perfect first booster landing), Blue Origin has unveiled its latest project. TeraWave is a 5,408-bird, multi-orbit communications constellation designed specifically to serve enterprise and government customers.
CesiumAstro Secures $200M Government Financing
In its push to double down on its national security and defense clientele, spacecom firm CesiumAstro has secured $200M in government financing.
