EOStartups

Transporter-12 Launches a New Wave of Space Tech

SpaceX launched Transporter-12 on Tuesday afternoon, sending 131 payloads with dozens of microsatellites and nanosats into sun-synchronous orbit. 

EOEuropeInternationalMilitary

Maxar Wins €13.6M Contract with Dutch MoD

The award comes as European allies look to boost their independent space and intel capabilities, in this case doing so by working with a commercial partner. 

EOEuropeInternational

Balearic Islands to Launch First Sat in 2025

The satellite, which will be named by children in the Balearic Islands school system, is expected to launch in the final quarter of this year.

EO

2024 Top 5: The EO Sector

EO sats provide critical eyes in the skies for everything from collecting national security intelligence to assessing the damage after a natural disaster to tracking natural resources.

EOEquitiesVC/PE

Synspective Goes Public on Tokyo Stock Exchange

The SAR data collector has plans for a thirty satellite constellation.

EOStartups

Esper Satellites Signs Bus Contract With Loft Orbital

The partnership will send next-generation hyperspectral imagers to orbit as hosted payloads aboard Loft’s Yet Another Mission (YAM) satellites beginning in early 2026.

BusinessEOMilitary

Maxar and Satellogic Tag-Team EO Offering

The combined constellation gives governments the ability to gather insights on multiple geographies at once, while balancing image resolution and cost.

EOEquities

Planet Bounces Back On Record Quarterly Revenue

Plus a new $20M task order from NASA.

BusinessEOEuropeInternational

ICEYE and Space42 Join Forces in the UAE

The venture will increase ICEYE’s footprint in the UAE and allow the UAE to build its own self-sustaining industry.

EOVC/PE

Pixxel Raises $24M For Hyperspectral Data Biz

Pixxel’s sensors capture 150 wavelengths at 5-m resolution in a 40-km swath.

EOEuropeInternationalVC/PE

SatVu Pockets $25M for Thermal EO Constellation

Adara Ventures Energy Fund and existing investor Molten Ventures led the round, with further support from NOA, Lockheed Martin, Seraphim, Ridgeline, and Stellar Ventures.

EOPolicy

US SAR Industry Pushes For Looser Export Restrictions

Two top American SAR operators said proposed reductions to export restrictions on the radio frequency of tech sold overseas don’t go far enough—and that US firms will lose international business if the government sticks to its plan.

EOVC/PE

Maxar’s Newest Spacecraft Work Dawn ’til Dusk

WorldView Legion 3 and 4 are now delivering data to customers.