LEO
Stories about operations in low-Earth orbit.
LeoLabs Lands Cross-Government Licensing Contract
OSC will evaluate how to integrate Leolabs data into its TraCSS to extend LeoLabs’ orbital alert capabilities to the commercial sector.
Sedaro and Shield AI Partner to Bring AI Pilots to Orbit
The age of robot pilots has arrived—not for your next commercial flight, thankfully, but for satellites on orbit.
ATMOS and Space Cargo Unlimited Target First Reentry Mission in 2026
The mission will be the first of seven where ATMOS’ Phoenix reentry vehicle will carry SCU’s BentoBox platform to orbit and back.
Novaspace Predicts 43,000+ New Sats to Launch by 2034
If you think space is crowded now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
China Calls NASA On Orbital Conjunction
China’s message to the US space agency urged the American spacecraft to stay put while Beijing maneuvered its own assets, NASA space sustainability director Drew Alvin said during a panel at the International Astronautical Congress, noting that it’s “the first time that has ever happened.”
Voyager Selects Vivace to Manufacture Starlab
Starlab’s primary structure is planned to be about 8 m in diameter, just smaller than the core stage of the 8.4 m diameter SLS rocket.
Axiom Launches Global Space Research Alliance
Axiom Space is establishing a group of space researchers to push for scientific priorities in orbit, to collaborate on shared goals, and to help the microgravity research industry navigate the transition from the government-led ISS to commercial space stations.
Exclusive: Hubble Network Closes $70M Series B
The round brings Hubble’s total funding to $100M, which will fund the deployment of a 60-sat constellation by 2028.
Exotrail Unveils Details of Second Spacevan OTV Mission
The mission, dubbed Wings of Light, will carry hosted payloads as well as satellites the OTV will deploy on orbit.
FCC, Industry Talk Space Policy at Chamber Conference
From the Trump administration’s efforts to cut red tape for space operators, to industry’s reaction to the acquisition plan for the ISS’ successor, here are some of the biggest space takeaways from the third day of the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Aerospace Summit.
Op-ed: NASA’s New CLD Strategy Will Lose Mars, LEO to China
As a former space shuttle pilot and commander whose crews helped build the ISS, I am appalled that NASA has reportedly changed its plans for future commercial space stations.
Blue Canyon’s Got A New Bus For Golden Dome
“This product will support more mass and more power, so that a lot of those defense payloads can be carried on the spacecraft.”
There Are Too Many Spacecraft in LEO
“That is us academics waving a big, big red flag, to say we can’t just keep doing this.”
