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Stories about the tech that’s driving the new space age.
Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build its Own Reentry Vehicle
Vienna-based startup Tumbleweed is attempting to build an anti-gravity machine.
Exclusive: Stellar Alpina Unveils Monarch Orbiter and Morpho Lunar Lander
The Swiss startup is unveiling two new vehicles: a high-performance orbiter, Monarch, and a lunar lander, Morpho.
MP Space Raises AUD $23M to Scale Satellite Battery Manufacturing
MP Space’s batteries launched for the first time last week with an undisclosed customer on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-5 mission, and already the company has orders to support 500+ spacecraft.
Colare Raises $2.5M to Expand its Hardware-Focused Hiring Platform
Colare’s technical-assessment platform maps the requirements of a role, and recreates decisions future engineers could face on the job.
Exclusive: DoD Taps Orbital Operations for Cryogenic Spacecraft Demo
The Long Beach, CA, startup has won up to $35M from the DoD under a prototype Other Transaction Agreement to fly a full-scale, in-orbit demo of Astraeus—its cryogenic-maneuvering vehicle.
Xona Raises $250M Series D to Scale Commercial GPS Constellation
Xona’s long-term plan is to build a ~258-sat constellation to offer an upgraded commercial alternative to government GPS networks.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Send AI Compute Module to the Moon
Hewlett Packard Enterprise ($HPE) is taking remote working to a whole new level.
BlackSky Renews HEO Deal, Adds Gen-3 Imagery for Space Domain Awareness
BlackSky Technology inked a seven-figure deal to extend its partnership with Australian non-Earth imaging (NEI) provider HEO for another year.
ArbaLabs Launches AI Verification Demo On South Korea’s Nuri Rocket
“In short, tons of companies are looking at the latest and greatest physical AI deployments,” ArbaLabs CEO Ashley Reeves told Payload. “Nobody is really thinking about putting some checks and balances on what these AI models are doing.”
HawkEye 360 Turns its RF-Sensors to Orbital Targets
The DoD wants to better understand what’s going on in orbit. HawkEye 360 ($HAWK) has the inside scoop.
Transporter-18 Tests the Building Blocks of Orbital Data Centers
Few rideshares come with a theme, but SpaceX’s Transporter-18 had one: getting power to compute in orbit.
Star Catcher’s Orbital Power-Beaming Demo is Ready for Launch
Star Catcher announced today that its prototype power node is prepped and ready for launch NET Oct. 1.
Hubble Network Raises $200M Series C at $1.6B Valuation
The round follows a $70M Series B in September 2025, and brings Hubble’s total financing to $300M to date.
