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Kreios Taps Kongsberg NanoAvionics for 2028 VLEO Demo
Kreios’ debut mission will attempt to validate the company’s ability to fire an ABEP thruster at a range of altitudes below LEO.
Lunar Outpost Plans to Fly NVIDIA Chips to the Moon
The chip race and the race back to the Moon race have just crossed paths.
Beyond Reach Labs Raises $10M Seed, Moves to NYC
No matter how lofty the space industry’s dreams get, the reality of spaceflight remains limited by size, weight, and power constraints
Reditus Finishes ENOS Reentry Vehicle Ahead of First Flight
Reditus announced today it completed development of its first reentry spacecraft—called ENOS—which is scheduled to fly a debut flight this fall.
Exclusive: Satellogic Expands AI Apps with SpaceKnow Partnership
Satellogic partnered with SpaceKnow, the AI-powered geospatial intelligence analysis company, to build AI applications on top of Satellogic’s growing stock of satellite imagery.
Exclusive: SpaceComputer and Spacemanic Partner on Security Demo Mission
Space Fabric is SpaceComputer’s solution not only for the growing hacking threats on-orbit, but also for the increasing number of shared-compute modules operating on rideshare sats.
Sophia Space Raises $7M, Taps Apex for 2027 Demo Flight
The orbital-compute startup today announced new fundraising—as well as a demo flight with Apex. Both initiatives are aiming to position the company to begin deploying its edge compute hardware in-orbit.
Exclusive: Northwood Unveils New Antenna, Expanded Network Capacity
The new hardware comes amid Northwood’s rapid global expansion of its physical ground station footprint, and will allow the company to support more data downlinks over a wider range of frequencies.
Boeing Completes Quantum Lab Test Ahead of 2027 Flight
Boeing ($BA) announced today that it successfully demonstrated high-fidelity quantum entanglement swapping during ground tests of its quantum networking satellite—called Q4S.
True Anomaly Declares Mission X-3 Success
True Anomaly announced today that its autonomous orbital vehicle, Jackal, has completed all of its Mission X-3 test objectives, clearing the final hurdles to being fully commissioned.
Exclusive: Tilebox Launches AI-Focused Update
Tilebox announced an update today aiming to make AI agents more effective geospatial-data analysts.
Symphony Space Unveils Adagio-XL ODC Sat
With Adagio-XL, Symphony Space is getting into the orbital data center game.
Orbital Raises $5M Pre-Seed to Build ODC Constellation
Orbital’s ODC concept instead relies on a network of relatively smaller satellites, which can together handle large AI inference workloads, and remain in constant contact with the ground.