SEOPS Adds Service To Find Sats After Launch
The partnership with Digantara, an Indian space surveillance startup, aims to get customers in contact with their sat within three hours of launch.
Umbra Debuts Merchant Space Systems Business
“Every Y Combinator funding round seems to now include some space companies.”
Scaling With Purpose: Inside Voyager Technologies’ Strategic IPO
Voyager Technologies’ recent IPO marks a pivotal milestone in the company’s evolution from a quiet consolidator of space and defense assets to a public-facing engine of innovation and national-security capability. The move is not about short-term gain, but creating long-term value with investors, partners, and the strategic needs of the US. According to Voyager President…
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.
NASA Wants To Hit the Accelerator On Lunar Atomics
The Trump administration’s first big change to the Artemis program is a plan to deliver a 100kw nuclear fission reactor to the lunar surface by 2030, with the job done almost entirely by the private sector.
Voyager Acquires a Sharper AI-ISR Game
The acquisition will extend Voyager’s capabilities in global maritime awareness, threat tracking, and SAR analytics.
Metop-SG Sats Spread the Wealth Across Europe
The MetOp second-gen series includes tech developed by the French space agency (CNES), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Leonardo, RUAG, OHB, and countless smaller parts and systems suppliers across the continent.
Italy is Hitching a Ride to Mars with SpaceX
The proposed agreement with SpaceX will send multiple payloads to the Martian surface, including a plant growth experiment, a meteorological monitoring station, and a radiation sensor.
Orbital Operations Raises $8.8M For High Thrust Orbital Vehicle
“This is a counterspace weapon.”
Death to the Spreadsheet: ANT Automates Constellation Design
Building a satellite constellation? Ascending Node Technologies (ANT) says you shouldn’t need a PhD and a month of meetings to get started.
Muon Space Unveils the First Mission of its Upgraded Bus
The upgraded version of its MuSat, called MuSat XL, can fly up to 300kg of payload in LEO, and already has its first customer: Hubble Network.
New Report Details Trump DoD’s Space Spending Spree
Between the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (BBB) and the Trump administration’s budget request, the Space Force could see a budget of $40.2B in fiscal 2026.