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ICEYE Smashes Its Own Revenue Projections 

ICEYE’s results reveal a massively successful year for a business in the right place at the right time.

EuropeMilitaryPolicy

Q&A With Laurent Jaffart, ESA’s Director of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity

Jaffart is leading the charge to build up ESA’s defensive posture. Payload chatted with him to hear his plans for the new role.

StartupsTechnologyVC/PE

Mantis Space Emerges from Stealth with $10M Seed

Mantis Space is aiming to bring power into the light—and now it has the money to do so. 

EquitiesLaunch

Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Reaches Orbit

Firefly Aerospace’s ($FLY) Alpha rocket flew the first leg of a redemption arc Wednesday night.

Pro

The Investment Theses Behind Vast and Sierra’s $500M+ Mega Rounds

One day, two $500M+ raises.
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EuropeVC/PE

AIRMO Raises €5M For Methane Monitoring Sats

European space startup AIRMO closed a €5M ($5.8M) seed round to launch its first greenhouse-gas-monitoring satellite no earlier than next year, and to expand its drone and airplane monitoring into the Middle East market.

EOMilitary

Planet Labs Extends Middle East Space Imagery Restrictions

Planet Labs just proved that dual use doesn’t necessarily mean equal priority.

Business

Anduril To Acquire ExoAnalytic

Anduril Industries announced this morning that it will acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions—a move that will double the neo prime’s space headcount. 

Polaris

Commercial Space Law Takes Center Stage at DC Moot Court

Future space lawyers will gather in DC this month to debate how far federal jurisdiction extends in regulating commercial megaconstellations. 

StartupsTechnologyVC/PE

Lux Aeterna Closes $10M Seed to Build Reusable Sats

Everybody loves a reusable rocket—so why has the rest of space hardware remained stubbornly single-use?

EquitiesLunar

Voyager Invests in Max Space, Projects 2026 Revenue Surge

Last month, Max Space and Voyager announced they would collaborate on the design of an expandable lunar habitat.

LaunchTechnology

What to Expect from Starship V3

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the first launch of Starship V3 was “about 4 weeks” away.