In 2025, Golden Dome captured the attention of the space industry. It drove hundreds of millions in venture funding, sparked the creation of new hardware (or at least new marketing specifically targeting the program), and secured $25B from Congress.
A year ago, it didn’t exist.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how industries operate across the globe, and the space-based intelligence sector is no exception. Many space and intelligence companies are integrating AI into their operations. At BlackSky, AI has powered us from the start.
Starfish Space and Impulse Space teamed up quietly this year to conduct an RPO demo in orbit, bringing spacecraft to within 1,250 meters of each other autonomously. The mission, called Remora, proves RPO missions do not require expensive hardware or custom-built spacecraft, as has historically been the case. Starfish added one camera and its software […]
In the long push to get people back to the Moon—and this time, to bring with them long-term, sustainable infrastructure to support an ongoing lunar presence—2025 has been pivotal.
Kepler Communications has proven that optical technology works across multiple domains, including space-to-space, space-to-ground, and now, space-to-air. The new era of space communications is imminent.
As the university that sends the most graduates to the foreign service, it’s no surprise that Georgetown University is helping students learn about how international affairs plays a critical role in space policy and business. The only surprise is that it took so long.
K2 Space announced yesterday that it secured a $250M Series C ahead of its first satellite launch early next year.
The two companies announced plans this week to build a sovereign ISR and communications constellation with the goal of deploying by 2029.
The inaugural Space Investment Conference kicked off in London this week, bringing together founders and investors to discuss the financial future of the space industry—which now has more money than ever.
Military capabilities on orbit are ramping up, but aside from a handful of explosive anti-satellite demos in recent decades, the rising tension has yet to get physical.
The collaboration positions Indonesia—home to roughly one-fifth of the world’s mangroves—as a high-stakes proving ground for replacing labor intensive field surveys with satellite monitoring.
The volume of EO images has grown exponentially the past decade, but cleaning up, deciphering, and extracting value from these datasets remains manual, expensive, and time-consuming, according to Wherobots officials.
