Main Topics
Earth Observation
BlackSky secured a new eight-figure international contract to deliver a Gen-3 sovereign space-based intelligence solution. [source]
Vantor is bringing Google’s Earth AI imagery models into Tensorglobe, making Vantor the industry’s first to deploy these advanced foundation models inside sovereign classified and air-gapped environments. [source]
Aspia Space has selected Stelia, an applied AI platform company, as a strategic technology partner to advance the architecture underpinning its Earth observation-derived data products [source]
Leonardo is self-funding development of an Earth observation constellation consisting of 20 radar and IR imagers. [source]
Japanese SAR provider Synspective Inc. is expanding into Europe with a new entity in Munich. [source]
Boeing is spending $10M to build a new EO/IR manufacturing line to produce Millenium’s backlog of missile tracking satellites. [source]
Government
Rheinmetall is weighing a counterbid for Mynaric as the German government delays Rocket Lab acquisition decision. [source]
Starliner investigation identifies flawed NASA decision making. NASA has classified the flawed Starliner crewed test flight in 2024 as its most serious level of mishap, with the agency’s leadership citing shortfalls in how officials oversaw the program. [source]
DIU is sourcing commercially built GEO spy sats to perform non-Earth imaging for defense of space assets. [source]
MDA Space launches 49North to pursue Canadian defence contracts. [source]
Innoflight signed a launch service distribution agreement with UK-based space consultancy and launch brokerage firm Commercial Space Technologies Ltd. to strengthen its presence in the European market. [source]
Kepler Communications has chosen Kongsberg NanoAvionics as the preferred European satellite bus provider for its hosted payload initiatives aboard spacecraft up to 500kg in mass. [source]
Rockets
Artemis II is preparing to move back to the vehicle assembly building due to helium leak in the upper stage. [source]
Stratolaunch announced an extended partnership in the Multi Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed awarded Sept. 30, 2025, by the Department of War’s Test Resource Management Center through NSWC Crane’s S²MARTS OTA. [source]
Anduril Industries announced that it has received $43.7M in Defense Production Act Title III funding to expand solid rocket motor production in the US. [source]
Sateliot and PLD Space sign a commercial contract for a dedicated mission. Two high-capacity Tritó satellites will launch on the MIURA 5 vehicle in 2027 for their 5G D2D network. [source]
Business Moves
SatVu’s closed a £30M funding round, bringing its total equity raised to £60 million to develop their thermal infrared satellites. [source]
SwissTo12 considering IPO next year at $1.3B valuation. [source]
Agile Space Industries raised a $17M Series A to ensure it can fulfill its orders for monoprop and biprop in-space thrusters without increasing its delivery times. [source]
Integrate closed a $17M Series A and landed a $25M space force contract to deploy secure program management software. [source]
Mesh Optical Technologies emerged from stealth and announced their $50M Series A led by Thrive Capital. [source]
Seagate Space raises $1.5M pre-seed to develop sea launch capability. [source]
Terram Astra Pty Ltd has announced a $10M seed capital raise to activate a sovereign, ground-based infrastructure platform aimed at strengthening communications resilience and space safety across the Indo-Pacific. [source]
Tech Advances
Starcatcher signs Apolink as a customer to receive power from the space solar power satellite. [source]
Frontier Space partners with Azenta Life Sciences to advance space-based life sciences research infrastructure. [source]
A paper was released about modulating retroreflectors that achieve lower SWAP and complexity optical inter-satellite links for small spacecraft. [source]
