Satellites

Electro Optic Systems is looking to demonstrate a new high-power laser system capable of burning through satellites or using it to help deorbit them.

Finnish satellite manufacturer ReOrbit has raised €45 million in a Series A funding round, one of the largest European space deals of the year thus far.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s inaugural batch of tactical data communications satellites Sept. 10.

Iceye is expanding its synthetic aperture radar satellite product line with an ISR cell to aid use of the overhead imagery in a tactical military context.

Earth observation and analysis pioneer Planet Labs is looking to raise as much as $460 million gross in newly issued securities.

Boeing is now building 3D-printed solar array substrates, with plans to provide units to the broader market starting in 2026, the company announced Sept. 10.

The Finnish government and local satellite-maker Iceye have signed an agreement for the country’s defense forces to field an SAR satellite constellation.

Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear has left the agency less than one week before the first operational satellites are due to launch.

SpaceX says it has struck an agreement with EchoStar to acquire the rights to 50 MHz of S-band spectrum to support expansion of Starlink direct-to-cell service.

The Space Development Agency’s first batch of operational satellites is due to launch no earlier than Sept. 10 at 7:12 a.m. PT, provider SpaceX said Sept. 5.

NASA and NOAA are planning a rideshare launch of three satellites to help protect astronauts from radiation on their planned Artemis missions.

The Space Development Agency and its suppliers are racing to scale production and prove the resilience of their optical communications tech.

Ascent Aviation Services has chosen Block Aero Technologies to digitalize its used serviceable material business and open doors to selling parts in China.

Swedish satellite services provider Ovzon's satellite expansion plans are currently focused on exploring the addition of two more spacecraft.

The U.S. Space Force is racing to deploy a batch of National Security Space Launch missions before the end of the year.

Israel has launched its latest surveillance satellite, the Ofek 19, to augment its in-space intelligence gathering capability with the addition of SAR.

France and Germany have pledged to jointly develop an early warning system for Europe as both EU countries aim to strengthen defense technology capability.

The U.S. Space Force is seeing new ground-based capabilities come online, deploying new satellites on orbit by the end of the year, and plotting the future of its space-based surveillance layer.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is interested in getting a closer look at ships from satellites in very low Earth orbit (VLEO).

York Space Systems has delivered 21 satellites ahead of the first launch of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

NASA and IBM have released an open-source artificial intelligence model for predicting solar weather that may harm satellites, space stations or astronauts.

NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On L1 mission is poised to initiate continuous in-space monitoring of the Sun for the first time following its launch next month.

Without intervention, NASA predicts Swift will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in late 2026.

The U.S. military recently used its new Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) to successfully demo some of the key elements of the modernized anti-jam waveform.

SpinLaunch is continuing its pivot in pursuit of becoming a low-Earth-orbit, satellite-based broadband provider.