Satellites

Sierra Space has closed a $550 million Series C funding round as it zeroes its focus on the national security space sector, the company announced March 5.

Airbus Defense and Space and Orbit Fab are teaming up to explore future refuelable satellites in geostationary orbit under a European Space Agency program.

Spanish launch startup PLD Space’s latest funding round underscored how countries are trying to ensure access to space.

The UK is putting additional funding into its fledgling effort to expand the country’s space industrial base, this time targeting the low-Earth-orbit connectivity segment.

Future SpaceX shareholders should be ready for a regular wild ride where the Elon Musk company’s stock price skyrockets or plummets 20-30%.

Intuitive Machines has secured another deal with L3Harris Technologies to support programs for the U.S. Space Development Agency.

AST SpaceMobile says it should see sales reach around $1 billion as it scales up its direct-to-device satellite communications constellation.

Airbus has demonstrated a laser communication link with an airborne communication terminal and a communications satellite in geostationary orbit.

Aalto, a company spun out of Airbus to fly the Zephyr HAPS, is to work with Indonesian telecoms provider Telkomsel to address coverage issues.

The European Union’s IRIS² autonomous secure sat communication system will likely expand beyond the core member states, helping the economics of the project.

A Chinese space company is releasing imagery revealing key details of the U.S. military buildup in the Middle East.

A new U.S. military satellite built to track objects in cislunar space could fly by the end of 2026.

The U.S. Space Force has launched a prototype maneuverable satellite to train for on-orbit offensive and defensive activities.

BlackSky has cut some near-term constellation expansion plans for its new Gen-3 imagery satellite deployments.

Aalyria secured $100 million in Series B funding to expand its Spacetime platform and Tightbeam terminals, advancing intelligent space communications networks.

Israel’s ImageSat International says it plans to launch the first of its new Knight Earth-imaging satellites next year.

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Space Force are testing several new technologies aboard the next GPS III satellite, including a new digital atomic clock.

The Space Development Agency has awarded AST SpaceMobile a $30 million contract to demonstrate tactical satcom capabilities using commercial spacecraft.

Boeing is kick-starting an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) payload production line at its facilities outside of Los Angeles.

Japan’s Synspective says it secured a contract to support the country’s project to access SAR satellite data that Tokyo is acquiring through a PFI.

U.S. military space leaders spent the better part of last year debating whether the time was ripe to invest further in in-space servicing and refueling. But going into 2026, the messaging has begun to coalesce around a more positive note.

Spanish startup Sateliot has booked a launch with compatriot PLD Space to deploy its first two high-capacity 5G direct-to-device satellites.

AAC Clyde Space says it is moving ahead with plans to expand its Vireon Earth-observation satellite constellation.

More Ariane Heavy missions loom as Amazon pushes to gets its broadband low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation going.

Aalto, the business spun out of Airbus to provide services from the stratosphere with the Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite, will establish a second operational base in Australia.