Commercial Space

The robots assist astronauts with scientific research and technology demonstrations.

Spire's effort to improve its balance sheet through the sale of its maritime business to Kpler is in jeopardy as the Belgian buyer is yet to consummate the deal.

The robot would be hosted as a payload aboard Momentus’ Vigoride orbital services vehicle.

Access to the Aegis-owned-and-operated TAMU-SPIRIT will be limited to students, faculty and other researchers within the Texas A&M University System.

Thales Alenia Space says it will build the Thor 8 communication satellite for Norway.

Space startup Loft Orbital is deepening links with AI specialist Helsing as part of an effort to deploy a new LEO satellite constellation starting in 2026.

The company instead pivoted to use aluminum for its Haven-1 commercial space station, it said on Feb. 6.

The Feb. 5 request for information seeks capability statements from interested parties.

The effort is part of Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1).

The Phoenix 1 capsule is set to be part of the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission due sometime after March.

SKY Perfect JSAT is looking to get into the low-Earth-orbit remote-sensing business through a $230 million investment and partnership with Planet Labs.

The company develops and operates space tugs that carry spacecraft to their final orbits and host payloads, including experiments and demonstrations.

The reusable New Shepard lifted off from Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 11:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 4.

Chinese satellite startup Ada Space Technology has filed preliminary paperwork to go public.

Spanish aerospace and defense equipment company Indra says it is aiming to become a top-tier space company through its acquisition of Hispasat.

Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff company Aalto has completed its first flight from its new base in Kenya.

The planned launch from Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than this spring aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

French space agency CNES, operator of Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, is preparing a new contractual relationship with launcher manufacturer Avio.

Virgin Galactic has partnered with space infrastructure company Redwire to build research payload lockers for its next-generation Delta-class spaceplane.

ESA has signed an $897 million contract with Thales Alenia Space for the manufacturer to deliver cargo to the lunar surface under ESA’s Argonaut Mission.

The flagship product of the collaboration is Site3D, a 3D point cloud map of the Earth’s surface.

Airbus plans to provide an update on the technical assessment of a major space program when it publishes full-year results next month.

Planet Labs says it has secured a $230 million contract to build Pelican high-resolution satellites for an unnamed customer and announced a data provision deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to support the Copernicus program.

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has completed a series of payload integration tests at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida which keep it on track for a planned mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) later this year.

A date for a second launch attempt was not set as the scrub was called at 12:54 a.m. EST.