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Deals•Feb 27, 2026
ISPTech Secures €5.5M Seed Funding to Scale Green Propulsion Technology
German startup ISPTech announced a €5.5M seed round led by Join Capital, with participation from High‑Tech Gründerfonds, Faber, First Momentum Ventures, Lightfield Equity, Final Frontier Liftoff, DLR and Start‑up BW Seed Fonds. The funding will be used to scale production of its non‑toxic in‑space propulsion systems, expand its workforce and build a new test facility.
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Deals•Feb 26, 2026
CesiumAstro Acquires AI Firm Vidrovr
Space technology company CesiumAstro announced on Thursday that it has acquired AI startup Vidrovr, which focuses on task prioritization and automation using artificial intelligence. The acquisition will embed AI into CesiumAstro's telecommunications payloads to enable adaptive RF optimization, autonomous tasking,...
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Deals•Feb 25, 2026
Intuitive Machines Secures $175M Strategic Equity Investment
Intuitive Machines announced a $175 million strategic equity investment led by unnamed global institutional investors. The funding will support the Moon‑bound company's development of communications and data‑processing technology, following its recent acquisition of Lantaris Space Systems.
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Deals•Feb 18, 2026
Agile Space Industries Secures $17M Series A Funding
Agile Space Industries announced a $17 million Series A round led by Caruso Ventures and Howdy Partners, with participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures, Veteran Ventures Capital, Denver Ventures and Cortado Ventures. The funding brings the company’s total capital raised to about $40 million...
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Deals•Jan 27, 2026
HEO Acquires Satellogic’s NewSat-34 In-Orbit Satellite
Australian NEI startup HEO announced the purchase of Satellogic’s NewSat-34 satellite, renaming it Continuum‑1, to gain immediate sovereign imaging capability. The deal, disclosed on Jan 27 2026, was made without revealing the price, and the satellite has about a year of design...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Samara Aerospace Closes $10M Seed Round Led by Balerion Space Ventures
San Francisco‑based Samara Aerospace announced the closing of a $10 million seed round to develop its Hummingbird satellite stabilization technology. The round was led by Balerion Space Ventures with participation from Illinois Ventures, MFV Partners and Access Venture Partners. The funding...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Hydrosat Closes $60M Series B to Grow Its Constellation
Hydrosat announced a $60 million Series B financing round led by Hartree Partners, Subutai Capital Partners, and Space4Earth, with participation from several other investors. The capital will fund a new generation of higher‑resolution thermal‑imaging satellites slated for launch next year, expanding the...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
SkyFi Secures $12.7M Series A
Austin‑based SkyFi announced a $12.7 million Series A round co‑led by Buoyant Ventures and IronGate Capital Advisors, with participation from existing and new investors. The capital will enable SkyFi to transition from a pure Earth‑observation data provider to a platform delivering actionable...
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Social•Jan 13, 2026
ISRO's PSLV Suffers Anomaly, 16 Satellites at Risk
.@isro's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) suffered an anomaly six minutes after launch Sunday, falling into a tumble at the end of the third stage engine burn. Many speculated that all 16 satellites on board had been lost. https://t.co/H39Q4O6g0H
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Op-Ed: Mars Sample Return May Be Canceled, But the Legal Questions It Leaves Behind Continue
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has been cancelled, leaving ten sealed sample tubes on the Martian surface. Under Article VIII of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the United States retains jurisdiction and control over those objects, even without a retrieval...
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Social•Jan 13, 2026
Diffraqtion Raises $4.2M to Accelerate Space Imaging
Diffraqtion is looking to see farther in space, and to understand its environment faster. The MA-based startup emerged from stealth today with a $4.2M pre-seed round. https://t.co/FCFSjdhUjX
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Exclusive: Orbital Paradigm Emerges as the Lone Survivor of Failed PSLV Launch
India’s PSLV suffered a catastrophic anomaly six minutes after liftoff, leaving 16 satellites stranded. Orbital Paradigm’s Kestrel Initial Demonstrator (KID) managed to separate around 18 minutes into flight, endure up to 28 g, and transmit roughly 190 seconds of re‑entry telemetry...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Quantum Imaging Startup Diffraqtion Emerges From Stealth
Quantum imaging startup Diffraqtion announced its emergence from stealth with a $4.2 million pre‑seed round led by QDNL Participations and backed by DARPA’s $1.5 million SBIR contract. The company is developing quantum‑enhanced cameras that fuse AI to deliver high‑resolution space imagery at...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
GRU Space Opens Bookings for Planned Lunar Hotel
GRU Space, a Y Combinator‑backed startup, opened bookings for its planned lunar hotel, requiring a $1 million deposit to reserve a spot. The company’s roadmap includes three lunar missions, with an inflatable habitat test in 2029 and a full‑scale hotel launch...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Portuguese Firm Buys Two EO Sats for $18M From Satellogic
Satellogic will deliver two NewSat Mark V 50 cm Earth‑observation satellites to Portugal’s CEiiA for $18 million, with hand‑over scheduled for Q2 2026. The payloads are built with 85% European components, underscoring the EU’s drive for space sovereignty. These satellites will become part of...
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Social•Jan 9, 2026
Eric Schmidt's Foundation Launches New Observatory System
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced late Wednesday that @schmidtsciences, one of his philanthropies, would build the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System. https://t.co/MJJA9jqN9O
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News•Jan 9, 2026
Viasat’s HaloNet: Eliminating Launch Telemetry Blackouts
Viasat's HaloNet launch telemetry data relay service uses its global L‑band geostationary network to provide uninterrupted, real‑time telemetry from lift‑off through early orbit. By routing data through multiple satellites and employing beam‑hopping resource management, the system eliminates traditional line‑of‑sight blackouts...
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Social•Jan 8, 2026
Martian Dust Samples May Never Leave the Red Planet
The dozens of tubes of Martian dust collected so far by the Perseverance rover are waiting for a ride that may never come. https://t.co/Hy6zjRf29d
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News•Jan 8, 2026
Op-Ed: Golden Dome Will Stand or Fall on Its Sensors. Here’s How to Make Them Endure
The op‑ed warns that the U.S. Golden Dome missile‑defense concept hinges on a robust sensor network. Emerging threats—hypersonic glide vehicles, drone swarms, sophisticated decoys, and cyber‑spoofed signals—target the sensor layer as its weakest link. The authors argue that only a...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
United Semiconductors, Aegis Aerospace Partner on In-Space Manufacturing Platform
United Semiconductors and Aegis Aerospace announced a joint effort to launch an in‑space manufacturing platform for semiconductor materials. The partnership will move United's ISS‑tested processes onto Aegis' Advanced Materials Manufacturing Platform, with a demonstration slated for the ISS by late...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
NASA Picks Habitable World-Finders
NASA announced seven contracts to advance key technologies for the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory, a flagship mission aimed at directly imaging nearby potentially habitable exoplanets. The awardees—Astroscale US, BAE Systems, Busek, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Zecoat—will develop...
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News•Jan 6, 2026
2025 Orbital Launch Attempts by Country
In 2025, the world saw 329 orbital launch attempts, with 321 reaching orbit or near‑orbit. The United States led with 181 attempts and 179 successes, driven largely by SpaceX’s 170 launches, nearly double China’s total. Europe rebounded, logging eight attempts...
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News•Jan 6, 2026
L3Harris Sells Majority of Propulsion Business to AEI for $845M
L3Harris Technologies is divesting a 60% stake in its propulsion unit to AE Industrial Partners for $845 million, valuing the business at roughly $1.4 billion. The transaction excludes the RS‑25 engine program, which L3Harris will retain. Under AEI’s majority ownership the unit...
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Deals•Jan 6, 2026
L3Harris Sells 60% of Propulsion Business to AE Industrial Partners for $845M
Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies announced the sale of a 60% stake in its propulsion business to AE Industrial Partners for $845 million. The transaction values the unit at about $1.4 billion and will see the business rebranded as Rocketdyne under AEI’s majority...
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