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On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, European commercial space company The Exploration Company (TEC) announced the completion of a $450 million (€387 million) Series C financing round. Co-led by Bessemer Venture […]
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On Thursday, September 10, 2026, low Earth orbit positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) provider TrustPoint announced a manufacturing contract award to EnduroSat US to construct 40 commercial satellites. Under the […]
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On Thursday, September 10, 2026, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space—a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%)—announced the signing of a Letter of Agreement with satellite operator Eutelsat. Under […]
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On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, launch service provider Arianespace announced a commercial agreement for 10 Ariane 64 heavy-lift launch vehicles. The contract expansion—marking Arianespace’s largest single order addition for the […]
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Scout Space raised up to $18 million in May to scale the optical payloads it builds to watch other satellites, and Blue Origin manifested its Owl sensor on the first Blue Ring mission. Courtney Sayles, the company's Chief Product Officer, joins the space control panel on the closing day of the MilSat Symposium at Silicon Valley Space Week.
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On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, wireless link optimization company XipLink Inc. announced it secured a follow-on order valued at more than $1 million from a defense customer in Asia. The […]
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On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operator ICEYE announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with launch services provider Arianespace. Under the agreement, the […]
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On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, Swedish space services company SSC Space and American launch service provider Firefly Aerospace announced a multi-launch contract for two Alpha rocket missions from the Esrange […]
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On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, satellite connectivity provider Ground Control published an operational analysis evaluating the UK government’s mandate to establish routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) commercial drone […]
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On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, small satellite manufacturer GomSpace A/S and King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The […]
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