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On Oct. 1, 2026, Indian spacetech startup TakeMe2Space will launch its MOI-1A orbital computing satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission marks the operator’s transition to commercial flight […]
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On Sept. 16, 2026, Danish satellite manufacturer Space Inventor and its partner Astroscale Japan announced the development of a joint technological capability enabling in-orbit satellite servicing, maintenance, and repair. The […]
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Comparing AST SpaceMobile’s proprietary AST5000 chip and Nvidia’s Vera architecture highlights two fundamental categories of spaceborne silicon: telecom signal processing versus high-density AI computing. Rather than competing in the same […]
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On August 24, 2026, aerospace software developer Sedaro and defense technology firm Shield AI announced the completion of initial on-orbit flight tests pairing Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy with Sedaro’s trusted […]
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Targeting the operational friction and processing overhead of raw satellite data, Earth observation operators are transitioning from selling unprocessed imagery to delivering vertical-specific analytics platforms via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). […]
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On August 17, 2026, the UK-based Space Energy Initiative (SEI) published a whitepaper titled “The Case for Space Based Solar Power,” urging the United Kingdom government to co-fund a first […]
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Targeting tight delivery schedules for orbital camera systems, optical specialist Resolve Optics Ltd. announced on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the adaptation and delivery of a flight-ready 6mm focal length lens […]
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LONDON, UK — On June 29, 2026, British Earth observation company SatVu announced the formal Start of Commercial Operations for its HotSat-2 imaging satellite. This milestone marks the transition of […]
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WALLOPS ISLAND, VA — NASA’s next landmark leap in commercial space logistics has cleared its final major ground milestone. Engineers at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility completed the encapsulation of Katalyst […]
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Decision architecture, not detection accuracy, is where satellite operations actually breaks — and the data is starting to say so out loud.
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