Rocket Lab has won a contract from Japanese radar satellite company iQPS for three additional Electron launches.

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A Falcon 9 launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft April 11 as Northrop Grumman continues its dependence on a competitor to fly resupply missions to the International Space Station.

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Based in Herndon, Virginia, the company specializes in space-based radio-frequency signals intelligence for government agencies

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Chinese satellite maker Spacety has completed multiple rounds of equity financing worth $190 million to scale its vertically integrated satellite manufacturing and data services model.

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MILAN – PLD Space signed a 30 million euro ($35 million) venture debt loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on April 7, a move to support the final development […]

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Space mobility company Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million to scale up development of its highly maneuverable spacecraft.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Albedo, the former Earth-observation startup now focused on satellite manufacturing, announced plans April 9 to send its second spacecraft into very low-Earth orbit (VLEO). Vicinity, scheduled to […]

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The new architecture combines high resolution with rapid revisit

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‘Comet Mini’ and ‘Comet XL’ target energy-intensive missions

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Improving the accuracy of space situational awareness data and using tighter thresholds for potential conjunctions can help retire most satellite collision risk in LEO, a new study concludes.

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A flurry of commercial innovation has left the U.S. government with no shortage of sensors and AI-driven insights to monitor the increasingly packed and contested space environment. The challenge is […]

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We applaud the lunar base vision laid out by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on March 24. Placing this stake in the lunar regolith is long overdue. What is missing from […]

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LeoLabs ‘Delta’ moves beyond collision warnings to identify potential adversarial activity

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(Note: This article went to press for the April issue of SpaceNews Magazine before NASA announced potential changes to the CLD program.) NASA signaled last summer it planned to accelerate […]

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The contract was awarded by the Space Development Agency for 2027 demonstrations

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Hungary’s defense and space tech contractor 4iG also announced deals with L3Harris and Apex for defense systems and satellite manufacturing

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Starfish Space has raised more than $100 million to scale up production of its satellite servicing spacecraft.

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Vantor employees were gathered for a sales kickoff in January, when an executive announced that a WorldView Legion satellite passing overhead would snap a photo of the California venue. Later, […]

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Spanish startup FOSSA Systems is pushing into Japan’s defense market after securing a local partner to expand its reach, building on a shift beyond tiny picosatellites used to connect low-power monitoring devices toward more capable spacecraft for broader government applications.

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Industry report warns components – from optical links to valves – may become chokepoints

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An Atlas 5 launched the latest set of satellites for Amazon’s broadband constellation April 4 as the company seeks to accelerate deployment of its spacecraft.

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Italy’s Argotec has officially opened its first U.S. satellite production facility, cementing a foothold near Kennedy Space Center in Florida to join other foreign space firms pursuing growing demand from American programs.

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Amazon says it will revise deployment plans for its broadband satellite constellation while denying claims from SpaceX that its current approach represents a space safety risk.

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The first launch of the Tianlong-3 rocket from Chinese commercial firm Space Pioneer failed Friday after suffering an anomaly in its ascent phase.

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