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The orbital data center boom is promising opportunities well beyond the pioneers hoping to build colossal, AI-driven computing platforms in space. A mix of ventures developing novel space technologies are looking to ride a wave of investment and dealmaking in the early innings of this emerging market, even as SpaceX

Chinese commercial launch startup Nayuta Space has completed consecutive Pre-A financing rounds to support development of its unconventional Xuanniao-R rocket concept. Source: https://spacenews.com/chinas-nayuta-space-raises-fresh-funding-for-aerodynamic-recovery-rocket/

Financing includes delayed-draw facility to fund staged expansion of satellite manufacturing Source: https://spacenews.com/astranis-secures-450-million-in-equity-debt-to-expand-small-geo-satellite-production/

The space sector is booming. But it is also running up against limits we are only beginning to acknowledge. Like many industries, it is expanding as if resources such as materials, energy and orbital capacity were eternally abundant, when in reality all three are becoming more constrained, more contested and

Series A funding will support manufacturing expansion in Northern Virginia Source: https://spacenews.com/scout-space-raises-18-million-to-expand-orbital-tracking-technology/

Recent strikes on cloud facilities and satellite ground infrastructure are sharpening concerns that some of the space industry’s most critical assets are becoming targets in modern conflict. Despite being the essential link between satellites and users, ground stations have largely operated outside the limelight enjoyed by assets in orbit

Overview Energy has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to study beaming space solar power to military installations, reviving a concept studied two decades ago. Source: https://spacenews.com/overview-energy-wins-air-force-contract-to-study-space-based-solar-power-for-military-bases/

Vantor executive: ‘We have more imagery, more sensors but much of that data still isn’t reaching the people who need it’ Source: https://spacenews.com/ukrainian-forces-test-direct-to-device-satellite-imagery-for-frontline-troops/

Voyager Technologies says it is ready should NASA change plans for supporting development of commercial space stations. Source: https://spacenews.com/voyager-very-optimistic-about-starlab-amid-potential-nasa-changes/

Divergent Space platform would automate imagery requests across multiple providers Source: https://spacenews.com/the-bottleneck-in-the-satellite-data-boom/

When Lt. Gen. Michele Bredenkamp takes the stage for the closing keynote at GEOINT Wednesday, it will mark her first as the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) — a role she assumed with little fanfare during the government shutdown in November. The appearance will also serve as an opportunity

EarthDaily Analytics and UAE-backed Altair highlight shift toward ‘constellations as a service’ Source: https://spacenews.com/loft-orbital-expands-into-full-service-constellation-deals/

In a 2022 address to the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, Chris Scolese, sounded a warning.  Record numbers of satellites were being launched, he said, and competitors including China and Russia were developing tools, on the ground and in orbit, that put American

Each year, the GEOINT Symposium brings together the people who make geospatial intelligence possible — the analysts, engineers, mission commanders, innovators and policy leaders who collectively ensure that decision-makers have the understanding of our world they need when they need it. This year in Aurora, Colorado, more than 4,000 of

WARSAW, Poland — Polish space company Eycore has launched Eycore-1, an Earth observation satellite equipped with the company’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology. The May 3 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base made Eycore the second privately-owned business in Europe to own its own SAR

Program aims to counter hypersonic threats with interceptors in orbit Source: https://spacenews.com/anduril-teams-with-commercial-space-firms-sandia-lab-on-golden-dome-interceptor-program/

Rising pressure to secure strategic waters is driving demand for more persistent monitoring of subsea activity, creating opportunities for satellite-connected autonomous vessels that can watch areas beyond the reach of space-based sensors. Source: https://spacenews.com/extending-space-enabled-intelligence-below-the-ocean-surface/

DENVER – South Korea’s Hancom InSpace is expanding its Earth-observation constellation with Sejong-3, a cubesat with a hyperspectral sensor, launched in March on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare and currently undergoing commissioning. “Sejong-3 is an important addition to our Sejong constellation because it brings hyperspectral capability alongside the multispectral imaging already

On Feb. 28, the first day of U.S. military strikes on Iran, a Chinese AI startup posted an image on social media site X of a ship burning at Iran’s Konarak Naval Base. The image bore a striking resemblance to a WorldView-1 image released earlier that day by

On March 24, executives from across the space industry and officials from dozens of countries filed into NASA’s Washington headquarters, unsure what they had been called to hear. The agency had announced the event — dubbed “Ignition” — only a day earlier, offering few details beyond a vague promise to discuss

Two European countries signed the Artemis Accords May 4 as part of a surge of countries joining in the wake of the Artemis 2 mission. Source: https://spacenews.com/ireland-and-malta-sign-the-artemis-accords/

The agency established a three-tier cybersecurity classification system for commercial data vendors Source: https://spacenews.com/nro-taps-earthdaily-iceye-pixxel-to-expand-commercial-data-pipeline/

DENVER – NATO must update policies and strengthen relationships among allies to accelerate the fusion of commercial and national geospatial intelligence, Maj. Gen. Paul Lynch, NATO deputy assistant secretary general for intelligence, said May 4 at the GEOINT Symposium. The war in Ukraine demonstrated the promise of “rapid continuous fusion of

The initiative, called Coalition Edge, brings together companies focused on analytics, cloud infrastructure and connectivity Source: https://spacenews.com/tech-firms-partner-up-to-push-intelligence-processing-closer-to-the-battlefield/