Satellite News

On Sept. 17, 2026, defense intelligence assessments revealed that Russian Earth observation and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellations are actively providing high-resolution imagery to Iranian military forces to assist […]

On Sept. 17, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) initiated the next technology development phase for the European Union’s Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnection and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) multi-orbit constellation. […]

On Sept. 17, 2026, satellite bus manufacturer EnduroSat closed a $205 million Series B financing round to fund production scaling and expand its operational footprint into the United States defense […]

On Sept. 15, 2026, U.S. Space Force officials confirmed that the service is allowing SpaceX to define the satellite count and constellation architecture for the $2.29 billion Space Data Network […]

On Sept. 17, 2026, market evaluations of the U.S. launch sector underscored Rocket Lab’s position as a primary commercial candidate to address domestic launch capacity constraints. Led by Founder and […]

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 […]

On Sept. 16, 2026, BAE Systems received a $16 million contract under Defense Production Act Title III funding from the U.S. Department of War’s Warfighting Investments, Resourcing, and Execution directorate. […]

SpaceX’s revenue rose 92 percent to $7.8 billion in its first quarterly report as a public company, and the stock fell anyway. Alyssa Goessler Goodwin, a Vice President at aerospace and defense investor AE Industrial Partners, joins the panel reading that result on the opening morning of Satellite Innovation at Silicon Valley Space Week.