Satellite News

MIDLAND, Texas — Direct-to-device satellite operator AST SpaceMobile announced on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, that it will develop and build its own reusable heavy-lift orbital rocket, named Blacklift, through a […]

LUXEMBOURG — Commercial satellite operator SES reported a 4.2% year-over-year rise in third-quarter revenue driven by expansion in aviation and government defense connectivity, the company announced during its investor presentation […]

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has issued a conditional loan commitment of $150 million to commercial space tracking provider LeoLabs to finance the expansion of its […]

AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, Phased-array communications developer CesiumAstro has secured $730 million in a Series D funding round at a valuation exceeding $4.5 billion to transition […]

TOOWOOMBA, Australia — Researchers from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) successfully captured the atmospheric breakup of returning spacecraft using a computed tomographic imaging spectrometer (CTIS) during an airborne observation […]

DUBLIN — Space technology developer Ubotica Technologies demonstrated autonomous onboard observation scheduling aboard an operational satellite in low Earth orbit, the company announced on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Using onboard […]

SAN DIEGO — SpaceX has selected Qualcomm Technologies to provide terrestrial base stations for its planned nationwide Starlink Mobile network, Via Satellite reported on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. The multi-year […]

CLEVELAND — NASA has awarded contracts totaling up to $1.07 billion to Viasat, SES, and Astranis Space Technologies to develop commercial Ka-band space relay capability concepts, as reported on Wednesday, […]