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At Silicon Valley Space Week, investors described space companies priced like defense primes. SDA’s GP Sandhoo laid out the production standard that earns a real order. Most of the companies in the room are still working to reach it on demos and small research awards.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Maritime infrastructure developer Seagate Space and aerospace and defense firm Aurex announced a strategic partnership on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, to provide turnkey offshore orbital launch […]

RIO DE JANEIRO — Commercial satellite operator Rivada Space Networks has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Telespazio Brasil to integrate its planned 600-satellite low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation […]

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has issued a $150 million conditional loan commitment to commercial launch provider Rocket Lab to accelerate production of its […]

PARIS — The French government has granted regulatory clearance for satellite telecommunications operator Globalstar to launch and operate its constellation of 54 next-generation direct-to-device satellites, SpaceNews reported on Tuesday, Nov. […]

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. — Satellite terminal manufacturer ALL.SPACE announced on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, that the U.S. Navy has placed a follow-on order for 59 Hydra MAX 2 satellite communications […]

CANNES, France — Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a contract by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to develop the IRIS military optical observation space system under a joint […]

RENENS, Switzerland — Satellite payload developer SWISSto12 has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the dual-band S- and Ka-band active phased array antennas destined for UNIVITY’s 5G non-terrestrial network […]