Satellite News

A White House request, not a shutter control order, kept high-resolution commercial imagery of Iran off the public market from March into July. Robert Cardillo, who directed the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for more than four years and now chairs Planet Federal, joins the MilSat Symposium track on the final day of Silicon Valley Space Week.

On August 12, 2026, defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation and specialized military communications provider Aeronix, Inc. announced a multimillion-dollar strategic joint investment agreement to engineer next-generation space-based cryptographic systems. The […]

On August 12, 2026, in-space transportation provider Impulse Space was awarded a $28 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract extension by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems […]

On August 12, 2026, space infrastructure provider Redwire Corporation announced a strategic teaming agreement with Japanese trading and commercial development firm Kanematsu Corporation. Under the agreement, Kanematsu will serve as […]

Eutelsat has committed €3.39 billion to build and operate the low Earth orbit segment of Europe’s IRIS² constellation. Ian Canning runs the subsidiary that sells the company’s existing constellation to the U.S. government, and he opens the Satellite Innovation track’s second day at Silicon Valley Space Week.

Following the formal execution of a definitive agreement and subsequent financial disclosures in early August 2026, space transport and satellite communications provider SpaceX is progressing toward the final closing of […]

On August 11, 2026, global managed network solutions provider Marlink signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of Global RadioData Communications Ltd (GRC), a UK-based specialist in defense and […]

On August 11, 2026, Italian cybersecurity scale-up DamoTech officially joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC). The membership expands the international threat-sharing community, bringing specialized European space-domain […]