Satellite News

On October 11, 2026, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover officially surpassed the record for the longest distance driven on the surface of another world. A 299.6-foot (91.31-meter) drive during the mission’s […]

Targeting the downlink bottleneck and computational constraints of orbital spacecraft, software venture Satlyt announced an $8 million seed funding round on October 13, 2026, to deploy artificial intelligence and edge […]

On October 12, 2026, satellite manufacturer York Space Systems disclosed technical details regarding two previously awarded U.S. Space Force task orders supporting the service’s Space Data Network (SDN). Designated as […]

NASA and the Department of Energy signed an agreement on October 8 to accelerate space nuclear power and propulsion, three months after a Miami company flew a tritium-powered payload on a SpaceX rideshare. Peter Cabauy, co-founder and chief executive of City Labs, gives the technical brief on nuclear power for satellites at the MilSat Symposium.

On Saturday, October 10, 2026, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:39 a.m. Eastern, successfully deploying 21 Northrop Grumman satellites […]

On Friday, October 9, 2026, telecommunications operator Banglalink—a subsidiary of global digital operator VEON Ltd.—announced an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Mobile direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity across Bangladesh. The […]

On October 12, 2026, Greek industrial conglomerate METLEN Energy & Metals, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space, and Thales Hellas executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development […]

During the Futurecom 2026 conference in São Paulo, global connectivity provider floLIVE and non-terrestrial network (NTN) operator Skylo Technologies announced an integrated cellular and satellite IoT connectivity service across Brazil. […]