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Astranis Closes $450 Million Series E and Credit Facility at $2.8 Billion Valuation to Scale Small-GEO Satellite Production
Astranis raised $300M Series E plus $155M Trinity Capital credit facility at a $2.8B valuation, scaling micro-GEO satellite output for U.S. defense Programs of Record and sovereign telecom customers in Taiwan and Oman.
ICARUS 2.0 Launches RAVEN, the First Independent European Satellite Built to Track Small Animals From Space
RAVEN, a shoebox-sized CubeSat receiver, rode SpaceX's CAS500-2 rideshare to orbit on May 3 as the first dedicated satellite of the Max Planck-led ICARUS 2.0 wildlife-tracking constellation — three years after Germany ended ISS cooperation with Russia.
GalaxEye Launches World's First OptoSAR Satellite Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9, Marking India's Largest Privately Built Earth Observation Spacecraft
Bengaluru-based GalaxEye flew Mission Drishti, a 190-kilogram OptoSAR satellite fusing radar and multispectral optics, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare from Vandenberg.
China's Orbital Chenguang Lines Up $8.4 Billion to Build a Gigawatt Data Center in Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Beijing-backed Orbital Chenguang secured $8.4 billion in credit lines from twelve Chinese banks to build a gigawatt-scale orbital computing constellation by 2035, opening a state-aligned third front against SpaceX and Blue Origin in the race to put AI compute in orbit.
SpaceX Completes GPS III Constellation With Launch of Final Satellite Named After Hedy Lamarr
GPS III SV10 'Hedy Lamarr' lifts off April 21, completing a 32-satellite navigation constellation with optical crosslink tech never before flown on a GPS satellite.
Astroscale Accelerates Orbital Servicing Push With Multi-Orbit Inspection Mission, Franco-Japanese Partnership, and UK Defense Contract
Japan's Astroscale unveils ISSA-J1 to inspect two defunct satellites across different orbits, signs a deorbiting pact with France's Exotrail, and clears a UK military design review, marking a rapid expansion of commercial on-orbit servicing capabilities.
Blue Origin Files for 51,600 Orbital Data Center Satellites, Joining SpaceX in the Race to Move AI Compute Off Earth
An FCC filing reveals Blue Origin's Project Sunrise constellation, which would place tens of thousands of computing satellites in sun-synchronous orbits to serve AI workloads.
Starcloud Reaches Unicorn Status With $170 Million Series A to Build Data Centers in Orbit as Terrestrial AI Infrastructure Hits Its Limits
The Y Combinator graduate plans an 88,000-satellite constellation for orbital AI compute, backed by Benchmark and EQT Ventures.
SpaceX Rebrands Direct-to-Cell as Starlink Mobile, Unveils V2 Satellites Targeting 150 Mbps and Signs Deutsche Telekom as First European Partner
SpaceX used MWC 2026 to rebrand its satellite phone service, announce next-generation V2 satellites with 100x data density, and sign Deutsche Telekom to bring coverage to 10 European countries by 2028.
NASA's Van Allen Probe A Re-Enters Atmosphere Eight Years Ahead of Schedule as Solar Maximum Accelerates Orbital Decay
The 1,300-pound radiation belt spacecraft burned up over the eastern Pacific Ocean on March 11, ending a 14-year journey that began with a two-year mission and yielded the discovery of a transient third radiation belt around Earth.
SpaceX Asks the FCC to Approve One Million Orbital Data Center Satellites, Claiming AI Compute Will Be Cheapest in Space
SpaceX filed to launch up to one million solar-powered satellites for orbital AI computing, drawing skepticism from astronomers and feasibility questions from experts.