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Mutable Tactics Raises €1.8 Million Pre-Seed to Develop AI Software for Autonomous Drone Operations
UK defence technology startup Mutable Tactics has raised €1.8 million ($2.1 million) in a pre-seed funding round to develop artificial intelligence software designed to support autonomous decision-making for unmanned systems. The funding round was led by Seraphim Space and included participation from the National Security Strategic Investment Fund, Koro, Entrepreneurs First and Transpose. Founded in…
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Congress extends ISS and tells NASA to get moving on private space stations
Two months ago, a key staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz said in a public meeting that she was “begging” NASA to release a document that would kick off the second round of a competition among private companies to develop replacements for the International Space Station. There has been no movement since then, as NASA has…
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China achieves breakthrough in high-orbit satellite-ground laser communication
Chinese research institutions have successfully conducted a laser communication experiment between a high-orbit satellite and the ground, achieving two-way data transmission at 1 gigabit per second over a distance exceeding 40,000 kilometers, the China Science Daily reported on Tuesday. The current research on satellite-ground laser communication is advancing in two main directions. One is the…
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Liftero to Supply BOOSTER Propulsion Systems to OrbitAID for In-Orbit Servicing Mission
Liftero, the developer of space-proven green chemical propulsion systems, announced a contract with OrbitAID, India’s emerging leader in commercial in-orbit servicing, to supply BOOSTER propulsion systems for a proximity operations, docking, and Life extension / refuelling mission. Two BOOSTERs will power two systems: the chaser and target spacecraft’s full mission sequence from long-range rendezvous through…
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Cailabs Advances Space Telecommunications with High-Throughput Optical Communications
Cailabs, headquartered in Rennes, continues to develop advanced optical communication technologies designed to enhance the performance, security and capacity of space-based telecommunications networks. By providing laser communication and proprietary optical signal processing technologies, the company is contributing to the evolution of next-generation satellite connectivity infrastructures. As global demand for data transmission continues to expand, satellite…
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Sidus Space Achieves Imaging Milestone with HEO USA NEI Camera on LizzieSat-3
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, and HEO USA, a leading provider of non-Earth imaging (NEI) and analytics, announced the successful receipt of a series of on-orbit images from HEO USA’s NEI camera aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-3 (LS-3). The on-orbit imagery, taken over Victoria, Australia, was captured using HEO USA’s Holmes Mk1,…
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SES Expands Global Connectivity with New O3b mPOWER MEO Satellite Capacity
SES announced that it has added new Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite capacity to its network, with the latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites (launched in July 2025) now delivering commercial service and expanding high-throughput, low-latency connectivity across global markets. To date, SES launched 10 out of 13 O3b mPOWER satellites. The remaining three satellites in SES’s…
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Space Inventor and GATE Space Partners to Advance Defence Space with BEACONSAT
Nations across the world are facing a growing and largely invisible threat: the disruption and manipulation of satellite navigation signals through jamming and spoofing. To address this challenge, Danish satellite manufacturer Space Inventor is partnering with Austrian propulsion specialist GATE Space on the BEACONSAT mission – Austria’s largest domestically developed satellite and the country’s first…
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Sierra Space Raises 550 Million USD in Series C at 8 Billion USD Valuation
Sierra Space Corporation, an industry-leading defence-tech space company delivering solutions for the nation’s critical missions, announced a $550 million equity investment led by LuminArx Capital Management, a global alternative investment manager, with participation from existing investors. The financing values the company at $8 billion post-money. With this new capital, Sierra Space will be able to…
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AXIAN Telecom and AST SpaceMobile Partner on Africa Direct-to-Device Space Broadband
AXIAN Telecom, the parent company of a leading pan-African telecom group (Yas), announced a partnership with AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile is building a space-based cellular broadband network designed to work directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to deliver Africa’s first direct-to-device (D2D) space-based mobile broadband service, bringing…