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ISpace Raises $730 Million To Accelerate Reusable Rocket Development
Chinese commercial space company ISpace has raised about 5 billion yuan ($730 million) in a funding round it described as the largest to date for a private aerospace firm in China, as demand for satellite launches surges. The Beijing-based company, formally known as Interstellar Glory Aerospace Science and Technology, said the Series D++ round closed…
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Pitt Unveils $25 Million Space Biomedicine Institute Backed by Tech Entrepreneur
The University of Pittsburgh has launched a $25 million institute focused on translating discoveries from space research into biomedical and commercial applications on Earth, as part of an effort to expand Pittsburgh’s role in life sciences innovation. The Trivedi Institute for Space and Global Biomedicine is funded primarily by entrepreneur Ashok Trivedi, whose former IT…
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FCC Partially Approves Logos Space Plan for LEO Satellite Constellation
The Federal Communications Commission has granted conditional approval to Logos Space Services to deploy and operate a new low Earth orbit satellite constellation, advancing the company’s plans to provide high-capacity communications services. The authorization allows operation in the K-, Q- and V-band spectrums but defers approval for the higher frequencies requested by the company. Under…
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Planet Labs & AXA Digital Partner to Deliver High-Frequency Satellite Imagery for Real-Time Natural Disaster Monitoring
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced a strategic partnership with AXA Digital Commercial Platform, an all-in-one risk management system, to provide high-frequency satellite imagery to monitor, predict, and respond to natural disasters in near-real-time. Through this partnership, AXA DCP will integrate data from Planet’s high-resolution and…
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Momentus Secures Funding from NASA and AFRL SpaceWERX Contracts
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company offering satellite buses, technologies, transportation, and other in-space services, announced that it received payments totalling approximately $1.9 million in January 2026 for contracts with NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) SpaceWERX organisation. Momentus received payments in January 2026 in connection with: Qualification and integration of a…
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Myriota Introduces AssetHawk for Global Asset Tracking
Myriota, the global leader in secure, low-power satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the launch of AssetHawk™. A rugged, long-life asset tracker, AssetHawk is engineered to deliver reliable global visibility beyond the reach of traditional cellular networks. As supply chains grow increasingly complex, blind spots and outages in terrestrial coverage create significant…
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ULA Vulcan Rocket Launches USSF-87 Mission for US Space Force from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket carrying the USSF-87 mission for the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) lifted off on Feb. 12 at 4:22 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. “Early during flight, the team observed a significant performance anomaly on one of the four solid…
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Long March-10’s first stage retrieved from sea in China’s first
The first stage of the Long March-10 carrier rocket has been successfully fished out and retrieved from the sea, marking China’s completion of its first-ever rocket first-stage booster maritime salvage and recovery mission. On Friday morning, the maritime search and recovery team completed the mission, according to the China Manned Space Agency. This success holds…
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El Paso airport closed after military used new anti-drone laser to zap party balloon
On Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration closed airspace up to 18,000 feet above the El Paso International Airport in Texas, saying the restrictions would be in place for 10 days. Then, less than 10 hours later, the federal agency reopened the airspace, allowing planes to land and take off at the busy airport. About…
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Inaugural Ariane 64 launches Amazon Leo satellites from Kourou
Arianespace launched the most powerful configuration of its Ariane 6 vehicle for the first time. The rocket lifted off at the start of a 28-minute window opening on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 16:45 UTC, from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The four-booster Ariane 64 variant carried 32 satellites to orbit for Amazon’s…