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Telesat and MDA Sign MoUs With Hanwha Systems on Korea’s K-LEO Satellite Plans
Canadian space companies Telesat and MDA Space said on Monday they have signed separate memorandums of understanding with South Korea’s Hanwha Systems to explore cooperation related to Korea’s planned sovereign low-Earth orbit defense constellation, known as K-LEO. The announcements follow a collaboration agreement reached in November 2025 between the Canadian government and South Korea’s Defense…
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Interlune brings in fresh funding to keep its mission to mine the moon moving forward
An artist’s conception shows Interlune’s robotic harvester on the moon. (Interlune Illustration) Seattle-based Interlune is raising additional investment to support its campaign to identify and extract resources on the moon that can be brought back to Earth, starting with helium-3. The fundraising effort came to light in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange…
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Eutelsat Cancels Deal to Sell Ground Segment Infrastructure
Eutelsat has canceled the deal to sell its ground segment infrastructure to private equity firm EQT Infrastructure VI, disclosing on Thursday that not all conditions had been satisfied to complete the deal. Eutelsat would have earned 550 million euro ($658 million) from the transaction. Post-transaction, Eutelsat would have spent between 75 million to 80 million…
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U.S. Space Force Nears Contractor Decisions for RG-XX GEO Surveillance Satellites
The U.S. Space Force expects to select contractors by March 2026 for its Geosynchronous Reconnaissance & Surveillance (RG-XX) program, a new generation of satellites aimed at improving monitoring of objects and potential threats in geostationary orbit, program officials said. The RG-XX effort is designed as a “proliferated” constellation, relying on a larger number of commercially…
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Lockheed Martin Space Sales Grew 4% in 2025
Lockheed Martin’s Space segment saw a 4% year-over-year revenue increase in 2025, driven by sales for strategic and missile defense programs and the Orion spacecraft program for NASA. Lockheed Martin posted full-year 2025 sales on Thursday, reporting $13 billion in Space sales. The company reported $380 million increase in sales for strategic and missile defense…
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I bought “Remove Before Flight” tags on eBay in 2010—it turns out they’re from Challenger
Forty years ago, a stack of bright red tags shared a physical connection with what would become NASA’s first space shuttle disaster. The small tags, however, were collected before the ill-fated launch of Challenger, as was instructed in bold “Remove Before Flight” lettering on the front of each. What happened to the tags after that…
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Germany Awards Hypersonic Test Vehicle Contract to POLARIS Spaceplanes
Germany’s military procurement agency has awarded a contract to POLARIS Spaceplanes to develop and flight-test a reusable hypersonic vehicle, marking a further step in the Bundeswehr’s efforts to advance next-generation aerospace capabilities. The company said on Jan. 27 that the contract was granted by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support…
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Germany Awards Hypersonic Test Vehicle Contract to POLARIS Spaceplanes
Germany’s military procurement agency has awarded a contract to POLARIS Spaceplanes to develop and flight-test a reusable hypersonic vehicle, marking a further step in the Bundeswehr’s efforts to advance next-generation aerospace capabilities. The company said on Jan. 27 that the contract was granted by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support…
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Northwood Space Raises $100 Million in Series B to Scale Ground Systems for Growing Orbital Missions
Northwood Space has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round to expand its ground-based space infrastructure, positioning the company to support a growing number of complex missions in orbit, it said on Wednesday. The round was co-led by Washington Harbour Partners and Andreessen Horowitz, commonly known as a16z, with participation from Alpine Space…
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EU Launches Secure GOVSATCOM Network to Bolster Space Sovereignty
The European Union has launched its own secure and encrypted satellite communications system, a move aimed at strengthening Europe’s space sovereignty and defence capabilities, EU officials said on Tuesday. Speaking at the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius announced the start of operations under GOVSATCOM, an initiative…