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Jared Isaacman, a pilot and financial tech billionaire, has commanded two groundbreaking spaceflights, including leading the first private spacewalk. But his most remarkable flying has occurred over the last year. And on Wednesday, he stuck the landing by earning formal Senate approval to become NASA’s 15th administrator. With a final tally of 67 to 30,…

The German Armed Forces has awarded a new joint venture between Rheinmetall and Iceye a contract to deliver an exclusive constellation, valued at approximately 1.7 billion euro ($2 billion).  Data from the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation will primarily be used to protect the German Armed Forces’ Lithuania Brigade and secure NATO’s eastern flank, the…

Revenue for Spire Global was down nearly 56% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2025, which the company attributed to divesting its maritime business and the U.S. government shutdown shifting expected revenue into 2026.  Spire reported third quarter revenue of $12.7 million, compared to $28.6 million in the same time last year.  The company noted…

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket carrying the Pentagon’s Space Test Program (STP) S30 mission lifted off from the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia, on Thursday, according to U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. S30 has four research and development, Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) DiskSat satellites, funded by NASA and developed by Aerospace…

Moody’s Ratings downgraded the credit assessment of SES from ba1 to ba2 on Dec. 17, citing weaker pro forma results for the first nine months of 2025 and the high integration and restructuring costs for the Intelsat acquisition.  Moody’s withdrew SES’s Baa3 long-term issuer rating and assigned the company a Ba1 long-term corporate family rating. The…