Satellite News

Pentagon Commits $150M OSC Loan to LeoLabs in $300M Radar Network Expansion

me — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:39:48 +0000

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has issued a conditional loan commitment of $150 million to commercial space tracking provider LeoLabs to finance the expansion of its […]

CesiumAstro Secures $730M Series D at $4.5B Valuation to Deploy Synchronicity Constellation

me — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:39:46 +0000

AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, Phased-array communications developer CesiumAstro has secured $730 million in a Series D funding round at a valuation exceeding $4.5 billion to transition […]

UniSQ Demonstrates Tomographic Spectrometer During KREPE-3 Re-Entry Campaign

me — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:40:16 +0000

TOOWOOMBA, Australia — Researchers from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) successfully captured the atmospheric breakup of returning spacecraft using a computed tomographic imaging spectrometer (CTIS) during an airborne observation […]

Ubotica Demonstrates Autonomous Onboard Satellite Scheduling for Maritime Surveillance

me — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:40:15 +0000

DUBLIN — Space technology developer Ubotica Technologies demonstrated autonomous onboard observation scheduling aboard an operational satellite in low Earth orbit, the company announced on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Using onboard […]

SpaceX Selects Qualcomm to Supply Terrestrial Base Stations for Starlink Mobile Network

me — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:40:15 +0000

SAN DIEGO — SpaceX has selected Qualcomm Technologies to provide terrestrial base stations for its planned nationwide Starlink Mobile network, Via Satellite reported on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. The multi-year […]

NASA Awards $1.07B in Ka-Band Space Relay Contracts to Viasat, SES and Astranis

me — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:40:14 +0000

CLEVELAND — NASA has awarded contracts totaling up to $1.07 billion to Viasat, SES, and Astranis Space Technologies to develop commercial Ka-band space relay capability concepts, as reported on Wednesday, […]

Redwire Wins $20M DARPA Contract for Scaled SabreSat VLEO Precursor Flight

me — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:40:13 +0000

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Redwire Corporation has secured a $20 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to conduct additional testing and experimentation under the agency’s Otter program, […]

ThinKom and Space Systems Command Demonstrate GECKO Multi-Orbit Containerized SATCOM System

me — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:39:52 +0000

HAWTHORNE, Calif. — ThinKom Solutions Inc. and Systems Delta 88, an operational unit of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), have completed a live demonstration of the Ground […]

Russia Files ITU Plan for 374-Satellite Rassvet-4 Constellation Following Rassvet-3 Orbital Setbacks

me — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:39:51 +0000

GENEVA — Russia has submitted a formal satellite network filing to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for a proposed constellation designated Rassvet-4, according to a report published Wednesday, Nov. 4, […]

Starfish Space Loses First Otter Servicing Satellite Following On-Orbit Bus Anomaly

me — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:39:51 +0000

TUKWILA, Wash. — In-space servicing developer Starfish Space confirmed on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, that its first Otter servicing spacecraft has suffered an unrecoverable on-orbit failure after ground teams permanently […]