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The Space Force's first on-orbit refueling demonstration slipped to early 2027, and the client satellites belong to the Air Force Research Laboratory. Dr. Robert Antypas, who leads the AFRL mission area covering launch, in-space propulsion and spacecraft servicing, joins the warfighter-ready systems panel on the opening day of the MilSat Symposium at Silicon Valley Space Week.
On August 20, 2026, an environmental analysis of commercial orbital computing filings highlighted the long-term e-waste and upper-atmosphere pollution risks posed by proposed mega-constellations dedicated to space-based artificial intelligence processing. […]
On August 20, 2026, satellite manufacturer Muon Space announced it secured $250 million in Series C financing, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.5 billion. The funding round was led by […]
On August 20, 2026, United Launch Alliance (ULA) initiated a $1.5 billion private bond placement to finance launch infrastructure expansion and scale production capacity for its heavy-lift launch vehicles. The […]
On August 20, 2026, market intelligence disclosures highlighted that the satellite data analytics sector is expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.2 percent. The growth curve reflects […]
On August 20, 2026, South Korean commercial launch provider INNOSPACE announced that the Brazilian Air Force activated the Flight Termination System (FTS) during the first test flight of its SEBIT […]
On August 20, 2026, satellite communications industry experts Dubi Lever and Juan Deaton highlighted how recent kinetic and electronic attacks against military and commercial teleports are forcing a structural shift […]
On August 19, 2026, Davis, California-based high-power amplifier manufacturer Elve announced that its 100 W millimeter-wave (mmWave) Space Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) platform achieved Technology Readiness Level 8 (TRL-8) […]
The Golden Dome interceptor layer has twelve companies competing against a 2028 clock and a fiscal 2027 request that Congress has not funded. Phil Carrai, whose Kratos division holds an agreement worth up to $446.8 million for ground management and integration on the Space Force's medium orbit missile warning and tracking architecture, moderates the industrial capacity panel at the MilSat…
Motion and fluid control systems manufacturer Moog Inc. announced a new High Delta-V configuration for its flight-proven METEORITE satellite bus platform. The platform variant provides increased thrust and expanded propellant […]
On August 18, 2026, Australian space situational awareness vendor HEO announced a strategic partnership with Earth observation operator Planet Labs PBC to integrate Planet’s SkySat constellation into HEO’s Non-Earth Imaging […]
On August 19, 2026, Firefly Aerospace announced an agreement with radioisotope power developer Zeno Power to integrate a radioisotope heating unit (RHU) aboard an upcoming Blue Ghost lunar lander mission. […]
On August 13, 2026, space infrastructure provider Intuitive Machines disclosed during its second-quarter 2026 financial report that it secured a commercial contract valued at over $600 million to build three […]
On August 19, 2026, ThinKom Solutions Inc. announced that the U.S. Army’s Portfolio Acquisition Executive Fires (PAE Fires), operating through Program Manager for Advanced Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Effects (PM ACE), […]
