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Neuraspace Raises 15.6 Million Euros to Build European Space Domain Awareness Platform

Portuguese space traffic management startup Neuraspace announced 15.6 million euros ($18 million) in fresh funding on Aug. 5 to expand European space domain awareness and defense capabilities. The financing will directly support NeuraspaceDEF, an AI-powered platform serving both civil and defense users, and advance Europe's push

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Intuitive Machines Wins L3Harris Selection for 18 Missile Tracking Spacecraft

Intuitive Machines has been selected by L3Harris Technologies to design, build, and deliver 18 spacecraft platforms for the Space Development Agency's Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 mission. The selection, announced August 4, 2026, expands the Houston company beyond its lunar lander work into national security space and America&

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Four Commercial Landers Race Toward 2028 Cargo Deliveries for NASA's Moon Base

NASA confirmed on August 4, 2026, that Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, and Voyager Lunar Systems are working to deliver cargo landers to the lunar surface by 2028 in support of its Moon Base program. The landers will deliver the foundational architecture for a sustained outpost near the Moon&

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AST SpaceMobile Activates Direct-to-Cell Service in Japan With Rakuten

AST SpaceMobile has formally notified the Federal Communications Commission that it has begun active direct-to-cellular service operations in Japan alongside partner Rakuten Mobile. The activation marks the company's first commercial service outside the United States, establishing a direct orbital link to standard mobile handsets across the

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Rocketdyne Returns as Standalone Space Company After $845 Million Sale

Rocketdyne is again an independent company as AE Industrial Partners completed its purchase of L3Harris Technologies' space propulsion, power and electronics units on August 4. The deal separates a 1,300-person space supplier from the missile businesses L3Harris plans to keep, and revives one of the best-known

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Intuitive Machines Closes Goonhilly and COMSAT Deals, Adding Ground Stations Ahead of IM-3 and Altus-1

Intuitive Machines has completed its acquisition of Goonhilly Earth Station Limited and COMSAT LLC, two deep space communications providers with ground station assets in the United Kingdom and the United States. The move expands the Houston company's space infrastructure network as it prepares for its upcoming IM-3

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NASA Ships Shoebox-Sized Navigation Payload to Intuitive Machines for First Lunar Relay Satellite

NASA delivered its NavCube3-mini navigation payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company's first lunar relay satellite. The delivery marks a milestone in developing the communications and navigation services intended to support astronauts and rovers at NASA's future Moon

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Intermap to Buy Out PCI Geomatics for $11 Million, Merging Elevation Models With Image Processing

Intermap Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining shares of Canadian software developer PCI Geomatics Group for $11 million in cash. The deal consolidates the Englewood, Colorado geospatial intelligence provider's existing ownership stake in PCI and combines the two firms' processing and analytics capabilities

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Tesla Weighs China Business Sale as Possible Prelude to SpaceX Merger

Tesla is weighing a sale or spinoff of its China business, its second-largest market, over geopolitical concerns, according to a report that surfaced this week. The move is described as a potential step toward clearing the way for a possible merger with SpaceX. The reported rationale centers on geopolitical

Defense

Space Force Opens $981M Contract Pool to Fix Simulator Shortfall

The Space Force has established a $981 million contract pool to buy training capabilities after senior leaders acknowledged that Guardians across several key mission areas lack the simulators needed to practice their jobs. The move amounts to building the service's training infrastructure largely from scratch, nearly seven years

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K2 Space Raises $500 Million in Series D, Valuation Approaches $7 Billion

K2 Space has closed a $500 million Series D funding round that values the company at close to $7 billion. The financing brings the satellite manufacturer's cumulative capital raised to more than $1 billion and comes as it prepares to scale production of large, high-power spacecraft. The

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K2 Space Raises $500 Million, Sets Sights on Building 100 Large Satellites a Year

K2 Space has raised $500 million in a Series D round that values the satellite manufacturer at $6.8 billion, more than doubling its valuation in seven months. The Torrance, California, company said July 30 that the funding will support a move from orbital demonstrations to large commercial and military

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Rocket Lab Books Three More Electron Launches for Japan's iQPS, Third Deal in Under a Year

Rocket Lab has signed a multi-launch contract with the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) for three new dedicated Electron missions, the company announced July 30. The agreement marks the third multi-launch booking on Electron by iQPS in less than a year and brings the total

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Space Force Awards All Points Logistics $250 Million for New Vandenberg Satellite Processing Center

The U.S. Space Force awarded All Points Logistics a $250 million contract to expand satellite processing capacity at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Announced July 29, the award calls for additional spacecraft processing facilities, where satellites are prepared for launch, to be available by 2029. It is the largest

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Space Force Taps Sphinx Defense for $287 Million Nuclear Command Software

The U.S. Space Force awarded a $287 million contract to Sphinx Defense on Monday, July 27, 2026, to deliver mission planning software for the GRIFFON program, the ground control architecture supporting strategic nuclear communications. The award advances the software ground segment for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications system, which

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Pentagon Deal Sets L3Harris to Quadruple THAAD Propulsion Output

L3Harris Technologies announced today that it has signed a seven-year framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War and Lockheed Martin to quadruple production of propulsion systems for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. The THAAD missile defense production agreement represents a major expansion of one of the

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MDA Space Prices $600-Million Note Offering to Fund Blue Canyon Acquisition

MDA Space has priced a $600-million private placement of senior unsecured notes to finance its purchase of U.S. satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies. The offering caps a month of intensive capital raises tied to two separate acquisitions and completes a dual-track financing strategy designed to fund both

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Rocket Lab Wins $266 Million Space Force Deal, Adds Alaska Launch Site

Rocket Lab will build a new launch site in Kodiak, Alaska, under a $266 million U.S. Space Force contract for up to 18 suborbital missions, the company's largest launch award to date. The deal expands Rocket Lab's role in military launch services as the Pentagon

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Anduril in Talks for Funding Round That Could Value It Near $100 Billion

Defense technology firm Anduril is in discussions with investors for a new funding round that could value the company at roughly $100 billion, two sources familiar with the matter said. Such a valuation would place the California startup close to established defense conglomerates including Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. The

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Alphabet Reveals $94.1 Billion SpaceX Stake Following Historic IPO

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) has disclosed that its SpaceX holdings were valued at $94.1 billion at the end of the second quarter, revealing the enormous value created by one of Google’s most successful early-stage venture investments. The disclosure comes just weeks after SpaceX completed its historic public offering.

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NASA Awards CAPSTONE 02 to Advanced Space for Cislunar Navigation Demonstration

NASA announced on July 24, 2026, that it has awarded a contract to Advanced Space for CAPSTONE 02, a mission that will use two small spacecraft in lunar orbit to demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, autonomous navigation, and cislunar communications. Targeted for launch in 2027, the mission is part of

Launch

SpaceX Declines Falcon 9 Bookings Beyond 2028 to Steer Customers Toward Starship

SpaceX has begun turning away satellite operators seeking dedicated Falcon 9 launches beyond 2028, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on July 23. The move deliberately constrains the company's most reliable and profitable rocket in order to push customers toward Starship, a vehicle that has not yet

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SpaceX to Post First Earnings as Public Company on August 4th

SpaceX has set August 4th as the date for its first earnings call since going public. The forthcoming earnings date provides investors with a firm date for the company’s first financial update as a publicly traded company. Importantly, the timing also provides clarity around the first major release of

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Relativity Space Commits to Thousands of Jobs at Cape Canaveral by 2034

Relativity Space plans a major expansion of its Cape Canaveral operations, with Space Florida officials announcing the company intends to add thousands of high-paying jobs by 2034. The commitment positions the 3D-printing-focused launch company as a growing employer in Florida's space corridor. Space Florida officials

Defense

Boeing Directs All Space Investment to Defense as Starliner Recovery Continues

Boeing is concentrating its entire space investment on national security and defense work, its Defense, Space and Security CEO Steve Parker said, positioning the military side of the portfolio as the company's future while it works to get the troubled Starliner crew capsule back on track. Parker, speaking