Payload
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RUAG International completes divestitures of non-space businesses and focuses fully on space through Beyond Gravity, reporting strategic milestones despite one-off financial impacts.
CMA Technology partners with Rivada Space Networks to deliver ultra-secure, gateway-less LEO connectivity via the Outernet constellation.
Space Compass and SWISSto12 executed a contract for the first commercial GEO optical data relay satellite using the HummingSat platform.
Kayhan Space launched Satcat Terminal, a Bloomberg Terminal-style platform with AI chat for orbital intelligence, targeting investors and insurers.
EnduroSat and MetaSensing team up to offer fully integrated SAR constellation-as-a-service using PhoeniX and StarSAR-X payloads on FRAME satellites.
Exclusive: Orbital Paradigm's KID capsule survived PSLV-C62's third-stage failure on January 12, 2026, transmitting 190 seconds of reentry data. CEO Cacciatore describes recovering the data feed mid-livestream. Four of five mission milestones achieved despite off-nominal profile.
Payload covers Pale Blue's agreement with D-Orbit to demonstrate water-based propulsion on two ION Satellite Carrier missions in 2025. The Resistojet and ion thruster use water as propellant, eliminating hazardous fuel handling at launch sites.
Antaris closes $9.96M preferred seed round led by Streamlined Ventures, with Lockheed Martin Ventures, HCVC, E2MC, and Acequia Capital participating. The funding follows the successful JANUS-1 cloud-built satellite launch and will accelerate the TrueTwin digital twin platform.