Satellites

WarpWare raised $1.2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round structured as SAFEs. Backers were primarily angel groups (Rockies Venture Club, Cowtown Angels, Aggie Angel Network) plus space-focused early-stage funds Vesper Alpha and Marlboro Lane Ventures. Funds will expand agentic engineering tools (AI harness for multilayered testing while keeping experts in control) and sales/marketing. The company reports deployment across more than 20 organisations spanning power-beaming, NASA science, cislunar and launch-vehicle missions.

WarpWare raised $1.2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round structured as SAFEs. Backers were primarily angel groups (Rockies Venture Club, Cowtown Angels, Aggie Angel Network) plus space-focused early-stage funds Vesper Alpha and Marlboro Lane Ventures. Funds will expand agentic engineering tools (AI harness for multilayered testing while keeping experts in control) and sales/marketing. The company reports deployment across more than 20 organisations spanning power-beaming, NASA science, cislunar and launch-vehicle missions.

The Space Systems Command (SSC) in El Segundo awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract on April 7, 2026, for space-based space domain awareness capability. The 14-company pool includes Anduril, Astranis, BAE Systems Space, General Atomics, Intuitive Machines, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Millennium Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, Quantum Space, Redwire, Sierra Space, True Anomaly, and Turion Space. The IDIQ ceiling and individual task order values were not disclosed. The procurement was competitive with 32 offers received. This represents a significant commercial-first approach to orbital domain awareness infrastructure.

AST SpaceMobile confirmed on March 26, 2026 that BlueBird 7 had been encapsulated for its upcoming launch, with the company maintaining its target of intermittent nationwide direct-to-device (D2D) service in the United States by end of Q1 2026. Shares surged 10.4% ($96.00) on March 26 following a trifecta of catalysts: BlueBird 7 encapsulation, a $30M US government tactical demonstration contract, and sector-wide excitement around SpaceX's IPO filing. BlueBirds 8–25 are in various stages of assembly at Midland, Texas. The company remains on track to deploy 45–60 satellites by year-end 2026. AT&T and Verizon beta service for select commercial and FirstNet users targeted for H1 2026.

K2 Space CEO Karan Kunjur announced on March 19-20, 2026 that the GRAVITAS satellite (2 metric tons, 40m solar wingspan, 20kW generation) had been shipped to the SpaceX launch facility ahead of its Transporter rideshare launch. The satellite carries 12 payloads including DoD customers, under a $60M Space Force STRATFI contract. GRAVITAS features the most powerful Hall-effect thruster ever flown (20kW, krypton-fed) — roughly 4× more powerful than anything previously flown in space. Mission tiers: (1) deploy solar arrays and establish comms; (2) operate customer payloads; (3) orbit-raise LEO→MEO using electric propulsion, the first such raise ever attempted. K2 raised $250M Series C at $3B valuation in December 2025, and $450M total funding.

Sierra Space raised $550M in Series C equity on March 5, 2026, led by LuminArx Capital Management with participation from General Atlantic, Coatue, Moore Strategic Ventures, and Andalusian Private Capital, valuing the company at $8 billion post-money. The round arrives as Sierra Space executes a $740M SDA Tranche 2 contract (18 missile-warning satellites, three months ahead of schedule) and a classified $450M national security award. CEO Dan Jablonsky, who replaced founder Fatih Ozmen in February 2026, is tasked with transitioning the company from development-heavy to high-rate manufacturing. Dream Chaser demo flight is now targeted for late 2026 as a free-flight uncrewed demonstration rather than ISS resupply.

ATTX/WarpWare and krtkl signed an MoU to jointly pursue opportunities pairing krtkl’s software-defined, radiation-tolerant Space Router with WarpWare’s flight, simulation and operations stack. Goal is faster hardware-software integration and more intelligent interconnected space systems for high-performance LEO constellations.

ATTX/WarpWare and krtkl signed an MoU to jointly pursue opportunities pairing krtkl’s software-defined, radiation-tolerant Space Router with WarpWare’s flight, simulation and operations stack. Goal is faster hardware-software integration and more intelligent interconnected space systems for high-performance LEO constellations.

Acadia-4 reached operational status after rapid automated commissioning and delivered its first high-resolution X-band SAR images less than 10 days after launch. The 45-degree inclination enables higher daily revisit for mid-latitude targets compared with pure SSO assets. Imagery quality matched the third-generation Acadia design goals of 700 MHz bandwidth.

Acadia-4 reached operational status after rapid automated commissioning and delivered its first high-resolution X-band SAR images less than 10 days after launch. The 45-degree inclination enables higher daily revisit for mid-latitude targets compared with pure SSO assets. Imagery quality matched the third-generation Acadia design goals of 700 MHz bandwidth.