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Muon Space is racing to expand production capabilities following a $90 million funding boost, targeting the growing appetite for increasingly capable satellites in the 100–500+ kilogram range. The California-based company recently introduced its largest small satellite platform yet, the 500-kilogram-class MuSat XL, to support more demanding missions at the upper end of the category. The […]

The service is rolling out initiatives, including a series of “AI Challenges” — hackathon-style competitions The post Space Force wants to weave AI into everyday operations appeared first on SpaceNews.

Chinese commercial rocket company Orienspace has raised tens of millions of dollars in Series B+ financing as it moves towards a key test flight. The post Launch startup Orienspace secures B+ round funding, targets test flight appeared first on SpaceNews.

The White House has moved to eliminate employee unions at NASA, among other agencies, on national security grounds. The post White House moves to eliminate NASA labor unions appeared first on SpaceNews.

President Trump’s recent executive order promoting commercial space competition highlights America’s unique advantage in the final frontier: our dynamic commercial space sector. American companies such as SpaceX, Planet Labs and Sierra Space are rewriting the rules of space access and operations. But as we celebrate these achievements, we must acknowledge a difficult truth: the United States lacks a coherent,

Rocket Lab moved a step closer to the first launch of its Neutron rocket Aug. 28 with the formal opening of the vehicle’s launch site. The post Rocket Lab inaugurates Neutron launch pad appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – Viridian Space Corp. won a $1.25 million award from the U.S. Air Force for very low Earth orbit (VLEO) electric-propulsion technology. With funding from the Phase II award from Air Force technology innovation arm AFWERX, the Southern California startup will develop an air-fed cathode able to withstand erosion in the oxygen-rich VLEO environment.

SAN FRANCISCO – Nuview, a Florida startup building a constellation of lidar satellites, announced a $5 million award Aug. 28 from the Defense Department’s National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC) program. The funding will allow Orlando-based Nuview to rapidly prototype a lidar (light detection and ranging) payload for a constellation to provide “3D mapping of Earth

China’s southern province of Guangdong is aiming to create a fully integrated commercial aerospace ecosystem with its latest policy moves.  The post China’s Guangdong province lays out ambitious commercial space objectives appeared first on SpaceNews.

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Will Bruey, CEO and co-founder of Varda Space Industries — a company developing in-space pharmaceutical manufacturing. The post How microgravity could transform pharmaceuticals appeared first on SpaceNews.