The fledgling small geostationary satellite manufacturing market is splitting across a spectrum of vertical integration strategies as companies weigh sovereignty, speed and scale in reshaping space-based communications. The post Small GEO strategies diverge around vertical integration appeared first on SpaceNews.

Paris, September 17, 2025 – Novaspace, with the support of the Occitanie Region, will host the inaugural Space Summit for a Resilient Future on May 12–13, 2026 in Toulouse, France. […] The post Novaspace and the Occitanie Region Launch the Inaugural Space Summit for a Resilient Future in 2026 appeared first on SpaceNews.

In this week’s special CEO Series edition of Space Minds, we’re at the World Space Business Week in Paris. In today’s episode, SpaceNews editor Mike Gruss talks with Peter Cannito, CEO of Redwire. The post Redwire’s global strategy from space to security appeared first on SpaceNews.

With great fanfare, the newly installed American President Donald Trump launched the idea of the United States creating an “Iron Dome” to protect America against aerial threats, similar to how […] The post President Trump’s Golden Dome: golden dream or black nightmare? appeared first on SpaceNews.

The product, called Vivid Features, combines Maxar’s satellite imagery archive with Ecopia’s artificial intelligence software The post Maxar and Ecopia roll out AI-powered Earth mapping system appeared first on SpaceNews.

PARIS – Europe should be investing in disruptive capabilities like spaceplanes, said Maj. Gen. Philippe Koffi, French armament agency DGA strategic lead for air, land and naval combat. “A spaceplane is maneuverable, reusable and flexible, so it can deliver payload in orbit, recover critical assets, conduct reconnaissance and intervene against threats in orbit,” Koffi said

Finnish spacecraft developer ReOrbit has raised 45 million euros ($53.3 million) to increase spacecraft production to meet growing demand from government customers. The post ReOrbit raises 45 million euros to increase spacecraft production appeared first on SpaceNews.

Toulouse, France — MECANO ID, a leading provider of advanced mechanical and thermal solutions for the space industry, has reached a major milestone. On August 26, its EOS-8’’ satellite ejection […] The post Successful flight on Falcon 9 for EOS-8’’, MECANO ID’s Satellite Ejection System appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA is delaying the arrival of a Cygnus spacecraft at the International Space Station to investigate a thruster problem with the cargo vehicle. The post Thruster issue delays Cygnus arrival at ISS appeared first on SpaceNews.

Amazon is preparing to double the size of its Project Kuiper constellation to over 200 satellites this year with three more launches, supporting broadband services in the U.S. and four other countries by the end of March. The post Project Kuiper plots broadband services in five countries by end of March appeared first on SpaceNews.