Telesat is preparing to deploy a couple of Lightspeed pathfinders in December 2026, with 96 satellites for an initial global broadband service from LEO set to launch the following year to offset mounting geostationary business declines. The post Telesat eyes December 2026 for Lightspeed pathfinder debut appeared first on SpaceNews.

An Ariane 6 successfully launched a radar imaging satellite Nov. 4 after European agencies chose to use a larger rocket to ensure an earlier launch. The post Ariane 6 launches Sentinel-1D radar imaging satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.

London — Warsaw Increasing tensions with Russia have prompted defense spending boosts throughout Europe that will benefit fledgling smallsat launcher companies across the continent.  But Europe is still years away from meeting its own space access needs, analysts said.  The progress of European smallsat launcher developers has been slower than promised, with companies facing technical

SES has turned to Japan’s flagship operator for extra satellite bandwidth to keep up with soaring connectivity demand from passengers flying across Asia, even after significantly expanding its own fleet by buying Intelsat. The post SES leans on SKY Perfect JSAT as inflight demand outpaces expanded fleet appeared first on SpaceNews.

Sovereign Control and Precision Intelligence Set to Lead Global Priorities Paris, France [October, 2025] – Novaspace’s 18th edition of the Earth Observation Data and Services Market report signals a decisive […] The post Geopolitical Shifts and AI Reshapes Earth Observation Market appeared first on SpaceNews.

From the first satellite in orbit, to the first human in space, to the first steps on the moon, the United States government has always framed space exploration as a race. As U.S.-China space competition intensifies, so too does our American instinct to reach the next first. The Earth-moon Lagrange points may be next. In

Intuitive Machines, a lunar lander company, announced Nov. 4 it is buying Lanteris Space Systems, a satellite builder formerly known as Maxar. The post Intuitive Machines to acquire Lanteris Space Systems appeared first on SpaceNews.

Through missions currently on the books for the Japan Space Agency JAXA, the U.S. Space Force, European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and Eutelsat OneWeb, the Tokyo-based on-orbit servicing company Astroscale aims to demonstrate inspection and proximity operations, rendezvous and docking, debris removal and refueling. When Astroscale was founded in 2013, the business was focused

A Chinese institute recently completed ground tests on what it describes as a reconfigurable flexible on-orbit manufacturing platform, targeting future large-scale, low-cost space manufacturing. The post China conducts ground tests on inflatable, reconfigurable space manufacturing module appeared first on SpaceNews.

The renewed interest in the moon can arguably be traced back to the 2009 discovery of water ice on the lunar surface. Much of the narrative in the intervening decade and a half has been set to a background score of a military drumroll slowly gathering pace. The competing visions vis-à-vis lunar exploration and exploitation