In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Robert Lightfoot, president, space at Lockheed Martin and former NASA associate administrator. The post Lockheed Martin adapting to a faster space race appeared first on SpaceNews.

Stoke Space, a company developing a fully reusable launch vehicle, has raised $510 million to fund operations through its first launches, bringing its total capital raised to nearly $1 billion. The post Stoke Space raises $510 million appeared first on SpaceNews.

European rearmament and Trump’s Golden Dome drive surge in investments and valuations, executives say The post Defense budgets on both sides of the Atlantic reshape space industry appeared first on SpaceNews.

Blue Origin launched its sixth crewed New Shepard flight so far this year Oct. 8 as the company works to increase the vehicle’s flight rate. The post Blue Origin flies sixth crewed New Shepard flight of 2025 appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Space Force’s working capital fund will be used to buy satellite communications and other commercial space services with funds from internal Department of War customers The post Space Force sets up ‘working capital fund’ for commercial space services appeared first on SpaceNews.

AST SpaceMobile’s shares closed up more than 8% Oct. 8 after Verizon joined AT&T in signing a definitive agreement to use its planned space-based cellular network, easing investor concerns about SpaceX’s aggressive push into the fledgling D2D market. The post AST SpaceMobile gains Verizon ally amid SpaceX’s direct-to-device push appeared first on SpaceNews.

Muon Space won a $44.6 million contract to demonstrate dual-use environmental monitoring constellation The post Space Force taps Muon’s wildfire monitoring satellites for weather imaging appeared first on SpaceNews.

In fewer than 36 months, President Trump’s presidency will end. The question is, will his signature project — the Golden Dome — die with it?  It could survive even if the Republicans lose control of the House or Senate in 2026. How? If the Space Force lofts a “working” space-based interceptor constellation of any sort

Early-stage investor Space Capital said global investments in core space infrastructure climbed to a five-quarter high of $4.4 billion over the three months to the end of September, amid a breakout year for U.S. satellite manufacturing. The post Space infrastructure investments surge to five-quarter high appeared first on SpaceNews.

Spain’s Sateliot says it has achieved the first narrowband connection from a LEO satellite to a commercial IoT device built to global 5G standards known as 3GPP Release 17. The post Sateliot hails first standards-based IoT connection from LEO to a commercial device appeared first on SpaceNews.