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Defense Economics and the European SmallSat Market
BY: Nick David, Editorial Lead, Satnews Europe is the only major space power building its smallsat sector on defense procurement rather than venture capital or […]
Rocket Lab Emerging as Potential Bus Provider for 2,800-Satellite Equatys Constellation
In the wake of Mobile World Congress 2026, industry speculation has intensified regarding a potential partnership between Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) and Equatys, the newly […]
The Pentagon’s SmallSats Have An Amnesia Problem
By Danny Sabour, VP of Sales and Marketing at Avalanche Technology Inc. The aerospace and defense industry has universally accepted that the future of orbital […]
NewSpace Systems Opens Africa’s Largest Commercial Space Hardware Manufacturing Facility
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, NewSpace Systems (NSS) officially opened its new 5,200 m² manufacturing hub in Somerset West, South Africa. The facility is now […]
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April 10, 2026Every satellite operator in low Earth orbit receives collision warnings. Most of them are false alarms. The challenge is not detecting threats but …
April 7, 2026By Faith Tng, Education & Professional Development Lead & Ian van den Broek, National Point of Contact for The Netherlands, Space Generation …- April 7, 2026Nearly 2,800 smallsats reached orbit in 2024, accounting for 97% of all spacecraft launched that year. That single number, pulled from …
April 6, 2026Exolaunch has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to provide satellite deployment services for the upcoming Kakushin …
March 31, 2026On March 31, 2026, Delta Air Lines announced a major new partnership with Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, to provide high-speed, …
March 30, 2026On March 29, 2026, SpaceX reported an on-orbit anomaly involving Starlink satellite 34343, resulting in a total loss of communications at an altitude …
March 30, 2026On March 30, 2026, WISeKey International Holding Ltd announced that its space-focused subsidiary, WISeSat.Space, successfully deployed its 21st …- March 27, 2026BY: Nick David, Editorial Lead, Satnews Europe is the only major space power building its smallsat sector on defense procurement rather than venture …
March 27, 2026On March 26, 2026, Syntiant Corp. and Novi Space announced the successful in-orbit demonstration of real-time AI object detection on a commercial …
March 26, 2026On March 24, 2026, Novaspace released the 8th edition of its High Throughput Satellites (HTS) report, detailing a seismic shift in satellite …