Astroscale Limited ("Astroscale UK"), a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., the global leader in in-orbit servicing, has been awarded a EUR 399,000 (approximately £350,000) Phase A contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the design of the In-Orbit Refurbishment and Upgrading Service (IRUS), a pioneering mission concept that will enable satellites to be upgraded, repaired, and extended while in orbit.

BlackCAT (the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope) is an X-ray space telescope integrated into a 6U CubeSat bus by Kongsberg NanoAvionics, has launched aboard SpaceX’s first “Twilight” rideshare mission on 11 January 2026.

Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a multi-year low 9-figure agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces to rapidly deliver a suite of satellites, space-based data and awareness solutions to support the country’s peace and security operations.

Satellogic Inc. (“Satellogic”) (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in high-performance Earth Observation (“EO”) platforms that deliver unique sovereign solutions and AI-first monitoring, today announced an agreement with CEiiA, the Centre of Engineering and Product Development in Portugal, for the supply and in-orbit delivery of two NewSat Mark V 50cm-class imaging satellites.

Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build a further 340 OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.

Kepler Communications have announced the successful launch of the first tranche of its optical relay satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

ispace, inc. (“ispace”), a global lunar exploration company with entities in Japan, Europe, and the United States, is proud to announce initiation of establishing a new ispace subsidiary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announced a ground breaking end-to-end live new radio non-terrestrial networks (NR-NTN) connection in band n252, as defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) under Release 19, achieved using Samsung Electronics' next-generation modem chipset.

Satellogic Inc. (“Satellogic”) (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in high-performance Earth Observation (“EO”) platforms that deliver unique sovereign solutions and AI-first monitoring, today announced a seven-figure agreement with a strategic customer to support continuous, high-frequency monitoring across a large portfolio of priority sites.

Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin Company and a leading manufacturer of satellite solutions, have announced the appointment of Michael Vishion as vice president of program management. Vishion reports to Peter Krauss, chief executive officer.

Sierra Space, a proven defense-tech company delivering solutions for the nation’s most critical missions and advancing the future of security in space, announced the completion of the first nine satellite structures, Plane 1 of the 18 total satellites Sierra Space is contracted to deliver for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer (T2TRK) program.

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defence technology solutions, have announced it has successfully completed payload integrations for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Σyndeo-3 satellite mission.

Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC (“Mission Microwave”), a leading provider of solid-state power amplifiers and block upconverters for satellite communications, have announced a contract award for Mission Microwave to design and deliver solid state power block upconverters (BUCs) for the Telesat Lightspeed Landing Stations.

ImageSat International (TASE: ISI), a global leader in space-based intelligence solutions, announces that the Access to Space consortium, in which ISI is a member, has been selected by the Israel Space Agency at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and the Israel Innovation Authority to establish and operate Israel’s national R&D space laboratory for the accelerated development of space technologies.

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company offering in-space transportation and infrastructure services, today announced the development of an additive manufactured fuel tank.

Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) ("Sidus" or the "Company"), an innovative space and defense technology company, today announced the appointment of accomplished aerospace and defense executive Kelle Wendling to its Board of Directors.