Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces the signing of a contract to supply 179 electronic units to equip 27 Ariane 6 launchers. The contract was signed today with SABCA, the Belgian firm responsible for the launcher’s Thrust Vector Actuation Systems (TVAS), in which the units built by Thales Alenia Space in Belgium will be integrated.

The Space Data Association has appointed Eutelsat’s David Zamora as its new Chairman.

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.