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Hawk Eye 360 files to go public
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (326+ words) WASHINGTON " Hawk Eye 360 announced April 10 it has filed for an initial public offering, becoming the latest defense-oriented space company to test the public markets. The Herndon, Va. -based company submitted a registration statement on Form S-1 to the Securities and Exchange…...
Spacety raises $190 million to scale satellite manufacturing, plans IPO
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (232+ words) HELSINKI " Chinese satellite maker Spacety has completed multiple rounds of equity financing worth $190 million to scale its vertically integrated satellite manufacturing and data services model. Changsha-based Spacety announced the $190 million (1. 3 billion yuan) funding in a statement April 9, with participants including…...
GSOA and Novaspace Launch the Space Industry Forum (SIF) 2026 in Singapore
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (267+ words) Paris, April2026 GSOA and Novaspace announce the inaugural edition of the Space Industry Forum(SIF), a new flagship event co-organized by both organizations, taking place on May 19, 2026, at The Fullerton Hotel in Singapore. SIF is set to bringtogethermore than200 senior executives, policymakers,…...
NASA prepares for Artemis 2 return
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (759+ words) WASHINGTON " The Artemis 2 mission is set for a final, fiery test when the spacecraft reenters April 10 ahead of a splashdown off the California coast. Artemis 2 will wrap up a mission lasting a little more than nine days with a tightly…...
China's Chang'e-7 arrives at spaceport for lunar south pole exploration mission
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (273+ words) HELSINKI " China's multi-element Chang'e-7 lunar spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations ahead of a planned liftoff in the second half of 2026. The Chang'e-7 spacecraft was flown from Beijing to Haikou, Hainan island, via an Antonov An-124 aircraft…...
Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (327+ words) Space News In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, Space News" Mike Gruss interviews Heather Pringle, a retired Major General of the US Air Force who is now the CEO of the Space Foundation. They discuss what to expect…...
A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (716+ words) Russia's invasion of Ukraine was widely described as the first commercial space war. Not because satellites were firing weapons, but because privately owned systems became essential to the fight. A few years later, that shift is being institutionalized. Commercial space…...
What returning to lunar space means for human health
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (308+ words) NASA intends to solve the health effects of lunar dust through engineering by minimizing exposure of the humans to it, but it is likely that exposure will not be completely eliminated. As NASA astronauts venture" beyond low Earth orbit (LEO)…...
Portal Space Systems raises $50 million to accelerate spacecraft development
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (793+ words) WASHINGTON " Space mobility company Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million to scale up development of its highly maneuverable spacecraft. The company announced April 9 it closed a Series A round led by Geodesic Capital and Mach33. Several other investors participated in the…...
Albedo prepares second VLEO mission for 2027 launch
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (416+ words) SAN FRANCISCO " Albedo, the former Earth-observation startup now focused on satellite manufacturing, announced plans April 9 to send its second spacecraft into very low-Earth orbit (VLEO). Vicinity, scheduled to launch in 2027, will deploy solar arrays to provide far more power than…...