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The Key Questions for a Potential SpaceX IPO in 2026: Analyst Roundtable
After more than two decades as a private company, SpaceX could go public in 2026. In mid-December, SpaceX Founder Elon Musk seemed to confirm reports of SpaceX considering going public, and reports estimate the IPO could value the company as high as $1.5 trillion. It comes at a critical juncture for the company. SpaceX continues…
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Sodern Expands Into U.S. With Colorado Manufacturing Site for Star Trackers
Sodern is expanding into the United States with plans to establish manufacturing and testing operations for its satellite navigation equipment in Colorado, marking the company’s first subsidiary outside France. The company said it has set up Sodern America and appointed longtime space industry executive Tiphaine Louradour as chief executive of the new unit. The move…
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Sodern Expands Into U.S. With Colorado Manufacturing Site for Star Trackers
Sodern is expanding into the United States with plans to establish manufacturing and testing operations for its satellite navigation equipment in Colorado, marking the company’s first subsidiary outside France. The company said it has set up Sodern America and appointed longtime space industry executive Tiphaine Louradour as chief executive of the new unit. The move…
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Samara Aerospace Raises $10 Million Seed Round to Improve Satellite Stability
Samara Aerospace, a San Francisco-based satellite bus developer, has raised $10 million in seed funding to advance a new approach to satellite stability that it says can significantly reduce vibration and improve performance in orbit. The round was led by Balerion Space Ventures, with participation from Illinois Ventures, MFV Partners and Access Venture Partners. The…
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10 Defining Moments in Cybersecurity and Space in 2025
2025 was a year of change in cybersecurity, and every year feels more tumultuous than the previous year. Every year is now punctuated by high-profile incidents with well-known companies being successfully targeted, and massive data breaches taking place. Also, since we launched CyberSat almost 10 years ago, the conversation about cybersecurity for space systems has…
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SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites From Florida Despite Marginal Weather
SpaceX successfully launched 29 Starlink satellites from Florida on Sunday, overcoming weather concerns linked to a cold front moving across the peninsula. Forecasters with the 45th Weather Squadron, based at Cape Canaveral, had estimated a 60% chance of acceptable launch conditions at the opening of the window. The main risks included potential violations of launch…
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The first commercial space station, Haven-1, is now undergoing assembly for launch
As Ars reported last week, NASA’s plan to replace the International Space Station with commercial space stations is running into a time crunch. The sprawling International Space Station is due to be decommissioned less than five years from now, and the US space agency has yet to formally publish rules and requirements for the follow-on…
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Ukraine Expands SAR Collaboration With Iceye
Finnish satellite imagery provider Iceye has expanded its work with a customer in the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to ensure Ukraine’s armed forces continue to receive a high volume of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The agreement announced Jan. 19 provides the customer within Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence with expanded access to Iceye’s SAR…
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The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—Preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon in more than 50 years took a big step forward this weekend with the rollout of the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad. The rocket reached a top speed of just 1 mph on the four-mile, 12-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly…
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Competing in All Fields: Technologies for Multi-Orbit Architectures
Fueled by strategic direction and an impending near-peer conflict, the Pentagon is creating resilient transport diversity across multiple constellations. Projects like the Army’s Multi-Orbit Modem, the Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office’s contracts for multi-orbit, multi-band satellite capabilities, and SES’s Secure Integrated Multi-Orbit Networking (SIMON) are investing in multi-orbit diversification. Similarly, commercial sectors — like…