2026 Issue One
Looking Back on 2025, Looking Ahead to 2026
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Rocket Lab Launches Latest Satellite for Synspective
21 March 2026 – Rocket Lab successfully launched a mission for Japan-based constellation operator Synspective, bringing Rocket Lab’s total Electron launch count to 84. It was Rocket Lab’s 8th mission for Synspective. The “Eight Days A Week” mission launched on the Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on March 21st, deploying the…
SKY Perfect JSAT Carve-out Startup Orbital Lasers Raises ¥ 3.02 Billion in Series A Funding Round
19 March 2026 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation announces that Orbital Lasers Co., Ltd., a carve-out company from SKY Perfect JSAT in January 2024, developing innovative space optical technologies centered on advanced laser systems, has raised ¥3.02 billion (approximately $20 million) in its Series A funding round through a third-party allotment of new shares and…
Gilat Defense, AWS, SES Space & Defense and WAVE Consortium Demonstrate Virtualized SATCOM Gateway Modem Architecture
18 March 2026 – Gilat Satellite Networks announced today that Gilat Defense, Amazon Web Services (AWS), SES Space and Defense and the WAVE Consortium will hold a joint demonstration of a virtualized satellite modem operating over cloud infrastructure at Satellite 2026 (March 23-26), which will mark a step forward in the evolution of software-defined satellite…
ST Engineering iDirect Launches Intuition Foresight to Automate Network Management and Service Provisioning
17 March 2026 – ST Engineering iDirect announced the launch of Intuition Foresight, an advanced orchestration and management suite designed to deliver AI-driven network intelligence and unified control across multi-vendor, multi-platform, and multi-network environments. The solution advances the company’s Intuition strategy and marks a significant step toward the realization of self-healing, autonomous networks. Intuition Foresight…
Astroscale Selects Isar Aerospace to Launch ELSA-M In-Orbit Demonstration Mission
16 March 2026 – Astroscale Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., has selected Isar Aerospace to provide launch services for the ELSA-M In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission. The mission represents a major milestone in Astroscale’s commercial end-of-life removal services and marks a critical step toward routine, scalable in-orbit servicing that supports a sustainable space…
Kratos and Airbus Preparing Two Valkyries for First Flight with European Mission System
13 March 2026 – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leader in defense, national security and global markets, and its partner Airbus announced today that the joint team continues to take steps towards completing an integrated Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA) offering for the German Air Force and towards a maiden flight with a…