27 August 2026 – Arianespace successfully launched the 2nd Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite, MTG-I2, aboard a dedicated Ariane 62. Building on the long-standing partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), MTG-I2 is part of Europe’s next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite system, delivering enhanced imagery…

27 August 2026 – The MTG-I2 weather satellite, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space, was successfully launched today by Arianespace aboard an Ariane 62 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. MTG-I2 is the second imaging satellite in the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) program, designed to improve weather forecasting in Europe and Africa. The…

26 August 2026 – Simera Sense, the leading European provider of optical payload solutions for small satellites, has supplied 10 HyperScape100 imagers to Loft Orbital (Loft). The procurement of the 10 HyperScape100 imagers speaks to the growing demand for compact, reliable, and flight-proven imaging payloads that can be integrated quickly into modern satellite platforms. With…

25 August 2026 – At 11:21, August 25th, 2026 BJT, Long March 6C (LM-6C) Launch Vehicle blasted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), successfully sending 7 satellites into the predetermined orbit. Among the abovementioned satellites, GISTDA Cube Sat 1 is contracted by China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science…

24 August 2026 – Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, and South Korean telecommunications services provider SK telink have signed an agreement to advance maritime digitalisation across the country’s shipping industry. The agreement will strengthen collaboration between the two companies to bring NexusWave services, the next-generation connectivity capabilities, to shipowners seeking to enhance operational efficiency, resilience…

19 August 2026 – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a technology company in the defense, national security and global markets, today announced that Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. has received multi-million-dollar orders from multiple international customers for its GAIA 100 Tri-Band 5.5-meter and 6.1-meter antenna systems. The orders, which support Earth Observation (EO), New Space…

18 August 2026 – Integrasys, a company specializing in satellite communications and network solutions, has been awarded two defense research and development projects in Luxembourg with a combined value of €2.89 million. The company will lead one of the projects and participate as the technology partner in the second. Both were selected under a joint…

17 August 2026 – Intuitive Machines, Inc. (“Intuitive Machines,” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), a leading space technology, infrastructure, and services company, today announced that it has been selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to provide the spacecraft platform, system-level integration, and mission solutions for EAGLE-VSWIR, an Earth observation mission…

13 August 2026 – Astranis announced Perceptor, a new space domain awareness and maneuverability solution operating in GEO and other high orbits. Perceptor expands Astranis’ offering beyond connectivity into a full-stack, multi-mission space infrastructure provider. Gaps in the current space environment will be used against the US and allies by those with ill intent. Proliferated…

17 August 2026 – SES announced an expanded strategic investment and collaboration with Elveo Mobile (Elveo), the new company created through the completion of the Lynk and Omnispace merger. Elveo unites the heritage of two pioneers in direct-to-device (D2D) services and will deliver mobile connectivity from space to mobile phones, devices and machines around the…

17 August 2026 – Viasat announced it selected Rocket Lab Corporation to build a satellite bus for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) under the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program. On May 22, 2026, Viasat was awarded a prime contract to deliver one of the first small, maneuverable geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO)…

17 August 2026 – Intuitive Machines, Inc. and together with its subsidiaries, a leading space technology, infrastructure, and services company, announced it has received an authorization to proceed from an undisclosed customer to begin work on a multi-satellite communications infrastructure program with an anticipated value of more than $600 million. Under the agreement, Intuitive Machines…

17 August 2026 – Gilat Satellite Networks announced today that its Peruvian subsidiary, Gilat Perú, has signed an agreement valued at $14 million with the Regional Government of Ayacucho for the execution of a fiber-optic broadband project in southern Ayacucho under Peru’s Works for Taxes (Obras por Impuestos – OxI) program. Delivery is expected within…

10 August 2026 – Rocket Lab announced it has been selected to launch a dedicated Neutron mission for space infrastructure company Kepler Communications Inc (Kepler). Launching from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 on Wallops Island, Virginia, no earlier than 2028, Neutron will deploy multiple satellites to low Earth orbit, expanding Kepler’s constellation with additional optical…

7 August 2026 – SES today announced the successful completion of Rendez-vous 1 (RDV1) under the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) programme, marking a key milestone in the programme’s implementation phase and reinforcing Europe’s path towards sovereign, resilient and secure satellite connectivity. The successful completion of RDV1 confirms the programme’s readiness…

7 August 2026 – Eutelsat welcomes the successful completion of the IRIS2 programme’s First Rendez-Vous, paving the way for the full industrial execution of Europe’s sovereign multi-orbit connectivity infrastructure, offering additional capacity and enhanced technical performance relative to the initial project. Combining an inclined orbital architecture with beamforming antennas and 5G NTN, it will dynamically…

6 August 2026 – Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 13th Electron rocket of the year to deploy the latest satellite to space for multi-launch customer Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), operators of the QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation. ‘The Grain Goddess Provides’ mission…

6 August 2026 – Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, today announced the successful demonstration of a breakthrough AI-based interference detection and cancellation technology for satellite communication links. The patent-pending solution leverages advanced AI-based signal processing designed to run on standard AI for edge NPU and has…