Discover the cutting-edge launch systems, orbital infrastructure, and commercial space innovations expanding humanity's footprint and building the new space economy.
SpaceX launched 120 Starweave satellites with onboard AI inference in June 2026, signed $76B in compute deals, and filed for a million-satellite orbital data center constellation. The physics is harder than the hype suggests.
SpaceX's Stargaze platform turns 10,000 Starlink satellites into an orbital surveillance network — 30 million observations per day, free to operators. But who controls the traffic in space when the largest constellation owner also runs the only system capable of managing it?
AI-powered autonomous satellite operations are moving from experimental demonstrations to deployed systems. Slingshot Aerospace’s $69.2M Space Force MENTAT contract, onboard AI inference at Planet Labs, and a growing commercial layer are driving the shift.
Tomorrow.io raised $210 million for DeepSky, the first AI-native satellite weather network, closing an observation gap that limits every AI weather model in operation today. Analysis of the emerging market for orbital weather intelligence and dual-use space infrastructure.
Sophia Space raises $22M for orbital AI compute as SpaceX, Starcloud, and Muon Space race to build the first data centers in low Earth orbit.
The orbital debris removal market reached $1.2 billion. Space insurance is $4.43 billion. The convergence creates a new institutional asset class — if the financial engineering catches up.
Ground Station as a Service is evolving from a niche space-industry utility into an institutional-grade infrastructure asset class — mirroring the towerco model that reshaped global telecom.
97% of space assets fly without insurance. ORBITInsure launched Warren AI in June 2026, the first AI-native underwriting engine for orbital assets, targeting a $4.06B market that traditional insurers cannot price at scale.