Space Lasers Are Building the Data Highway for Orbital AI
A $10.75M EON seed, a $155.3M Rocket Lab-Mynaric deal and a $90M Observable Space round are turning laser links into the transport layer for orbital AI.
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Extreme-Climate Space Batteries: Powering LEO Data Centers and the Lunar Night
Solidion's graphene-based Gen-ECB battery operates from -80°C to +60°C. The $35M raise behind it signals where the space power market is heading.
SpaceSail’s $1B Raise: The Economics of a Zero-Revenue Constellation
SpaceSail closed a ~$1B Series B at a ¥50 billion valuation while reporting $28,000 of 2025 revenue. The Qianfan LEO constellation is China’s state-backed answer to Starlink — barred from its home market, banking on Brazil and roughly 30 other countries.
Starcloud’s $250 M Extension Puts Nvidia Silicon on the Orbital Compute Map
Starcloud adds $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation with Nvidia as a new investor. The first H100 has already flown; the next bottleneck is Starship cadence.
The microgrid autopilot: AI takes the wheel of defence power
The military microgrid is moving from diesel backup to AI-orchestrated autonomy, and the autopilot layer, not the generator, is where value is compounding.
From science fiction to scheduled launches: the on-orbit refueling race
In July 2026 Northrop Grumman launched the first operational robotic in-space servicer, and the Space Force approved two competing refueling standards. Orbital servicing is becoming infrastructure.
Bio-ISRU: the microbes quietly rewriting the off-world supply chain
Bio-ISRU turns crew waste, local CO2 and regolith into food, plastics and propellant, cutting Mars base launch mass by up to 85%.
Katalyst Space bets NEXUS turns satellite servicing into infrastructure
A $12M round and a DIU award put Katalyst's NEXUS geostationary robot at the front of the race to make satellite servicing real infrastructure.