Discover the cutting-edge launch systems, orbital infrastructure, and commercial space innovations expanding humanity's footprint and building the new space economy.
Vingroup’s VinSpace signed a SpaceX launch contract for its first home-built satellites, flying on a Transporter rideshare mission in Q2 2027. The deal is the clearest sign yet that Vietnam’s space ambitions are being financed by its biggest private conglomerate, not the state.
Star Catcher raised $65M to turn spacecraft power from a fixed constraint into a service, beaming sunlight to satellites already in orbit. With named customers and a 2026 demo, the orbital-utility bet is now funded.
Muon Space's $250M Series C lifts total funding past $386M. The wager: turn constellation building into a repeatable, vertically integrated factory rather than a sequence of bespoke projects.
PLD Space's €180M Series C makes it the best-funded contender in Europe's sovereign launch rebuild, ahead of Isar, MaiaSpace and a collapsing Orbex.
Vast's $500M round is the largest vote of confidence yet in the commercial race to replace the ISS — but raising the money and flying the station are different problems, as an August 2026 layoff showed.
The $626B space economy mapped segment by segment: 78% commercial revenue, $132B in government anchor spending, venture capital concentrating into megarounds, GEO operators in decline, and orbital compute still waiting on a 10x launch-cost drop.
The Coimbra startup monitors 600+ satellites and just raised €15.6M (8M) to add radar, build out the NeuraspaceDEF defence platform, and push its AI toward autonomous orbit management. 350%+ revenue growth and a European ministry mandate make the round worth a look.
The two operators pooled the world's largest block of D2D spectrum into a neutral host carriers lease instead of owning. In August it reached initial constellation procurement: 2,800 LEO satellites, $600M in early capital, Rocket Lab as likely bus maker. The tower-company math, in numbers.