Germany-based space startup Polaris has been awarded a contract by the country’s defense ministry to build and flight-test a scaled demonstrator of its proposed Aurora reusable space plane. 

Northrop Grumman’s Space Logistics is trying to let the U.S. Space Force know that it could extend the lives of older geosynchronous satellites or potentially add new capabilities to them.

One of a growing number of unintended consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a boost in business for the space industry.

E-Space, a startup founded by space communications entrepreneur Greg Wyler, has signed a contract with Rocket Lab to launch three demonstration satellites aboard an Electron rocket in the second quarter of 2022.

Ursa Space, a satellite-based synthetic-aperture-radar services startup, said March 21 it raised $16 million in Series C venture capital.

Viasat and Inmarsat, the U.S. and UK satellite-based services providers, have promised the British government they will boost overall research and development spending there by 30% after their proposed merger.

After releasing its satellite computer vision and guidance software in January, Scout has raised an undisclosed bridge round of financing led by venture capital firm Decisive Point.

Aquarian Space raised $650,000 in seed capital to fund development of a lunar satellite communications relay network.