Investment in satellite companies reached $8.1 billion in the first half of 2026, already surpassing every previous annual total tracked by early-stage investor Space Capital.

The Japanese government wants to sharply increase the number of launches despite struggles with both current and new launch vehicles.

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has spotted a swathe of metallic-looking waves filling Mars’s large Kaiser Crater – an ancient and otherworldly dune field sculpted by wind.

One year after launch, the first Meteosat Third Generation Sounder satellite, MTG-S1, is now commissioned and has been placed in its operational position in geostationary orbit at 0° longitude, and is now ready to deliver vital data to strengthen weather forecasting across Europe.

The British government is preparing to release a new space strategy that will provide a “whole-of-government” approach for space in the country.

UIWANG, South Korea, July 14 — FLEXELL SPACE, a developer of next-generation space solar solutions, announced that it has completed a $20 million Series A funding round.

European government space spending jumped 12% to about $15.4 billion in 2025, according to a July 13 European Space Agency report, bucking a 3% global decline on the back of rising national defense budgets.

BENGALURU, India / July 15, 2026 — QOSMIC has raised $3.33 million in seed funding co-led by Accel and Prosus, with participation from South Park Commons, ARTPARK, and angel investor […]