The budget proposal that overshadowed Artemis 2
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 14:00Artemis 2 was a success in more ways than one. The mission, lasting just over nine days, demonstrated that the Orion spacecraft could safely support a crew on a trip around the moon. Orion made it through the flight with only minor technical problems, none of which would hinder its use on Artemis 3 next […]
Extending space-enabled intelligence below the ocean surface
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 12:56Rising pressure to secure strategic waters is driving demand for more persistent monitoring of subsea activity, creating opportunities for satellite-connected autonomous vessels that can watch areas beyond the reach of space-based sensors.
Anduril teams with commercial space firms, Sandia lab on Golden Dome interceptor program
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 12:00Program aims to counter hypersonic threats with interceptors in orbit
Quantum Space hires Bridenstine as CEO
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 12:00Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is joining Quantum Space as its chief executive as the company pursues emerging opportunities in national security space.
Do AI tools undermine trust in geospatial imagery?
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 11:30On Feb. 28, the first day of U.S. military strikes on Iran, a Chinese AI startup posted an image on social media site X of a ship burning at Iran’s Konarak Naval Base. The image bore a striking resemblance to a WorldView-1 image released earlier that day by Vantor’s News Bureau, but the MizarVision image […]
Hancom InSpace gains hyperspectral sensor
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 11:00DENVER – South Korea’s Hancom InSpace is expanding its Earth-observation constellation with Sejong-3, a cubesat with a hyperspectral sensor, launched in March on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare and currently undergoing commissioning. “Sejong-3 is an important addition to our Sejong constellation because it brings hyperspectral capability alongside the multispectral imaging already provided by Sejong-2 and Sejong-4,” Seeung-chan “Wesley” […]
Ignition relaunches Artemis plans
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 10:00On March 24, executives from across the space industry and officials from dozens of countries filed into NASA’s Washington headquarters, unsure what they had been called to hear. The agency had announced the event — dubbed “Ignition” — only a day earlier, offering few details beyond a vague promise to discuss the implementation of a […]
Ireland and Malta sign the Artemis Accords
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 09:54Two European countries signed the Artemis Accords May 4 as part of a surge of countries joining in the wake of the Artemis 2 mission.
Firefly plans late summer launch of first Alpha Block 2 rocket
Monday, 04 May 2026 23:45Firefly Aerospace plans to debut the upgraded version of its Alpha rocket late this summer as it sees strong demand for the vehicle, particularly for national security applications.
NRO taps EarthDaily, Iceye, Pixxel to expand commercial data pipeline
Monday, 04 May 2026 23:32The agency established a three-tier cybersecurity classification system for commercial data vendors
NATO governance policies need updating
Monday, 04 May 2026 22:30DENVER – NATO must update policies and strengthen relationships among allies to accelerate the fusion of commercial and national geospatial intelligence, Maj. Gen. Paul Lynch, NATO deputy assistant secretary general for intelligence, said May 4 at the GEOINT Symposium. The war in Ukraine demonstrated the promise of “rapid continuous fusion of national intelligence across 32 […]
Tech firms partner up to push intelligence processing closer to the battlefield
Monday, 04 May 2026 17:00The initiative, called Coalition Edge, brings together companies focused on analytics, cloud infrastructure and connectivity
Pixxel pushes into orbital data centers for faster geospatial intelligence
Monday, 04 May 2026 15:04Indian hyperspectral imaging startup Pixxel plans to test orbital data center technology on a pathfinder satellite designed to deliver geospatial intelligence directly from space.
Global Smallsat Deployment Accelerates, with 16,900 Satellites Projected Through 2035
Monday, 04 May 2026 14:01
Interlune wins NASA contract for helium-3 extraction payload
Monday, 04 May 2026 13:12Interlune, a startup with plans to harvest helium-3 from the moon, has won a NASA contract to develop a payload to test ways to extract the isotope from lunar regolith.

