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SAN FRANCISCO – Solar energy startup Solestial raised $17 million in Series A funding to expand manufacturing of silicon photovoltaics for space applications.

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Companies and organizations can spend years developing experiments and other payloads for a space mission.

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The head of the European Space Agency called on Europe to increase overall spending on space as he prepares a new three-year budget for the agency.

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ESA's Biomass Calibration Transponder in New Norcia, Australia

ESA’s forest mission Biomass will be supported by a custom-built transponder antenna installed in New Norcia, Australia.

The satellite will fly over the transponder to calibrate its instrument during its six-month commissioning period, and then regularly up to two times a year.

Rep. Seth Moulton: 'I am especially concerned about the rumor that the National Reconnaissance Office, at the direction of OMB, has slashed commercial imagery funding lines in the FY26 budget'

Electron launch of PREFIRE-2

NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch a small NASA astrophysics spacecraft that will study galaxies at ultraviolet wavelengths.

Saudi Arabia's Arabsat signed a deal for broadband capacity from Telesat’s proposed low Earth orbit constellation, a day after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced approval to sell LEO services to maritime and aviation customers in the region.

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Canada’s Kepler Communications said it has successfully demonstrated optical data links between a prototype satellite in low Earth orbit and a partner’s ground station for the first time.

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The funding round was led by Hanaco Ventures and other space and defense-focused investors

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