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

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

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.

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'

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.

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.