Jason Rainbow

TAMPA, Fla. — Indian hyperspectral imaging startup Pixxel announced a $100 million funding round Sept. 6 to ramp up satellite production, including in the United States as it pursues more government business.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Federal Communications Commission is poised to cement its longstanding practice of excluding constellations from environmental reviews, even amid an unprecedented wave of proposals covering more than a million orbital data centers.

TAMPA, Fla. — Manufacturing startup Eclipse Space has unveiled its CitraSat, SliceSat and SurgeSat satellite platforms, designed to support direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity, broadband and orbital data center applications.

TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat has ordered another 229 OneWeb satellites to extend its low Earth orbit broadband constellation through 2034, alongside awarding contracts for the 330 LEO spacecraft in Europe's proposed IRIS² network.

Cryptographic tools relied on for decades to protect sensitive communications and critical infrastructure risk becoming easy targets for sufficiently powerful quantum computers.

TAMPA, Fla. — Catalyx Space is preparing to test a newly developed deployable heat shield for its planned ReX reentry vehicle on a suborbital flight from India in mid-October.

TAMPA, Fla. — Saudi telecoms giant stc Group has replaced one of two small geostationary satellites Mexican telco Apco Networks had booked as part of Astranis' delayed Block 3 mission, according to a spokesperson for the manufacturer.

TAMPA, Fla. — Apex is helping establish a dedicated factory in the United States to churn out direct-to-device satellites for Elveo Mobile, the D2D operator recently formed by the merger of Lynk Global and Omnispace.

TAMPA, Fla. — ColliMate Space has demonstrated its Nexus software for autonomously managing satellite downlinks onboard a spacecraft for the first time, the Silicon Valley startup announced Sept. 14

TAMPA, Fla. — Open Cosmos has raised 300 million euros ($348 million) to expand production facilities and upgrade its space-based intelligence and connectivity services, the British small satellite specialist announced Sept. 14.