​ Overview Energy Emerges From Stealth (Image Credit: Payload) Overview Energy is emerging from stealth today, announcing a milestone towards eventually beaming solar power to Earth. The Virginia-based startup, which was founded in 2022, has raised $20M so

​ Space Leasing International Enters the GEO Market (Image Credit: Payload) When thinking about operating a satellite in GEO, is it better to rent or buy? Until now, rental satellites weren’t widely available. A pending deal between Space

​ Forbes Space Wants to Bring Ad Revenue to Space (Image Credit: Payload) Not all the money made in space is made in space. As the commercial space sector grows and crosses milestones once reserved for national agencies—landing

​ BlackSky Beams Gen-3 Images Home at Record Speed (Image Credit: Payload) Less than 24 hours after launch, BlackSky’s ($BKSY) latest Gen-3 imaging sat had deployed, captured very high-resolution images from orbit, and sent those images home for

​ Redwire Corporation ($RDW) landed a $44M Phase 2 contract from DARPA, which tasks Redwire to manufacture and deliver a VLEO satellite with air breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) technology. The contract is part of DARPA’s Otter program, which aims to

​ Glow up or blow up? Amazon announced Thursday that it was rebranding its Project Kuiper mission to Amazon Leo.    The change represents the transition from the early days of the program, Amazon officials. The program was known by the

​ It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year. We don’t mean the holidays—we mean earnings season. On Monday, Rocket Lab ($RKLB) and AST SpaceMobile ($ASTS) released their financial results for the third quarter of 2025. Rocket Lab outperforms: New Zealand’s

​ Varda’s fifth reentry mission—the first in which the company will manage two spacecraft in orbit at the same time—is set to blast off aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 rideshare, joining the company’s W-4 spacecraft already in orbit. It’s part of an

​ Around the world, companies are spending more and more money to back new proliferated satellite constellations. In response, European manufacturers are boosting their production capacities to capture as much demand as possible. This week, Beyond Gravity became the latest

​ If you want to launch from Europe, be prepared to queue for a while. Astron Systems, a UK-based launch startup working on cheap, reusable, small-lift rockets announced this week that its manifest is nearly completely booked through the end