The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €30 million venture debt loan with PLD Space, an international space transportation company headquartered in Elche, Spain, to support the final development stage of MIURA 5, the company’s rocket designed to deploy small satellites into orbit.

Korean Air and French space company Exotrail signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 2 in Seoul to develop Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) solutions.

ALL.SPACE, a leader in multi-orbit, multi-link SATCOM solutions, today announced that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has acquired a Hydra 4 multi-band, multi-orbit mobility terminal for shore-based testing and evaluation at Maritime Forces Pacific facilities in Victoria, BC.

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced the shipment of three Pelican satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of their launch aboard the upcoming CAS500/2 rideshare mission with SpaceX.

L3Harris Technologies and Comtech Telecommunications Corp. have collaborated to introduce the next evolution in resilient multi-orbit capability for today’s satellite communications (SATCOM) operators in the tactical form factor they need.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Leo 5 mission for Amazon lifted off on April 4 at 1:46 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defence technology solutions, announced that it has been awarded a contract to develop a quantum-secure satellite under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Quantum Key Distribution Satellite (QKDSat), within ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Partnership Projects program.

Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has successfully established two-way communication with two satellites built for the French Aerospace Lab ONERA following their launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission on 30 March at 10:19 UTC.

Bright Ascension Ltd., a leading provider of advanced spacecraft software infrastructure, confirms the successful launch of two VIREON™ Earth observation satellites, developed by AAC Clyde Space.

CONTEC, a leading company of satellite communication technology and services via CONTEC One GSaaS platform in South Korea, and Cailabs, a global leader in laser communication solutions, today announced the successful deployment of CONTEC’s second optical ground station (OGS) at the Asian Space Park in South Korea.

IEC Telecom UAE has been named winner in the CSR Initiative of the Year category at The Oil & Gas Middle East Awards 2026, for its commitment to improving working conditions in the offshore energy sector through advanced connectivity solutions.

Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.

BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a multi-year, sole-source $99 million U.S. government IDIQ contract for advanced, next generation capabilities.

17 teams from 9 schools and youth groups took part in the Welsh Regional Final of the 2026 UK Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKROC), battle it out for a spot in the UKROC National Final.

SpaceLocker is entering a new phase. Just one year after its first in-orbit mission, the French pioneer in orbital hosting announces the launch of Out of the Box, its first fully owned and operated satellite.

AAC Clyde Space has successfully launched the first two satellites in its VIREON™ Earth Observation constellation. The satellites were launched on SpaceX's Transporter-16 mission on Monday 30 March.