Eutelsat (ISIN: FR0010221234 - Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) announces the launch of QBC Business Economic Channel by Qatar Media Corporation, broadcasting in 4K/UHD via Eutelsat’s 7/8° West video neighbourhood.

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today released first light images from its latest Pelican launch, including the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF)’s first ever sovereign satellite.

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (“Goonhilly”) has today announced that it will be acquired by Intuitive Machines (Nasdaq: LUNR), a space technology, infrastructure, and services leader, subject to regulatory approval.

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aireon LLC, operator of the world's only space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system.

ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, and the University of Leicester (UoL) have signed a Payload Service Agreement (PSA) to deliver a Raman spectrometer payload to the lunar surface on a future ispace mission.

Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced Planet's subsidiary Sinergise Solutions d.o.o. has signed a 2-year, 7-figure contract to provide satellite imagery and AI-powered analytics to the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) of the Czech Republic.

iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a leading provider of satellite communications to the military and government, have announced the release of the 450 Rackmount (RM) software-defined modem (SDM) that delivers resilient and secure connectivity across theatres, airspace and all mission phases.

Innoflight, a pioneer in cyber-secure space avionics, have announced the successful delivery of all 1,193 units supporting the Space Development Agency (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 program, fulfilling commitments to all SDA prime contractors and Space Vehicle (SV) providers.

Globalstar (NASDAQ: GSAT), a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, today announced that Globalstar’s HIBLEO-4 replenishment satellites will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, May 17 during a 14-minute window that opens at 8:50 a.m. ET, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a seven-figure subscription contract with a new government customer for new and advanced Gen-2 mission applications.

ispace-EUROPE S.A. (ispace-EUROPE), the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, inc. (ispace), welcomed a high-level Japanese delegation led by Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan and President of the Japan–Luxembourg Parliamentary Friendship League, to its Luxembourg headquarters on Monday, 4 May 2026.

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Motiv Space Systems (“Motiv”), a California-based company specializing in space robotics, motion control systems, and precision mechanisms for spacecraft.

SCD, a global leader in advanced infrared detector technologies, has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by a leading Asian government space agency to supply space-qualified SWIR (Short-Wave Infrared) and MWIR (Mid-Wave Infrared) detectors for next-generation satellite imaging payloads.

Space42 (ADX: SPACE42), the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, today announced a strategic partnership with Skylo Technologies, a leading global non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider, to deliver standards-based direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity through its geostationary satellite, Thuraya-4.

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed the largest launch contract in Company history with a confidential customer: a bulk order of dedicated Neutron and Electron launches that brings Rocket Lab’s total launch manifest to more than 70 missions and values the Company’s overall backlog at more than $2.2 billion.

Today SatVu, the British thermal intelligence company, releases first light imagery from HotSat-2, the second satellite in its commercial high resolution thermal imaging constellation.