Space Industry: Latest News and Analysis
Space is now an industry with launch cadences, order books and supply chains, and AirPro News covers it the way we cover aviation: from the announcement, with the numbers.
That means SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, Arianespace, Blue Origin and the launch start-ups; NASA, ESA, JAXA, ISRO and the other agencies; satellite operators and manufacturers; and the growing in-space services, station and lunar economies. This page gathers every AirPro News story on space, newest first.
What we watch
- Launch. Starship’s test campaign and its path to operational missions; Falcon 9 cadence; Vulcan, Ariane 6, New Glenn and Neutron entering service; and the small-launch companies fighting for the remaining market.
- Agencies and exploration. NASA’s Artemis lunar programme and commercial crew and cargo contracts, ESA’s launcher and science missions, and the national programmes in Japan, India, China and the Gulf.
- Satellites. Constellation build-outs and their launch contracts, Earth-observation and communications operators, and the manufacturers and component suppliers behind them.
- Defence space. Space Force and allied military procurement, missile-warning and communications satellites, and the industrial contracts that follow.
- The in-space economy. Commercial stations, life-extension and servicing vehicles, lunar landers, in-space manufacturing, and the funding rounds that decide which of them get built.
Latest space coverage
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Protolabs Joins Space Foundation to Advance Aerospace Manufacturing
Protolabs joins the Space Foundation and unveils AI-powered ProDesk platform to enhance aerospace manufacturing and supply chain localization.
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ArkEdge Space Selects Dawn Aerospace for Lunar Navigation Satellite Propulsion
ArkEdge Space partners with Dawn Aerospace to equip its lunar navigation satellite with green propulsion under JAXA’s LNSS project.
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Firefly Aerospace and NVIDIA Launch Commercial Lunar Imaging Service
Firefly Aerospace partners with NVIDIA to deploy Ocula, a lunar imaging service using AI for on-orbit processing, launching in 2026.
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NASA Artemis II Validates Orion Life Support Systems in Deep Space
Artemis II mission tests Orion spacecraft’s Environmental Control and Life Support System during a 10-day crewed flight around the Moon.
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Aerospace and Google Collaborate on AI for Satellite Operations
The Aerospace Corporation and Google Public Sector develop an AI tool to enhance management of proliferated Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations.
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TerraSpark Secures Over Five Million Euros for Space-Based Solar Energy
TerraSpark raises over five million euros to develop space-based solar power, starting with terrestrial wireless energy transmission for industrial applications.
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Vigilant Aerospace Deploys FlightHorizon System at Oklahoma Air & Space Port
Vigilant Aerospace installs FlightHorizon TEMPO system at Oklahoma Air & Space Port, enhancing airspace safety and supporting Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora spaceplane testing.
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Amazon in $9B Talks to Acquire Globalstar Satellite Provider
Amazon is negotiating to buy Globalstar for $9 billion to expand its Amazon Leo satellite network amid Apple’s 20% stake and SpaceX…
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Axelspace Leads JAXA Project for Advanced Greenhouse Gas Monitoring
Axelspace leads a JAXA-backed consortium to develop a multi-layered satellite system for precise greenhouse gas monitoring, combating corporate greenwashing.
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ArianeGroup and IHI Aerospace Expand Space Surveillance in Japan
ArianeGroup and IHI Aerospace sign an MoU to jointly operate a new optical space surveillance station in Aioi, expanding the Helix network’s…
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NASA Accelerates Moon Return and Deep Space Missions by 2028
NASA shifts focus to lunar surface bases, pauses Gateway, targets 2027 Moon landing, and plans nuclear-powered Mars mission by 2028.
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SpaceX Files Confidentially for Record-Breaking IPO in 2026
SpaceX confidentially files for a US IPO with a potential valuation exceeding $1.75 trillion, aiming for the largest IPO in history.
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