SpaceX’s CRS-35 may look like another routine cargo run to the International Space Station, but the mission connects three different phases of orbital operations at once: reusable transportation, continued ISS modernization and research designed for missions beyond low Earth orbit. SpaceX’s mission plan pairs a Dragon spacecraft flying for the fourth time with a Falcon […]
India: OMSPACE Rocket and Exploration Pvt. Ltd. has completed the Nose Cone and Kick Stage of its Infinity One reusable launch vehicle, marking a significant engineering milestone in the development of its indigenous launch system for small and nano satellites. Achieved in September 2026, the milestone marks the progression of Infinity One from design and […]
This week’s largest checks still belonged to AI, but the broader funding map was far more physical. Capital moved into inference chips, spacecraft, laser defense, industrial manufacturing, climate infrastructure, wealth technology and freight execution. The pattern is becoming clearer: investors are backing not only intelligence, but the systems required to deploy it. 🤖 AI & […]
At HyImpulse, one question still follows the company into conversations with regulators: You really build rockets with paraffin wax? Launch Licensing Manager Vittorio Di Pietrantonio jokes that even after years of development, people still struggle to believe it. Yet the unusual fuel has already moved far beyond an experiment. HyImpulse has flown it, scaled the […]
India, 2nd September, 2026: Hical Technologies today announced the commercial launch and first customer delivery of its indigenously developed Coreless Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor for space applications, strengthening India’s ability to manufacture mission-critical satellite components locally. The product addresses a critical domestic capability gap in a technology category that has traditionally relied on imports. The […]
Europe has spent years producing promising technology companies. The harder task has been giving them enough growth capital to scale globally without moving their centre of gravity elsewhere. ICEYE has now become the first investment made by the Scaleup Europe Fund, a European Commission-initiated vehicle managed by EQT. The fund co-led ICEYE’s recently announced €1 […]

Smaller satellites have made space cheaper to access. K2 Space is taking the opposite approach: building larger spacecraft with more power, payload capacity and onboard capability. The Torrance, California-based company has raised a $500 million Series D at a $6.8 billion valuation. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ, with participation from CapitalG, […]

Satellites are becoming reusable and serviceable. The missing layer is the infrastructure required to move propellant safely between them. Munich-based deltaVision has raised €10.2 million in its first funding round to expand production of spacecraft fluid-control systems and accelerate its orbital refuelling technology. The round was led by KT Ventures and Valemount Capital, with participation […]

Satellites are becoming more capable, but their energy systems remain constrained by solar panels, batteries, and orbital conditions. Turin-based ORiS has secured €5 million to develop laser-based wireless power transmission for space and dual-use applications. The package includes a €4.5 million pre-seed round led by Earlybird and co-led by Pitchdrive, plus a €500,000 regional grant. […]
India’s private space sector has moved from promise to proof. Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1, India’s first privately developed orbital rocket, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota under Mission Aagaman and successfully injected its payload into orbit, according to Reuters. The mission marks the first time an Indian private company has placed payloads […]