
Muon Space Raises $250M to Scale Up Satellite Mass Production
The California startup plans to build 500 satellites a year by 2027 using a standardized factory model backed by Google and Salesforce Ventures.
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The California startup plans to build 500 satellites a year by 2027 using a standardized factory model backed by Google and Salesforce Ventures.
The defense startup, founded by former SpaceX executives, secured Series C funding to mass produce affordable hypersonic weapons and a wider portfolio of strike and missile defense systems.
ESA's MTG-I1 satellite captured the Moon's shadow crossing Europe during a brief total solar eclipse over the Iberian peninsula.
The Coimbra-based startup will grow its AI-driven Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management services, backed by private investors and Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan.
The EU-backed fund managed by EQT made its first investment in Finnish SAR satellite company ICEYE, part of a round valuing the firm above €10 billion.
The European Space Agency's July roundup covered an Artemis II crew visit, a remote software upgrade for the Hera probe, launch preparations and new astronaut activity aboard the ISS.
The Series D round more than doubles K2 Space's valuation in seven months and will fund production of up to 100 large satellites per year.
The European Space Agency has released a video explaining how eclipses occur and why totality is rare, ahead of three eclipses set to cross Europe between 2026 and 2028.
Munich-based deltaVision has closed a €10.2 million round to expand production of valves and fluidic systems, with a focus on in-space refueling.
The European Space Agency's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft Plato has cleared electromagnetic compatibility testing inside ESTEC's Maxwell Test Chamber.
The six-month-old Beijing company plans to use artificial intelligence and deep learning to speed up and lower the cost of liquid rocket engine development.
The Lausanne-based satellite maker closed a €61 million ($70 million) round to expand production of small GEO and LEO systems amid rising commercial and sovereign demand.
Solar generated a record 52 TWh across Europe in June 2026, meeting a quarter of EU electricity demand, according to think tank Ember.
The European Space Agency's 2026 Space Economy Report finds government space spending in Europe rose 12% to roughly $15.4 billion, defying a global decline.
Bengaluru-based QOSMIC raised $3.33 million co-led by Accel and Prosus to build optical ground stations for the emerging orbital data economy.