Space investors and dealmakers anticipate SpaceX’s planned IPO this year will trigger a surge of capital across the industry, but not without the risk of pulling investor attention away from other companies in the run-up.
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MILAN — United Kingdom-based launch company Orbex announced that its business is folding after multiple attempts to stay solvent fell through. The company announced Feb. 11 that it has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators — a process in the U.K. that’s similar to declaring bankruptcy — after fundraising, merger and acquisition efforts […]
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At SmallSat Symposium, executives cite enduring missile threat as rationale for continued investment
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SEATTLE, Feb. 11, 2026 — Integrate, the developer of the world’s first ultra-secure project management platform for dynamic multi-entity execution, today announced a $17 million Series A raise led by FPV Ventures with participation from Fuse […]
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – At the recent World Economic Forum in Switzerland, much of the conversation revolved around the concerns of middle powers, nations with the wherewithal to influence international events that are not among the great powers. At the SmallSat Symposium in Mountain View, representatives of Earth-observation companies said middle powers that previously relied […]
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MILAN — The French-German aerospace company The Exploration Company completed mock splashdown tests for its Nyx space capsule, a modular, reusable spacecraft designed to transport cargo and eventually crew to low Earth orbit and beyond. The company conducted water-impact tests on a mock capsule from Jan. 13 through 28. The testing campaign was not a […]
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The Duke of Edinburgh visited the headquarters of the Institute of Physics (IOP) in central London on 5 February to learn about the role that physics plays in supporting the green economy.
The event was attended by about 100 business leaders, policy chiefs, senior physicists, and IOP and IOP Publishing staff. It highlighted how physics research is helping to deliver clean energy solutions and support economic growth.
A total of 12 companies took part in an exhibition that was visited by the duke. They included two carbon-capture firms – Nellie Technologies and Promethean Particles – as well as the fusion firm Tokamak Energy and Sunamp, which makes non-flammable “thermal batteries”.
The other firms were Intelligent Energy, Matoha Instrumentation, NESO, Oxford Instruments, Inductive Power Projection, QBA, Reclinker and Treeconomy.
The event included a panel debate chaired by Tara Shears, the IOP’s vice-president for science and innovation.
It featured ex-BP boss John Browne, who now works in green energy, along with Sizewell C energy-strategy director David Cole, Nellie Technologies founder Stephen Millburn, solar-cell physicist Jenny Nelson from Imperial College, and Emily Nurse from the UK’s Climate Change Committee.
After the debate, the duke said the event had showcased “some of the brilliant ideas that are trying to solve some really challenging issues through creativity and imagination”. He expressed particular delight that people are central to that mission.
“Our ability to evolve the right skills for the future has been well demonstrated here,” he said. “It comes down to creating the right climate to allow these ideas to flourish and come to market. We simply cannot drop this issue.”
Tom Grinyer, group chief executive of the IOP, reminded delegates that physics is fundamental to the UK economy. “We’re seeing how research is translating into real-world solutions that matter today, from clean power and climate intelligence, to advanced materials and future technologies,” he said.
But he warned that long-term investment in young people will be vital to create the physicists and business leaders who can tackle those challenges.
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As SpaceX and other vertically integrated space giants expand their reach, questions are growing over just how much room other small satellite companies have to build scalable businesses.
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Boulder, CO and Pasadena, CA — February 11, 2026 — Motiv Space Systems announced a contractual agreement with PickNik Robotics to support software development for NASA’s Fly Foundational Robotics (FFR) […]
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Catalyst Campus is proud to welcome the fourth cohort of small businesses to the SDA TAP Lab – Catalyst Campus Mini Accelerator, a dynamic two-month program designed to prepare innovative […]
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“When you have a fully reusable vehicle … you can send it anywhere … to the moon … past Mars” —Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator. Imagine a future where thousands of people travel to space every year. Some stay a week. Some a month. Some never come back — they stay, build and live. Space is […]
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Eutelsat has signed a 975 million euro ($1.2 billion) France-backed export credit agency financing package to help fund 440 replacement satellites for its OneWeb LEO broadband constellation.
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Stoke Space has raised an additional $350 million to advance work on its reusable launch vehicle and future projects.
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