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At the Industry Space Days 2026, LMT Group and Novaspace announced a joint effort to create a strategy for a 5G/6G satellite communications hub in Latvia.
China successfully launched two satellites in September, adding to a hectic end‑of‑year launch schedule.
The company is developing satellites that analyze signals directly in space to deliver rapid answers for defense and commercial users.
Italian firm NaviGate has successfully completed the in-orbit demonstration of its NaviCode Caravel autonomous precise orbit determination system.
The second Novaspace report predicts strong growth in the military satellite communications market through 2035.
According to the source, three Earth Explorer candidates have been selected to proceed to the next stage.
On May 17, 2026, the IRIDE satellite constellation acquired a high‑resolution image of the Venetian Lagoon in northern Italy.
The company confirms the completion of its first full‑scale Otter satellite servicing craft, slated to launch on the upcoming SpaceX Transporter‑18 mission.
Cornell students have deployed light sails from CubeSats that accelerate via photon momentum and are controlled by gram‑scale ChipSats.
Satrec Initiative is developing optical satellites with roughly ten‑centimeter resolution to complement Hanwha Aerospace’s newly announced SAR constellation.
With demand for high‑resolution Earth observation imagery growing, Simera Sense and IDOM have announced a joint effort to design and produce the xScape350 optical payload for small satellites.
During a test over Europe, Galileo satellites transmitted an encrypted signal for the first time, which receivers in Norway and the Netherlands used to obtain a position fix.