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• Valentin Eder
The emerging orbital data-center sector is converging on sun-synchronous orbits, intensifying questions over congestion, coordination and operational rules. The development also raises a strategic policy issue for Europe: whether it will help shape the traffic-management framework governing a potentially important new class of space infrastructure.
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Novaspace projects that emerging in-orbit services will generate approximately $3 billion in cumulative service revenue over the next 10 years. The forecast points to an early-stage market focused on making space operations more flexible, resilient and sustainable, while the sector continues to develop commercial applications and capabilities.
The emerging orbital data-center sector is converging on sun-synchronous orbits, intensifying questions over congestion, coordination and operational rules. The development also raises a strategic policy issue for Europe: whether it will help shape the traffic-management framework governing a potentially important new class of space infrastructure.
The Indian government has selected a consortium led by Pixxel to design, build, own and operate the country’s first privately led Earth-observation satellite constellation, establishing a new commercial space effort with private-sector responsibility across the system’s full lifecycle.
CesiumAstro is acquiring Jariet Technologies, a semiconductor specialist, to expand its in-house technology capabilities as the phased-array antenna company advances plans for a future communications constellation. The deal strengthens CesiumAstro’s vertical integration across antenna and semiconductor technologies.
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Bluebox and SkyFive are partnering to help airlines convert air-to-ground connectivity into stronger ancillary revenue and passenger-experience offerings. Separately, Blue Origin has selected RBC Signals to support its Quartz global ground-station network, which is expected to include nine sites by year-end for missions in low Earth orbit and beyond.
Firefly Aerospace expects $435 million in revenue in 2026, with rocket launches accounting for roughly 10% of the total. The company, whose business is heavily weighted toward satellite systems for U.S. civil and government customers, plans two more Alpha launches this year and has five lunar missions in development.
The maritime satellite communications market is entering a new growth phase, with service revenues forecast to reach $3.79 billion by 2035. Next-generation non-geostationary satellite networks are expected to reshape how vessels and maritime operators access connectivity at sea.
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