Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
French in-orbit servicing startup Infinite Orbits has raised €52 million ($58.4 million) across two financing rounds. It also has four firm launch contracts with Impulse Space, using its orbital transfer vehicle on Falcon 9 rockets through 2029.
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French in-orbit servicing startup Infinite Orbits has raised €52 million ($58.4 million) across two financing rounds. It also has four firm launch contracts with Impulse Space, using its orbital transfer vehicle on Falcon 9 rockets through 2029.
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Gogo has outlined a long-term roadmap for Galileo, its low Earth orbit satellite connectivity service for business aviation, promising significantly higher speeds by 2032 with minimal changes to onboard hardware. The company also says it is prioritizing supply-chain readiness to keep the service available for customers planning installations.
Lithuanian authorities are investigating an attempt to set fire to Starlink infrastructure in Vilnius, with Russian sabotage suspected. The incident follows reported attacks on similar sites in Poland and Bulgaria, raising scrutiny of the security of satellite-service infrastructure across the region.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed accelerating Patriot system supplies with Lockheed Martin representatives as Kyiv faced separate concerns over its military’s Starlink access. Officials in Lithuania described a fire at a Starlink facility as sabotage, following reported incidents in Bulgaria and Poland; Zelenskiy also spoke with Trump envoys amid accusations that Washington was restricting Ukrainian forces’ satellite links.
International regulators have yet to reach consensus on how to govern satellite direct-to-device (D2D) services near national borders, where multiple countries’ networks overlap. The dispute centers on interference risks when satellite providers use spectrum assigned to mobile network operators, with agreement still elusive 13 months before the ITU’s WRC-27.
Textron Aviation has received FAA certification for Gogo’s Galileo HDX connectivity system, enabling OneWeb-powered low Earth orbit service on Citation Latitude and Longitude business jets. The approval adds a new satellite connectivity option to two aircraft models, linking cabin connectivity deployment to regulatory clearance.
ESA’s 2026 Space Environment Report records more than 300 launches and over 4,000 payloads placed in orbit in 2025. Separately, a GAO report warns that the United States could face a gap in geostationary weather-satellite coverage in the early 2030s as NOAA develops its next-generation spacecraft.
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