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Wall Street Journal • Adriano Marchese

Rocket Lab lands record $266M U.S. Space Force award for up to 18 suborbital launches

Rocket Lab secured a $266 million multi-launch contract from the U.S. Space Force—its largest launch agreement to date. The deal covers up to 18 primarily suborbital missions, with work concentrated around a spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska, and is tied to U.S. missile defense capabilities.

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2026-07-27T10:21:33.727045-07:00

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Indra Group says its space division is on track for €400M ($455M) in 2024 revenue despite 6% first-half softness

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2026-07-27T13:06:40.601887-07:00

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Amazon asks FCC approval for up to 5,105 direct-to-device satellites, leveraging Globalstar assets post-$11.6B acquisition

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2026-07-27T05:06:36.442142-07:00

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Space Force awards $287M to Sphinx Defense for ESS mission-planning software as SES links Starlab for space-station connectivity

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2026-07-27T12:20:40.514862-07:00

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Concerns grow as members of Congress purchase SpaceX stock, overlapping with committees tied to SpaceX federal contracts, defens A new report highlights that several members of Congress who buy SpaceX shares serve on committees whose jurisdiction intersects with SpaceX’s federal contracting and defense-related work, as well as AI, telecommunications, and securities-market oversight. The overlap is raising conflict-of-interest concerns.

2026-07-28T03:39:42.324689-07:00

Concerns grow as members of Congress purchase SpaceX stock, overlapping with committees tied to SpaceX federal contracts, defens

Space Intel Report

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Indra Group says its space division is on track for €400M ($455M) in 2024 revenue despite 6% first-half softness Indra Group says its space business—now encompassing satellite fleet operator Hispasat and military satcom provider Hisdesat since January—remains on track to reach €400 million ($455 million) in revenue this year. In the three months ended, revenue declined 6% but the division’s outlook is unchanged.

2026-07-27T13:06:40.601887-07:00

Indra Group says its space division is on track for €400M ($455M) in 2024 revenue despite 6% first-half softness

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Space Force awards $287M to Sphinx Defense for ESS mission-planning software as SES links Starlab for space-station connectivity The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded Sphinx Defense a $287 million Other Transaction Authority agreement to develop and complete prototype mission-planning application software for Phase 3 of the Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) system. Separately, SES Space & Defense announced a connectivity collaboration with Starlab for space-station communications.

2026-07-27T12:20:40.514862-07:00

Space Force awards $287M to Sphinx Defense for ESS mission-planning software as SES links Starlab for space-station connectivity

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Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract for strategic satellite communications software

2026-07-27T12:20:40.514862-07:00

Sphinx Defense wins $287 milli

The War Zone

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Aerostar high-altitude balloons repurposed as persistent “drone motherships” for wide-area surveillance and on-demand strike Aerostar is turning stratosphere-lifting balloons into high-altitude platforms for drone operations, enabling persistent surveillance over vast areas. The concept also supports attack-on-demand, positioning high-altitude aerostats as a cost-sensitive alternative to continuous air or space-based coverage for targeting.

2026-07-27T11:07:26.440325-07:00

Aerostar high-altitude balloons repurposed as persistent “drone motherships” for wide-area surveillance and on-demand strike

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Rocket Lab lands record $266M U.S. Space Force award for up to 18 suborbital launches Rocket Lab secured a $266 million multi-launch contract from the U.S. Space Force—its largest launch agreement to date. The deal covers up to 18 primarily suborbital missions, with work concentrated around a spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska, and is tied to U.S. missile defense capabilities.

2026-07-27T10:21:33.727045-07:00

Rocket Lab lands record $266M U.S. Space Force award for up to 18 suborbital launches

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Intel debuts Starfire chip for onboard space computing and AI workloads Intel has introduced Starfire, a new processor designed to handle onboard data processing for space missions, with an emphasis on accelerating AI workloads. The chip targets the growing need for more capable on-board computing to reduce reliance on downlink and improve real-time mission performance.

2026-07-27T06:22:47.389042-07:00

Intel debuts Starfire chip for onboard space computing and AI workloads

Via Satellite

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AI-era military space shifts from national single assets to constellation-based strategic capacity An opinion piece argues that, in the AI era, satellite constellations are emerging as a new strategic class of assets that could reshape how military power is projected and sustained in space. The analysis frames military space as moving beyond a few nations’ legacy “single asset” posture toward distributed, scalable architectures.

2026-07-27T06:15:41.167407-07:00

AI-era military space shifts from national single assets to constellation-based strategic capacity

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