Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Iceye reported 2025 revenue of $294 million, generated $153 million in operating cash flow and finished the year with a $1.76 billion backlog. The Finnish radar‑satellite hardware and services provider said it expects revenues to roughly double in 2026 as it scales launches and service sales.
Reuters
• Kantaro Komiya
By Reuters: Japan's Space One said its Kairos small rocket self-destructed 69 seconds after lift-off on Thursday, failing to achieve the country's first entirely commercial satellite launch for the third attempt in a row.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: European space startup AIRMO closed a €5M ($5.8M) seed round to launch its first greenhouse-gas-monitoring satellite no earlier than next year, and to expand its drone and airplane monitoring into the Middle East market.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: "Mission success! Alpha Flight 7 achieved nominal performance and validated key systems ahead of our Block II configuration upgrade.".
SpaceNews.com
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: The Post-Capacity Era of Satellite Connectivity.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
By NASA Spaceflight: Following the early departure of Crew-11 in mid-January due to a medical concern, the International….
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Satellite operator SES said a missile “targeted and struck” its teleport facility in Israel March 9 as tensions spill across the region amid ongoing Israeli and U.S.
Reuters
By Reuters: The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission dismissed criticism from Amazon.com of Elon Musk's SpaceX plan to launch a constellation of up to 1 million satellites.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
SpaceNews.com
• Amadi Brians Chinonso
