Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
EQT Private Equity (Sweden) is purchasing Germany-based Exolaunch in a transaction dealroom.co estimates at $339 million, with value not disclosed. Exolaunch—described as a SpaceX satellite launch partner and rideshare mission manager—expects a 250% revenue increase this year.
Reuters
• Akash Sriram, Jemima Denham
By Reuters: Space companies have spoken with insurers about coverage for orbital AI data centers, a sign of early progress for an experimental industry backed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: Chinese startup Spark Space has secured a series of funding rounds for what it claims will be the world's largest electric-pump-fed rocket, following engine tests.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: For the first time, an experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A high-risk mission to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft is set to launch later this month after less than a year of development.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: PORTLAND, Ore. – Boeing demonstrated a key quantum networking protocol in ground testing of a compact payload ahead of on-orbit experiment in 2027.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: CNES has selected Sirius Space Services to fill a vacancy at the Guiana Space Centre’s future multi-user commercial launch facility.
SpaceNews.com
• Savannah McNamara
By SpaceNews.com: In January 2026 alone, the Federal Communications Commission authorized 15,000 Starlink Gen2 satellites. Starcloud has filed for 88,000 orbital data center satellites.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
