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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Consortium plans $1 billion constellation of AI-enabled imaging satellites

A consortium of companies announced plans on Sept. 9 for an AI-enabled imaging-satellite constellation projected to cost $1 billion. The proposal combines space-based Earth-imaging infrastructure with onboard or integrated artificial-intelligence capabilities, marking a significant planned investment in commercial satellite data and analytics.

Also: Aviation Week

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2026-09-10T00:21:18.553009-07:00

LEO Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

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SpaceNews.com • Debra Werner

NewOrbit claims launch slot for commercial VLEO mission

By SpaceNews.com: SAN FRANCISCO – UK startup NewOrbit announced plans Sept. 10 to send NEO-1, a rideshare mission, to very low Earth orbit (VLEO) in the third quarter of 2028.

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2026-09-10T01:30:41.568602-07:00

Moon Commercial Space

spaceanddefense.io

ALTA LUNA, Venturi Space’s New Lunar Utility Vehicle

By spaceanddefense.io: Aeronautics & Aircraft , Featured Stories , Space Exploration , Technology , Virtual Reality Venturi Space unveils ALTA LUNA, a compact and manoeuvrable rover designed for local operationsaround future lunar bases.

SpaceWatch Global

Venturi Space Expands Lunar Mobility Portfolio With ALTA LUNA Rover

2 Sources

2026-09-09T18:15:34.546888-07:00

ISS Europe Human Spaceflight & Space Stations Commercial Space

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Greek astronaut to fly on Vast private mission to ISS

By SpaceNews.com: Greece’s first astronaut will go to the ISS on a private astronaut mission in 2027 as Europe discusses developing its own human spaceflight capabilities.

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2026-09-09T23:06:00.826065-07:00

Satellite Commercial Space

Bloomberg • Chris Hughes

SpaceX’s Starlink Expands Into Mobile Telecoms, Threatening Terrestrial Rivals

By Bloomberg: SpaceX isn’t just about orbital data centers and off-world colonies. Down here on planet Earth, Elon Musk’s $2 trillion satellite goliath has been talking up its ambitions in mobile telecoms, and investors have started to pay attention.

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2026-09-09T21:37:04.667436-07:00

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Runway Girl • Mary Kirby

Telesat restores commercial Lightspeed capacity with more satellites

By Runway Girl: In growing its planned LEO network to 225 satellites, Telesat has restored the 25% of commercial Lightspeed capacity it previously diverted to defense.

aviation-defence-universe.com

MBDA and Safran receive approval to supply France’s new long-range land strike capability

armadainternational.com

U.S. Military Satellite Network Expands With 21 New PWSA Tranche-1 Satellites

Also: defence-blog.com, pr.com and aero-defence.tech

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2026-09-09T17:05:47.350779-07:00

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SpaceWatch Global • Torsten Kriening

International Space Summit Unveils IRIS² LEO Architecture; Thomas Pesquet Named Commander of Vast ISS Mission

By SpaceWatch Global: Day one of the first International Space Summit in Paris: 51 announcements, the IRIS² LEO architecture detailed, and Thomas Pesquet named commander of Vast's PAM-6 mission to the ISS.

Also: ESA

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2026-09-09T15:15:50.370895-07:00

Satellite Europe Space Policy & International Cooperation

SpaceNews.com • Andrew Parsonson

EU prosecutors secure convictions in Galileo fraud case

By SpaceNews.com: ique vidéo du CSG - S. Martin JOHANNESBURG — Two Belarusian nationals and a Lithuanian company they controlled have been convicted of fraudulently obtaining European Union funding to develop high-precision satellite navigation receivers.

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2026-09-09T15:00:42.898748-07:00