PayloadJack Kuhr

Revenge of the Bad Businesses: investors pivot to space hardware as software rout bites

A shift in investor sentiment during this year's software rout is reversing conventional wisdom: asset-light, high-margin software is losing its premium while capital-intensive 'bad' businesses are regaining appeal. The trend is reshaping the space investing thesis, increasing focus on hardware, launchers and industrial assets.

2026-02-17T08:56:51.175203-08:00
European SpaceflightAndrew Parsonson

Earth Observation Data Provider SatVu Closes £30 Million Funding Round

By European Spaceflight: SatVu has secured £30 million in new funding to expand its thermal infrared Earth observation constellation.

2026-02-17T06:31:20.884154-08:00
Universe TodayAndy Tomaswick

Chang’e-6 Far-Side Samples Challenge Late Heavy Bombardment Hypothesis

By Universe Today: Results are coming out from the samples returned by China’s Chang’e-6 sample return mission to the far side of the Moon. They offer our first close-up look at the geology and history of the far side, and a recent paper published in Science Advances from researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has very interesting insights about the impact history of the Moon itself, and even some for the solar system at large.

2026-02-17T06:53:03.209781-08:00
SpaceWatch GlobalNiels Buus

Europe’s Space Pivot: ESA Shifts from Science Priorities to National Security Logic

By SpaceWatch Global: For decades, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been the gravitational center of European space. It shaped priorities, pooled funding,.

2026-02-17T03:35:15.449881-08:00