Cowboy Space Corporation, the orbital infrastructure company founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, has unveiled the architecture of its launch vehicle, “Big Iron,” whose upper stage is designed to stay in orbit as a megawatt-class data center. The company also introduced “Big Iron Express,” a commercial launch program for outside customers who need megawatt-class power in orbit, whether for compute or other uses.

PLD Space is entering a new phase ahead of the first demonstration flight of its orbital launcher MIURA 5, with system-level test campaigns, the final validation of its subsystems and the expansion of its industrial capabilities. The company has already manufactured the first three MIURA 5 vehicles while strengthening its manufacturing, testing and launch infrastructure.

Cornwall Space Cluster has launched a new £15,000 programme in partnership with Stephens Scown, a leading South West law firm, to provide expert legal advice to businesses across Cornwall's space ecosystem.

Microchip Technology has announced the POL-05-20S-T, a radiation-tolerant, Point-of-Load (POL) converter, designed to address the demanding power requirements of space processing applications. The new device uses Gallium Nitride (GaN) power devices to deliver up to 20A of output current with high efficiency and power density.

Open Cosmos has revealed that 192 satellites will form the foundational core of its connectivity backbone, ConnectedCosmos, a low Earth orbit constellation.

Airbus Defence and Space has delivered 32 latest-generation OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to Eutelsat. The satellites are currently being prepared for shipment from Airbus’ constellation satellite production facility in Toulouse, France, ahead of an upcoming launch in the USA.

Five new small satellites manufactured by Alén Space have been successfully launched into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission. Developed for Sateliot, the European satellite telecommunications operator, the satellites are part of Draconis, its new mission to expand the capacity of its 5G NTN IoT network and increase connection frequency in areas without terrestrial mobile coverage.

Northrop Grumman is deepening its long-term commitment to Arizona’s advanced manufacturing and space engineering expertise with the opening of the new A1 building on the company’s Gilbert campus.

UK launch services company Skyrora has successfully completed a 45-second static hot-fire test of a scaled-down version of its orbital launch vehicle, Skyrora XL. Taking place at Machrihanish on the west coast of Scotland, the test marks another important step in the development of the company’s orbital launch vehicle.

Starlab Space LLC has announced a payload reservation from Elethron, an advanced materials and process engineering company developing high-performance crystalline materials for semiconductor applications. The reservation will provide Elethron with a pathway to demonstrate and operate its ĀTAR in-space materials- processing platform aboard Starlab.