Commercial Crew
NASA awards SpaceX three crew flights under $946m modification
The fixed-price change covers Crew-15 through Crew-17, with mission readiness dates in 2027 and 2028; the planned flights have not occurred.
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Industry
Private companies, public-private programmes and the commercial capacity emerging across India’s space economy.
Space industry
French summit announcement lists Safran-Dhruva contracts for SBS-III
The French presidency’s official compendium describes contracts above €5 million for Safran Space systems. Neither contractor has published a separate account of the deal.
Space industry
Pixxel closes $100 million Series C round
Temasek and Seraphim co-led the financing, lifting Pixxel's disclosed funding to $195 million. The company has not published a valuation or a budget for its planned satellite, software and manufacturing expansion.
Space industry
Kepler Aerospace raises $8 million for planned satellite constellation
The Bengaluru company says the seed round will fund development of six intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites and mission infrastructure. A December 2027 first-launch target is prospective, and no launch provider has been finalised.
Space industry
Bengaluru Space Expo roster lists many space and related companies
The organiser’s 12-page roster names many space and space-related exhibitors; company-controlled posts verify plans from Skyroot, Pixxel, XDLINX, Manastu, GalaxEye, Bellatrix, Maargin and General Datum.
Space industry
InspeCity raises ₹100 crore for planned in-orbit servicing demonstrations
The Mumbai-area company says the pre-Series A round will support a staged set of inspection, rendezvous and docking demonstrations. The financing is reported; no reviewed source says those missions have flown.
Commercial launch infrastructure
All Points joins NASA’s spacecraft-processing contract pool
The August 4 on-ramp makes All Points eligible to support future prelaunch work. It does not assign the company NASA’s $100 million vehicle ceiling, and neither NASA nor All Points named a mission-specific task order.
Satellite communications
GSA counts 283 operator–satellite partnerships; 23 phone services have launched
The June snapshot puts satellite-to-cellphone activity at 123 announced partnerships: 23 launched, 27 trialling and 73 planned. The figures show commercial movement, but announcements still dominate.
Commercial signals intelligence
NRO moves HawkEye 360 RF data from trials into operational use
The uncapped CRFCA vehicle follows three phases of testing and years of mission use, but neither NRO nor HawkEye 360 disclosed its initial value, duration or ordered data volume.
Uncrewed aviation
Honeywell publishes BVLOS test results for lightweight satcom antenna
Flights at Budkovice Airport linked a drone, Viasat satellite service, Honeywell ground control and Frequentis traffic-management software. The test exercised an end-user communications stack, not a new spacecraft.
Satellite communications
Lynk and Omnispace complete merger to form Elveo Mobile
The combined company joins Lynk’s direct-to-phone platform with Omnispace’s S-band spectrum and SES’s multi-orbit infrastructure, but its deployment and funding plans are still ahead.
Commercial weather data
NOAA buys 4,200 daily radio-occultation profiles from PlanetiQ
The $2.73 million, 74-day bridge order also assigns PlanetiQ 500 ionospheric tracks a day while NOAA prepares a two-year successor procurement under a broader $2.35 billion vehicle.