#space-infrastructure tag

4 days ago

Redwire CEO: Our 11 Cameras Capture Artemis II Imagery and Monitor Spacecraft Systems

Redwire's cameras on the Orion spacecraft are essential for capturing imagery and monitoring systems during the Artemis II mission.

fromTNW | Startups-Technology

5 days ago

NASA's $700 Million Mars Network -- Why Rocket Lab Is at the Front of the Line

NASA plans Mars sample returns and crewed landings by the 2030s, relying on the Mars Telecommunications Network for communication support.

Venture

2 weeks ago

Starcloud raises $170M at a $1.1B valuation to build data centres in orbit

Starcloud is developing the first cost-competitive orbital data center, having raised $170 million and launched a powerful GPU satellite.

fromTheregister

Amazon to FCC: bin SpaceX's 1M satellite datacenter dream

Amazon filed objections with the FCC against SpaceX's application to launch orbital datacenter satellites, claiming the proposal lacks essential technical details and is unrealistic.

London startup

fromTechRepublic

SpaceX Sets First Starship Launch Since xAI Merger

SpaceX plans its 12th Starship test within four to six weeks, targeting operational launches by early 2027 following the company's merger with xAI.

Business

Live: Will AST SpaceMobile Beat Earnings After the Bell Tonight?

AST SpaceMobile reports Q4 2025 earnings with Wall Street expecting $41.55 million revenue, significant losses, and 2026 guidance announcement.

fromFast Company

Here's how Elon Musk's giant moon cannon would actually work

A lunar mass driver could drastically reduce space launch costs by using electricity and lunar conditions to electromagnetically accelerate payloads off the Moon.

Business

The ASTS Week in Review: 19% Stock Drop on Capital Raise Announcement

AST SpaceMobile raised $1 billion in convertible notes and planned a $300 million debt buyback, triggering a 19% stock drop amid dilution and refinancing moves.

fromThe Walrus

2 months ago

Canada Is Building a Surveillance Network in Space | The Walrus

Our iron giant is a deep space radio telescope, with an antenna dish measuring forty-six metres across, the largest instrument of its kind in Canada. Starting in the 1960s, the Algonquin Radio Observatory performed a number of cutting-edge scientific projects, including joining SETI's early efforts, in the 1970s and 1980s, to find signatures of alien life-spectrum emissions from water molecules, artificial transmitter signals. No luck.

Science

Startup companies

fromwww.mercurynews.com

2 months ago

Disney child star-turned-CEO raises $100 million for California space-antenna firm

Northwood raised $100 million to scale production of phased-array ground infrastructure to support rapid satellite operations and replace aging ground-station equipment.