The Italian Space Agency and NASA are strengthening cooperation on the lunar habitat module developed by Italy.

IRIS² is intended to create Europe’s future secure satellite connectivity infrastructure.

Italy and France support defining the frequency bands that Europe will assign to IRIS².

Italy's space sector includes more than 300 companies and 16 aerospace districts.

Italy and France support a rapid completion of the European Commission’s competition assessment of the Bromo operation.

Italy and France updated a joint declaration on European space industrial policy during an intergovernmental summit.

Ariane 6 recently launched 36 satellites with technological contribution from Avio.

Italy and France want to increase the flight cadence of Vega-C and Ariane 6.

The updated Italy-France declaration addresses the IRIS² program, the Ariane 6 and Vega-C launchers, and the Bromo project.

MDA Space’s facility in the United Kingdom will provide the core technology for a dynamic, anti-jamming multi-beam payload with digital beamforming capabilities.

The MDA Space contract will enter the corporate backlog during the second quarter of fiscal 2026.

MDA Space was selected by Mitsubishi Electric to supply the digital payload, antennas, and associated subsystems for a next-generation defence communications satellite.

The Japan Ministry of Defense ordered the system to replace the DSN-2 satellite, known as Kirameki–2, in geostationary orbit.

The RSAT Space and WARSPACE partnership will focus on the development and integration of optical laser communications.

Mitsubishi Electric will handle the final assembly, integration, and testing of the defence communications satellite system in Japan.

MDA Space’s Montreal facility will manufacture and test the antenna solutions, including the analog repeater, for the defence communications satellite contract.

Canadian companies secured $1.7 billion in commercial agreements during the recent Canadian trade mission to Japan.

RSAT Space of Montreal signed a partnership agreement with Japanese aerospace firm WARSPACE.

The Canada-Japan Equipment and Technology Transfer Agreement entered into force on June 16.

The Canada-Japan Equipment and Technology Transfer Agreement enables direct cooperation on projects that require the exchange of restricted equipment, technology, and intellectual property.

SpaceX held a $75 billion IPO on June 12.

SpaceX still trades at more than 100 times annualized revenue after its post-IPO pullback.

Saudi Arabia’s PIF’s $5 billion stake in xAI converted into SpaceX shares at the IPO.

SpaceX’s lock-up share releases begin on July 6 and continue through December.

SpaceX stock was priced at $135 a share at IPO, implying a $1.8 trillion valuation.

SpaceX became the fifth-largest listed company in the world after its first-week surge.

Saudi Arabia’s PIF served as an anchor investor in the SpaceX IPO.

Most SpaceX shares are held by insiders and long-term investors, including Musk, Founders Fund, Gigafund, Ron Baron Capital, and Saudi Arabia’s PIF.

SpaceX’s private-market investor base included sovereign wealth funds, ultra-high-net-worth family offices, and corporates from all six GCC states.

SpaceX shares fell from a post-IPO high of $225 to $154 as of June 25.

Lock-up expiries between July and December will increase Nasdaq-traded SpaceX supply by at least 20 percent.

SpaceX had 640 million shares available for trading on Nasdaq out of a total share count of 13 billion.

SpaceX has 10 million Starlink subscribers.

The SpaceX share decline erased hundreds of billions of dollars from the company’s market capitalisation.

SpaceX reached a market capitalization of $2.6 trillion in its first week of trading.

The SpaceX IPO was underwritten by 18 investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, and Citigroup as lead arrangers.

The SpaceX IPO was oversubscribed fourfold by investors worldwide.

SpaceX’s IPO prospectus pegged its total addressable market at $28.5 trillion.

Rocket Lab developed Electron to serve small and medium missions and to reach specific orbits without relying on shared launch campaigns.

NASA selected Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle for three launches in 2027 to support the PolSIR and TSIS-2 science missions.

Rocket Lab has collaborated with NASA for almost a decade.

Rocket Lab developed the Electron launch vehicle for small- and medium-sized missions that need specific orbits without shared launch campaigns.

Rocket Lab has worked with NASA for almost a decade.

NASA selected Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle for three launches in 2027 supporting the PolSIR and TSIS-2 science missions.

Rocket Lab says Electron provides reliability, precise orbital insertion, and on-demand launch capability for NASA missions.

Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will detach a 408-kilogram latching end effector to access the faulty Canadarm2 joint.

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will conduct a 6.5-hour spacewalk to replace a Canadarm2 wrist joint that experienced elevated motor current on May 27.

CSA astronaut Jenny Gibbons will guide Chris Williams and Jessica Meir from mission control in Houston.

Canadarm2 was originally designed for 15 years of use and has now operated for more than 25 years.

Canadarm2 was designed by the Canadian Space Agency in partnership with MDA Space.