The contactless radar system for monitoring bridges, viaducts, and historic buildings was developed by a spin-off of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

The Bando Startup Innovative 2025 can allocate up to 5 million euro to the selected projects.

Spaceport Nova Scotia is Maritime Launch Services’ launch facility under development near Canso.

The dedicated launch pad at Spaceport Nova Scotia will support the Department of National Defence and international allies.

Abacus Data conducted a national survey for Maritime Launch Services on Canadian sovereign launch capabilities.

The federal government has a 10-year, $200-million agreement for a dedicated launch pad at Spaceport Nova Scotia.

PLD Space is developing Miura 5.

Launch pad activations for the three launch architectures are slated at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Wallops Flight Facility, and the Guiana Space Centre.

Rocket Lab is developing Neutron.

Terran R, Neutron, and Miura 5 are positioned to enter active qualification campaigns in the final quarters of 2026.

Initial integrated system test flights and full-scale hotfire verifications are slated to continue before commercial service opens for the three launch architectures.

Relativity Space has a launch agreement with Intelsat for Terran R.

Rocket Lab finalized the design and recovery specifications for its specialized down-range ocean landing platform.

Relativity Space is developing Terran R.

Relativity Space, Rocket Lab, and PLD Space completed major technical milestones for their upcoming medium- and heavy-lift launch architectures on July 20, 2026.

PLD Space received funding from the European Investment Bank to support its technical engineering operations.

Guido Crosetto considers space a strategic domain essential for security, communications, and the protection of national interests.

Italy built internationally recognized space competencies from the SanMarco1 satellite in 1964 to its most recent missions.

Under the proposal, other government agencies would have 30 days to review Space Commerce Certification applications and raise objections.

The FCC said concerns about Eärendil-1’s impacts on optical astronomy were outside its review and authorization of the space station.

SpaceX’s application for a constellation of up to one million orbital data center satellites had generated nearly 1,500 comments by the time of the FCC ruling.

Under the proposal, the Office of Space Commerce would have 120 days to rule on a completed application, and applications would be automatically approved if the office took no action.

Rep. Mike Haridopolos is the chairman of the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee.

Eärendil-1 will deploy a thin-film reflector 18 meters on a side.

Eärendil-1 has a mass of 142 kilograms and is expected to launch later in 2026 into low Earth orbit.

Reflect Orbital has plans for a constellation of as many as 50,000 satellites.

Rep. Brian Babin is the chairman of the House Science Committee.

The FCC said that operation of a solar reflector attached to Eärendil-1 was beyond the commission’s authority.

Eärendil-1 is the first satellite built by Reflect Orbital.

Taylor Jordan is the director of the Office of Space Commerce.

Nearly 1,900 public comments were filed on Reflect Orbital’s FCC application before the agency issued its order.

Reflect Orbital will use Eärendil-1 to test sunlight reflection to spots on the ground.

Reflect Orbital’s planned constellation is intended to provide artificial sunlight for solar farms, agriculture, and construction sites.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren is the ranking member of the full House Science Committee.

The Office of Space Commerce rolled out a proposal in March for a voluntary mission authorization system.

The FCC issued an order on July 9 approving communications for Eärendil-1 in multiple bands for telemetry and control.

SpaceLogistics, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, has launched two missions to dock with and extend the lives of commercial GEO communications satellites.

The proposed Space Commerce Certification would be issued by the Office of Space Commerce.

The Pulsar Institute in Nova Scotia received $50,000 for its Space LaunchPad program.

The Canadian Space Agency awarded $120,000 to three projects designed to open doors for underrepresented students in the space sector.

The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in British Columbia received $20,000 for Sky Stories, Space Futures.

York University will create an inclusive space training toolkit to share with other schools across Canada.

York University’s project will support women, visible minority students, and persons with disabilities through specialized training in space robotics and human spaceflight.

York University in Ontario received $50,000 for a project focused on inclusive recruitment and retention in the space sector.

MDA Space is building ground observatories to pair with Canada’s Surveillance of Space 2 optical capability.

The Canadian aerospace industry supported 218,700 jobs in 2025.

Up to three contracts will be awarded for the Surveillance of Space 2 optical capability.

Metaspectral formed a partnership with Planet Labs to integrate commercial hyperspectral Earth observation data with its AI Clarity platform.

HALO is a multinational project led by Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Türkiye.

Hanwha Philly Shipyard was selected to build the Golden Defender missile monitor ship.