BAE Systems and Vantor have collaborated on electro-optical imaging systems for multiple generations of multi-satellite intelligence constellations.

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office and other intelligence agencies are pursuing more responsive, rapidly refreshable space-based tactical intelligence.

CZ-10B’s launch window runs from 10 to 13 July 2026 in Hainan.

The CZ-10B launch window starts on 10 July 2026 at 0500 UTC, or 1100 BJT.

Exolaunch secured its first dedicated Falcon 9 launches, Exo-1 and Exo-2, for 2027 and 2028.

The EQT acquisition of Exolaunch is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Milbank LLP served as legal counsel to EQT in the Exolaunch acquisition.

EQT plans to support Exolaunch’s development of new satellite launch and deployment technologies.

Exolaunch has maintained a strategic relationship with SpaceX since 2020.

Exolaunch has participated in every Falcon 9 Transporter and Bandwagon rideshare mission since those programs began.

DLA Piper UK LLP served as legal counsel to Dmitriy Sternharz in the Exolaunch sale.

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE served as exclusive financial advisor to Dmitriy Sternharz in the Exolaunch sale.

Exolaunch provides satellite deployment hardware, launch program planning, end-to-end mission management, launch capacity procurement, satellite integration, testing, logistics, and orbital deployment services.

Exolaunch was founded by Dmitriy Sternharz.

EQT plans to support Exolaunch’s international expansion, product innovation, and new service offerings across the space value chain.

Dmitriy Sternharz is selling his ownership stake in Exolaunch.

EQT plans to support Exolaunch’s expansion of both dedicated and rideshare launch offerings.

EQT has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Exolaunch through EQT’s X fund.

EQT’s acquisition of Exolaunch is its first investment in the space sector.

Exolaunch has deployed more than 790 satellites across 47 missions for more than 200 commercial and government customers.

Exolaunch is a Germany-based global provider of satellite deployment technology and launch mission management services.

Riccardo Procacci is the CEO of Avio Aero.

Avio Aero wants small and medium-sized enterprises to be structurally involved in research-and-development funding.

Riccardo Procacci said Avio Aero wants to represent its supply chain in the European Union because many policy decisions are made in Brussels.

Avio Aero supports allocating national funding for research and development.

Avio Aero wants research-and-development funding to bridge design and production.

Avio Aero wants universities to be directly involved in research-and-development funding.

The DMEA Trusted Foundry Program maintains the official list of U.S.-based foundries authorized to fabricate radiation-hardened components for government programs.

No DFARS clause requires prime contractors to disclose foundry booking conflicts to government program offices.

The GPS III Follow-On program includes a production run of satellites with deliveries planned through the late 2020s.

Fewer than five domestic foundries hold the qualifications needed to produce radiation-hardened semiconductors for those U.S. government satellite programs.

SkyWater Technology has publicly confirmed 90 nm and 130 nm radiation-hardened process capabilities in SEC filings.

Lockheed Martin Space holds the GPS III Follow-On contract.

The Space Development Agency awarded Tranche 1 contracts to multiple prime contractors, and those satellites are in delivery now.

The Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 and 2 deliveries are concentrated between 2024 and 2027.

Microchip Technology, BAE Systems Electronic Systems, Honeywell Aerospace, and SkyWater Technology are publicly confirmed participants in the DMEA Trusted Foundry Program.

Commercial leading-edge fabs are building at 3 nm to 5 nm, while the domestic radiation-hardened foundry base operates around 90 nm to 350 nm.

SDA Tranche 2 scales to roughly 100 transport-layer satellites across multiple prime awards.

The Space Development Agency's proliferated low-Earth orbit architecture, the Space Force GPS III Follow-On program, and NRO next-generation systems are ramping concurrently between 2025 and 2028.

The Space Development Agency awarded Tranche 2 contracts to Northrop Grumman, York Space, and others, and production is underway.

A conservative estimate of 20 to 30 rad-hard components per satellite in SDA Tranche 1 and 2 implies demand for several thousand chip-units.

SDA says its architecture scales to hundreds of satellites across successive tranches.

NRO next-generation satellite procurement is active during the 2025 through 2028 window.

SDA Tranche 1 called for 28 transport-layer satellites and 10 battle management satellites across its initial awards.

RFA TWO will be capable of carrying up to 15 tonnes to low Earth orbit in a fully reusable configuration.

RFA TWO will carry up to 35 tonnes to low Earth orbit in a fully expendable configuration.

RFA TWO will carry up to 25 tonnes to low Earth orbit when only the first stage is recovered.

The RFA ONE Block 1 variant will carry payloads of up to 500 kilograms to low Earth orbit.

RFA is developing the RFA ONE rocket and plans to launch it for the first time later this year.

RFA was founded as a spin-off of OHB, and OHB still holds a 65% stake in RFA.