Spain’s Ministry of Defence will have access to images from France’s CSO Earth-observation satellites until 2033.

Spain’s Ministry of Defence will add an additional €6.75 million in 2026 for the CSO arrangement.

Spain’s Ministry of Defence has relied on cooperation with France’s Ministry of Defence for Earth observation from space since the Helios I system was introduced in 1988.

Helios II entered service on 4 December 2001 and later was replaced by France’s three-satellite CSO system.

Spain’s government approved a €62.1 million allocation to extend its memorandum of understanding with France’s Ministry of Defence by five years for use of the three CSO satellites.

Spain’s Ministry of Defence funds France’s Ministry of Defence for CSO image-programming rights, Spain’s ground segment acquisition, and the maintenance of the CSO capability and ground segment.

The CSO access agreement includes a 14-month optional early period, a five-year initial period that ends in 2027, and an additional five-year optional period to be activated now.

Spain’s Ministry of Defence will allocate €29.6 million in 2027, €24 million in 2028, €13 million in 2029, €12.7 million in 2030, €6.5 million in 2031, €2.9 million in 2032, and €1.2 million in 2033 for the CSO arrangement.

France’s Directorate General of Armaments provides Spain’s Ministry of Defence with a 2.5% return in images under the CSO agreement.

The CSO constellation consists of three satellites, including two high-resolution satellites and one very-high-resolution satellite.

The French and German ministers want the 2-GHz spectrum reserved for Iris2.

The 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act directs an evaluation of opportunities for further enterprise services in geospatial intelligence.

The 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act includes language to encourage the US government to direct commercial remote sensing requirements to better meet the needs of American intelligence agencies.

The 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act would codify US government control over what the public can see from commercial Earth observation imagery.

The 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act includes measures to improve the intelligence community's dissemination of open-source intelligence.

Planet Labs extended a hold on commercial access to Earth observation imagery over Iran and neighboring Gulf states in March.

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence passed the 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act in the week referenced by the article.

The proposed 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act would let the US government block Earth observation satellite operators from sharing sensitive imagery with the public.

Planet Labs said its March access restriction over Iran and neighboring Gulf states was an internal decision made to protect US national interests.

Vantor is reviewing the 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act.

Intellian Technologies introduced its CM100 GMDSS terminal on July 23, 2026.

Intellian Technologies' CM100 GMDSS terminal operates over the Iridium Certus 100 service tier.

The CM100 GMDSS terminal provides standardized emergency communications and distress alerting for commercial and recreational vessels worldwide.

Intellian Technologies became the first ground segment manufacturer to offer dedicated hardware across all Iridium Certus service tiers after launching the CM100 terminal.

The CM100 terminal is entering global commercial distribution through authorized Intellian and Iridium maritime partners.

Intellian Technologies' maritime hardware lineup includes Iridium Certus 200 terminals and Iridium Certus 700 terminals.

The CM100 GMDSS terminal is designed to comply with International Maritime Organization Safety of Life at Sea requirements while optimizing space and power consumption.

Commercial fleet operators and shipbuilders can use the CM100 terminal as either a primary GMDSS safety system or a standalone backup solution.

LTN’s managed IP infrastructure provides alternative transport options for full-time linear feeds and high-bandwidth occasional-use sports and news programming.

LTN has completed more than 3,000 satellite-to-IP workflow migrations across broadcaster, MVPD, head-end, and content owner facilities.

LTN is led by Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Malik Khan.

The FCC vote established rules for the upcoming auction of Upper C-Band spectrum.

NASA is partnering with the Department of Energy to design and assemble SR-1.

Firefly won a $13 million subcontract to build the SkyFall landing aeroshell.

Associate Administrator Lori Glaze is part of NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate.

NASA is trying to reuse hardware to maintain SR-1’s schedule and budget.

NASA will use funding from its FY27 budget request and the 2025 Working Families Tax Cut Act to support SR-1.

NASA’s Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom mission is targeting a launch in late 2028.

NASA says SR-1 Freedom will be the first fission-powered interplanetary spacecraft.

Gateway’s repurposed Power and Propulsion Element will serve as the SR-1 spacecraft.

NASA is using the science directorate’s line of future Mars missions to help fund SkyFall.

After landing, SkyFall’s helicopters will map subsurface ice and scout landing sites for future crewed missions.

SR-1 Freedom will carry SkyFall, NASA’s next Mars helicopter mission, to scout landing sites for future crewed exploration on Mars.

SkyFall is managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and co-designed and co-manufactured by AeroVironment.

SR-1 will release SkyFall in Mars orbit, and the entry vehicle will deploy the helicopters in the Martian atmosphere.

The 2025 Working Families Tax Cut Act included $2.6 billion for the now-paused Gateway lunar orbiting space station.

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology said Xichang-based personnel will continue adapting the Long March 3B/E to mission requirements and seasonal conditions to ensure launch success.

Second-generation Tianlian satellites based on the DongFangHong-4 spacecraft bus have a lifespan of up to fifteen years.

Launching new Tianlian satellites increases the amount of scientific data that can be transmitted from the Tiangong Space Station and improves video call fidelity for taikonauts, researchers, and their families.

Tianlian-2-06 is the eleventh Tianlian satellite launched and the sixth second-generation Tianlian satellite based on the DongFangHong-4 spacecraft bus.