EarthDaily Analytics’ EDA-8 spacecraft adds to a commercial constellation designed to provide daily multispectral imagery of the globe.

EarthDaily Analytics had launched six satellites earlier this year on the CAS500-2 mission.

SpaceX launched the Transporter-17 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday morning.

EarthDaily Analytics’ multispectral imagery data serves commercial agriculture, water management, and disaster response markets.

GHGSat deployed LEMUR-2-ELEONORE (GHGSat-C-16) and LEMUR-2-NURAY (GHGSat-C-17) on Transporter-17.

The Canadian Space Agency said MARMOTSat’s mission will help scientists better understand how human activities associated with climate change may be influencing the ionosphere.

A team of 57 students and researchers at the University of Victoria designed and built MARMOTSat through the Canadian Space Agency CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM program.

GHGSat planned further expansion of its greenhouse gas monitoring fleet for 2027.

EarthDaily Analytics launched its Loft-EarthDaily-8 (EDA-8) satellite on Transporter-17.

GHGSat’s new satellites expand the operational capacity of its greenhouse gas monitoring fleet.

The Falcon 9 flight carried four Canadian payloads from GHGSat, EarthDaily Analytics, and the University of Victoria.

SpaceX has begun a rideshare deployment sequence.

SpaceX’s rideshare deployment sequence has begun.

Tianwen-2 is expected to collect between 200 and 1,000 grams of samples from Kamoʻoalewa no later than the end of April 2027.

Tianwen-2 will fly by Earth in November 2027 and release its sample return capsule for landing near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

After the Earth flyby, Tianwen-2 will begin a multi-year extended mission to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Tianwen-2 will use cameras, navigation sensors, and radar to map Kamoʻoalewa at single-digit-centimeter resolution.

Tianwen-2's extended mission will primarily focus on asteroid 311P/PanSTARRS.

Tianwen-2 will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa using touch-and-go and anchor-and-attach methods.

Hanwha Ocean signed a memorandum of understanding with Reaction Dynamics to create a strategic venture investment platform.

Maritime Launch Services signed a US$112.5 million, 10-year contract with Isar Aerospace to build a dedicated launch complex at Spaceport Nova Scotia.

Reaction Dynamics’ Aurora responsive launch system is not affected by the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project decision in its development or launch timeline.

Isar Aerospace is a German launch provider.

Hanwha Ocean is the reserve supplier for Canada’s Canadian Patrol Submarine Project.

Hanwha Systems has separate partnerships with MDA Space and Telesat focused on the K-LEO constellation.

Telesat Lightspeed is designed to provide secure connectivity to allied governments seeking a low-Earth orbit capability with sovereign data control, including Germany and South Korea.

MDA Space is continuing to pursue the K-LEO constellation with South Korean partners.

City Labs received FAA authorization in September to fly BOHR.

NASA’s R5-S9 cubesat is carrying demo payloads including low-cost laser communications in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories.

BOHR uses a small betavoltaic battery powered by tritium to run its technology demonstration independently of the satellite’s conventional solar arrays.

SpaceX has stopped accepting reservations for Transporter missions after 2029.

Planet Labs’ Pelican-11 is a technology demonstration satellite for the second generation of the company’s Earth observation constellation.

Tumbleweed’s Oasis Alpha satellite will demonstrate the company’s Pods for carrying microgravity research payloads to orbit and back on future missions.

SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:12 a.m. and carried 81 payloads to low Earth orbit.

SpaceX’s Transporter missions have launched more than 1,800 payloads since 2021.

City Labs plans to use tritium-powered radioisotope heating units for future CLPS payloads.

Zentrum für Telematik e.V. launched three cubesats, TOM-1, TOM-2, and TOM-3, to demonstrate the ability to create 3D images of volcanic ash clouds.

FOSSA Systems’ 26th satellite will extend the company’s secure RF communications and IoT constellation.

City Labs’ BOHR satellite carries America’s first commercial nuclear-powered payload.

City Labs aims to use its tritium-based power offering to help lunar missions survive the lunar night and operate in permanently shadowed regions of the Moon.

The University of Southern California’s MAVERIC research satellite will test imaging capabilities for future rendezvous and proximity operations missions.

NearSpace Launch’s SPEAR is a three-satellite constellation intended to demonstrate communications and space domain awareness capabilities.

Priorities for the next few years include greater use of Earth observation data in climate stress tests, standardization of information products, and development of data-sharing mechanisms through the European Data Spaces.

The European regulatory framework is driving stronger integration of Copernicus services into risk models used by financial institutions, insurers, and supervisory authorities.

Leila Ajjabou is the market development head at EUSPA.

Leila Ajjabou said Copernicus provides reliable Earth observation data that help organizations move from reactive responses to proactive risk management.

Mauro Facchini identified support for financial institutions’ understanding of future risks, support for sustainable investment, and stronger economic resilience as major potential applications of Copernicus products.

Mauro Facchini leads the Earth Observation unit at the European Commission.

Banks and insurance companies are increasingly using geospatial data in processes for assessing physical risk exposure, planning mitigation strategies, and meeting European regulatory requirements.

Earth observation data are increasingly used to satisfy obligations under the EU Taxonomy, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, and the European Green Bond Standard.