D-Orbit will use the new funds to expand production capacity and pursue mergers and acquisitions to add capabilities to its catalog.

D-Orbit closed $53 million in new investment led by the Azimut Group as the first tranche of its Series D financing, which CEO Luca Rossettini expects to fully close in June.

Every D-Orbit ION satellite acts as a node in a space-based computing network that enables customers to downlink data more efficiently and obtain near-real-time access to space-based data.

D-Orbit plans to grow its satellite network and onboard capabilities to maintain competitiveness.

Azimut set aside about $75 million to purchase shares from an existing D-Orbit investor.

D-Orbit intends these investments to win more customers and improve its competitiveness for institutional contracts.

D-Orbit will focus merger-and-acquisition activity on space-to-space upstream capabilities with dual-use applications.

D-Orbit plans to add services for government, defense, and commercial satellite operators.

D-Orbit plans to acquire technologies to boost its in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities, including debris removal, in-space recycling, and spacecraft transportation capable of reaching beyond Earth's orbit.

D-Orbit will hire workers with experience in production, industrial machining, and artificial intelligence.

D-Orbit intends to grow its in-space computing proficiency.

Creditors holding portions of Telesat's Geostationary Orbit debut filed lawsuits in New York and Ontario regarding an equity distribution that took place in September 2025.

The lawsuit was filed by creditors holding 90% of $1.7 billion (U.S. dollars) of debt and alleges that Telesat moved its Low-Earth Orbit assets to shield those assets from creditors.

On Jan. 21, Telesat confirmed that certain creditors filed lawsuits against the company.

In September 2025, Telesat distributed 62% of the equity of its Telesat Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit business to an indirect subsidiary of Telesat Corporation.

Telesat's headquarters is in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

TeraWave is a 5,408-bird communications constellation designed to serve enterprise and government customers.

Blue Origin positions TeraWave speeds as appropriate for critical applications and for large organizations transporting petabytes of data.

Blue Origin unveiled TeraWave, a multi-orbit communications constellation.

TeraWave's planned maximum subscriber base is far smaller than the markets targeted by SpaceX Starlink and Amazon Leo.

Blue Origin launched New Glenn for the second time two months before unveiling TeraWave and achieved the rocket's first booster landing on that flight.

Constellation deployment for TeraWave is set to begin in Q4 2027.

Blue Origin aims to grow TeraWave to a maximum of 100,000 subscribers.

TeraWave's target customers are enterprise-level subscribers located in remote areas where fiber is costly, impractical, or impossible to use.

Data centers and governments are prioritized customer types for Blue Origin's TeraWave constellation.

China's Chang’e 2 mission, launched in October 2010, produced a global lunar map with a resolution down to seven meters.

The transition from Shuttle-era workforce to current aerospace employment involved roughly $24 billion over fifteen years.

The Commercial Crew program was built on fixed-price procurement, effectively shifting risk to industry.

The U.S. faces potential political risk if Artemis II slips into late 2026 as China begins South Pole surface operations with Chang’e 7.

SpaceX delivered crew transport capability approximately three years before Boeing's Starliner.

SpaceX needs to demonstrate large-scale cryogenic propellant management through multiple tanker flights to support Artemis III.

The Space Launch System on Pad 39B is the product of a 2010 Congressional mandate aimed at preserving aerospace workforce continuity.

NASA's heavy-lift launch vehicle has consumed approximately $24 billion in federal funding over more than a decade of development.

The VIPER rover mission was canceled in July 2024 due to cost growth and schedule risk issues.

NASA's Surface Architecture utilizes fixed-price contracts, prioritizing speed and cost discipline.

SpaceX provides all operational crew transport to the ISS as of 2026.

Full mission costs for the Space Launch System, including Orion and ground systems, approach $4.1 billion per flight.

NASA's Legacy Architecture employs cost-plus contracts, prioritizing workforce continuity over speed.

SLS production employs a fraction of the workforce compared to Shuttle-era operations.

Artemis II's upcoming wet dress rehearsal will clarify near-term viability and schedule risk.

Chang’e 7 is expected to launch in 2026 and is specifically designed for South Pole operations.

The planned rollout of Artemis II on January 17 represents a significant technical achievement and policy paradox.

Artemis III requires Orion to rendezvous with a separately launched Starship HLS in lunar orbit.

The SLS can deliver crew to lunar orbit but cannot land them on the Moon.

Open Cosmos successfully launched two small satellites on January 22.

A Liechtenstein regulator has confirmed that Open Cosmos can field a broadband constellation to meet the 2026 and 2028 ITU deadlines.

Open Cosmos is based in the UK and Spain.

The Exploration Co. (TEC) is a German-French company.

The test was reported by Andrew Jones on January 22, 2026.

A water deluge system test was conducted for a lunar crewed landing mission pad at Wenchang spaceport.