The European Service Module for the Orion spacecraft is developed and built by Airbus.

The placement of the SLS rocket on the launch pad constitutes one of the final visible phases before the Artemis II launch and precedes final verification and pre-countdown preparations.

Interstellar Technologies raised 14.8 billion yen via a third-party allocation of new shares as part of the Series F round.

Interstellar Technologies will use the Series F funds for development of the ZERO small satellite launch vehicle first flight, for strengthening manufacturing capacity toward commercialization, and for research and development of satellites.

Six passengers on Blue Origin’s NS-38 mission are Tim Drexler, Linda Edwards, Alain Fernandez, Alberto Gutiérrez, Jim Hendren, and Andrew Yaffe.

Artemis II is a roughly 10-day mission that will travel around the Moon and return to Earth with crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency.

Blue Origin, led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, scheduled the NS-38 suborbital flight for January 22, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. US Central Time (January 22, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. Japan Time).

SBI Group, Nomura Real Estate Co., B Dash Ventures, SMBC Edge, and existing shareholders participated as investors in Interstellar Technologies’ Series F round.

Frontier Innovations will open a program in collaboration with JAXA and CrossU to train founders and CXOs of space startups, starting on January 20, 2026.

Interstellar Technologies’ Series F fundraising was the largest amount raised by a domestic unlisted space startup in Japan.

Artemis II will undergo wet dress rehearsals including propellant loading and propellant drain rehearsals prior to launch, with an earliest possible launch date of February 6, 2026.

Blue Origin’s missions have carried a total of 92 people to date prior to NS-38.

Interstellar Technologies obtained 5.3 billion yen in loans from financial institutions as part of the Series F financing, including an 1.8 billion yen loan with warrants from the Japan Finance Corporation.

Interstellar Technologies completed a Series F fundraising of 20.1 billion yen on January 16, 2026.

Frontier Innovations’ space startup entrepreneur and CXO training program will run six sessions between March and May 2026.

Interstellar Technologies’ cumulative fundraising reached 44.6 billion yen after the Series F round.

Frontier Innovations’ training program is supported by the Tokyo metropolitan government and therefore has no tuition fee for participants.

Blue Origin will stream the NS-38 launch starting 30 minutes before liftoff on the company’s website.

NASA transported the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft for Artemis II to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center on January 17, 2026.

Several European institutional and commercial customers have signed for future manifests with Isar Aerospace.

Isar Aerospace selected the January 21–23, 2026 launch window based on optimal weather conditions at Andøya Spaceport and final readiness checks of the launch infrastructure.

Isar Aerospace has a revised launch window of January 21 to 23, 2026 for the second test flight of its Spectrum launch vehicle.

The upcoming flight follows rigorous ground testing and an inaugural flight attempt that provided essential data for vehicle refinement.

If successful, the second Spectrum test flight will enable Isar Aerospace to begin regular commercial operations.

The second test flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launch vehicle will originate from the Andøya Spaceport in Norway.

The Spectrum rocket is a two-stage liquid-fueled vehicle designed for the small and medium-sized satellite market.

The upcoming flight is the second test flight of the Spectrum vehicle.

Iceye supports Ukraine in the face of hostilities and seeks to strengthen Europe’s security by ensuring allies have access to decision-ready SAR data.

Iceye expanded its work with a customer in the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to ensure Ukraine’s armed forces continue to receive a high volume of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.

An agreement on Jan. 19 provides a customer within Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence with expanded access to Iceye’s SAR imagery.

Environmental conditions in Ukraine can obstruct traditional electro-optical sensors.

Iceye has implemented measures to prevent its commercial imagery from being shared with countries or entities hostile to Ukraine.

Iceye has supported Ukraine with satellite imagery in the war with Russia since 2022.

John Cartwright is Iceye’s senior vice president of Data Product.

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can be captured at night and through clouds and is therefore particularly valuable in Ukraine.

In 2022 Iceye transferred full capabilities of one of its in-orbit SAR satellites for the government of Ukraine’s use over the region in cooperation with a foundation.

Iceye is a Finnish satellite imagery provider.

An unnamed satellite operator in the Asia Pacific region contracted Gilat Satellite Networks for $11 million for its SkyEdge platform to deliver advanced mobility services.

Gilat’s SkyEdge platform offers performance in high-capacity networks, flexibility to support diverse service profiles, and the ability to scale with market demands.

Ron Levin is president of Gilat Commercial Division.

Deliveries of the SkyEdge platform are expected over the next 12 months.

The SkyEdge platform will be deployed to deliver services over very high throughput satellites supporting multiple applications.

UNSA explicitly referenced Project Bromo in its statement opposing the ACS absorption.

Unions cited employee departures to competitors and erosion of ACS's systems and identity as risks from absorbing ACS into Airbus Defence and Space.

ACS won a contract in December 2024 to build 100 satellites for Eutelsat's OneWeb constellation after Airbus assumed full ownership.

Airbus Defence and Space CEO Mike Schoellhorn linked the reorganisation to broader geopolitical pressures on Europe's defence and security industry in comments made in July 2025.

Airbus implemented the new organisation for its Defence and Space division effective 1 July 2025.

Project Bromo is an initiative to consolidate space activities among multiple European companies, with consolidating Airbus's satellite business as a first step.

The CFDT release reported that the planned absorption was poorly perceived by the majority of ACS employees.

Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb created the joint venture Airbus OneWeb Satellites in January 2016 to produce 900 satellites for OneWeb's broadband constellation.