More than 75 peer-reviewed articles related to ISS National Lab-sponsored research were published in the fiscal year from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.

Margaritaville unveiled a mission patch in support of the ISS National Lab, with 100% of proceeds donated to CASIS for research funding.

The 114 payloads were launched on NASA-funded Commercial Crew Program missions, Commercial Resupply Services missions, private astronaut missions, and an international partner-led launch.

The Orbital Edge Accelerator program connects emerging companies with resources and expertise to drive space-based solutions addressing critical challenges on Earth.

Infinite Orbits has a backlog of €150 million (approximately $176 million) that needs to be delivered over the next three years.

Infinite Orbits is adopting a fabless model by outsourcing manufacturing.

Atomos Space faced unreliable suppliers and quality control issues in 2022.

Atomos Space has fewer than 50 employees.

Infinite Orbits raised €40 million (approximately $47 million) in November 2025.

Atomos Space decided to bring manufacturing in-house as a solution to its challenges.

Precision engineering in rendezvous and docking technology requires timely and quality components.

Atomos Space spent 2022 dealing with supply chain issues, vendor inflation, and difficult capital markets.

The capital needs of Atomos Space shifted from lean R&D to sustained manufacturing capital expenditures.

Atomos Space highlighted vendor pricing problems in their 2022 review that affected budget planning.

Infinite Orbits is keeping its core intellectual property related to rendezvous and docking technology proprietary.

Infinite Orbits is a French in-space servicing competitor.

Bringing manufacturing in-house requires Atomos Space to hire specialized engineers.

Atomos Space is a Colorado-based satellite servicing startup.

Infinite Orbits is opening offices across five European countries.

Rocket Lab’s growing role highlights its emergence as a competitor to legacy aerospace primes.

All major components for the satellites are designed and produced in-house by Rocket Lab.

The U.S. Space Development Agency has named Rocket Lab as the prime contractor for the design and manufacture of 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 program.

Rocket Lab has an existing $515 million contract to deliver 18 satellites for SDA’s Transport Layer-Beta Tranche 2 program.

The Phoenix payload is a wide field-of-view solution designed for evolving missile defense needs.

The total contract value awarded to Rocket Lab by the SDA now exceeds $1.3 billion.

Rocket Lab will deliver satellites equipped with advanced missile warning, tracking, and defense sensors for global missile threat detection.

Rocket Lab’s satellites will be built on its Lightning platform, utilizing vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities.

The contract awarded to Rocket Lab is valued at $816 million and is its largest single contract to date.

StarLite sensors have been adopted by other contractors developing TRKT3 satellites.

Each satellite will feature Rocket Lab’s next-generation Phoenix infrared sensor payload.

Rocket Lab’s approach enables rapid scaling of production while maintaining control over costs and schedules.

The satellites will be equipped with Rocket Lab’s advanced StarLite space protection sensors to safeguard against directed energy threats.

In addition to the prime contract, Rocket Lab has opportunities for additional subsystems that could increase total capture value to approximately $1 billion.

The contract includes a $806 million base contract and up to $10.45 million in options.

4iG Space and Defence is becoming a growing presence in the European space sector.

4iG Space and Defence is Hungary’s main space company.

AE Industrial Partners has acquired a controlling stake in the space propulsion business of L3Harris, formerly known as Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Rail passengers in Gabon will benefit from connectivity services provided by Eutelsat and Airtel Gabon.

Eutelsat partnered with Airtel Gabon to deploy OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit connectivity services on trains in Gabon.

Mission Microwave will provide solid state power block upconverters for the landing stations for Telesat Lightspeed.

Mira Aerospace conducted a flight of a high altitude platform system (HAPS) vehicle in Europe in December.

Mira Aerospace is a subsidiary of UAE-based Space42.

Mira Aerospace flew its solar-powered HAPS model, ApusNeo18.

Alen Space worked with Egatel and the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras to run operational tests in a real maritime setting.

Alen Space has completed the first demonstrator pilot campaign of VDES technology using its SATMAR satellite over the Bay of Algeciras in southern Spain.

In the first pilot, SATMAR supported message exchanges between a vessel and the Port Authority.

The Ocean Census Arctic Deep - EXTREME24 expedition revealed a previously unknown ecosystem on the Arctic seafloor.

UiT The Arctic University of Norway led a multinational research team that identified the deepest known gas hydrate cold seep on Earth.

The Freya Hydrate Mounds were documented at a depth of 3,640 meters on the Molloy Ridge in the Greenland Sea.

Proba-3 uses on-board autonomous vision systems together with optical and laser metrology to detect the partner spacecraft over distances of kilometres.