The Exploration Company is developing a reusable space capsule called Nyx that will initially be used to ferry cargo to and from low Earth orbit destinations.

The Exploration Company is exploring a crewed variant of Nyx and projects it could be operational as early as 2035 contingent on a political decision.

The Exploration Company is focused on completing an initial test flight of Nyx to the International Space Station in 2028 under the European Space Agency’s LEO Cargo Return Services programme.

Logos Space’s constellation is intended to provide multigigabit, enterprise-focused connectivity resilient to jamming and electronic warfare.

Logos Space is working on launch contracts that will determine its launch schedule.

Logos Space was granted a waiver related to some Ka-band operations and must operate in that band on an unprotected, non-interference basis.

Logos Space is backed by US Innovative Technologies (USIT), the Thomas Tull investment firm.

Logos Space is in a competitive process to choose a satellite bus manufacturer and expects to select a partner later this year.

Logos Space has no demonstration satellites planned.

Logos Space entered into a binding technical compatibility agreement with Iridium in January for planned operations in the 23.18–23.38 GHz band.

The Federal Communications Commission granted Logos Space a license to deploy a 4,178-satellite low Earth orbit constellation.

Logos Space’s original FCC application requested authority for 3,960 satellites and was later amended.

Logos Space’s technology plan includes use of spectrum in nontraditional bands, narrow beams, and highly spread control signals to deliver a private network.

Logos Space designed its constellation for resilient, secure service and to reduce susceptibility to jamming.

Logos Space is led by former Google executive Milo Medin and Rama Akella, an alum of Starlink and Amazon Project Kuiper.

Logos Space intends its network transport to operate below the IP layer to manage RF energy and reduce interference with other systems.

Milo Medin is the former vice president of Wireless Services for Google.

The FCC posted its approval of Logos Space’s application on Feb. 4.

US Innovative Technologies invested $50 million into Logos Space last year.

Logos Space emerged from stealth in 2024.

Logos Space plans to use orbits and upward communication capability to reduce terrestrial jammers’ effectiveness in equatorial areas by leveraging attenuation at shallow angles.

Rama Akella is Logos Space’s president of engineering and a former co-leader of Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell initiative and former systems director for Amazon’s Project Kuiper (now Amazon Leo).

The FCC authorization allows Logos Space to operate in the Ka-, Q-, and V-bands.

The Logos Space system authorized by the FCC will operate in seven orbital shells ranging from 870 km to 925 km.

Muon Space is shifting its business strategy to focus less on one-off satellite projects and more on constellations.

Muon Space has three wildfire monitoring satellites for Earth Fire Alliance expected to launch in the middle of this year.

Muon Space has 20 satellites manifested to launch in the next 20 months.

Muon Space has closed contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense including SBIRs focused on environmental monitoring and missile warning and tracking capabilities.

Viridian Space signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force.

Univity originally planned a 1,500-satellite VLEO constellation to provide high-bandwidth connectivity for telecom providers.

Univity is expanding its service to offer direct-to-device connectivity in its VLEO constellation.

Max Space and Voyager are collaborating on expandable structures for surface infrastructure to support sustained deep-space human activity.

Payloads on Muon Space’s manifest include capabilities for hyperspectral mapping, RF sensing, thermal infrared sensing, and weather and atmospheric intelligence.

Deep Space Energy is working on a power solution intended to enable lunar missions to survive the lunar night, which lasts 14 Earth days.

Muon Space has three RF sensing satellites for Sierra Nevada Corporation planned to launch in Q1.

Deep Space Energy received €980,000 to develop a nuclear power solution for European lunar missions.

Vantor won a $5.3 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under the Luno B program to help combine data sources for tracking changes to Earth’s landscape.

Analysts project the number of satellites in orbit will grow exponentially in the coming decade.

Muon Space has vertically integrated more than 90% of the components of its largest satellite platform, MuSat XL.

Muon Space expects additional contracts to close in the coming year.

Muon Space plans to use the vertical integration of MuSat XL to grow its customer base.

Vantor will use artificial intelligence to rapidly detect shifts across large datasets of Earth-observation imagery.

Muon Space offers end-to-end solutions that include the spacecraft, integration, operations, data pipelines, and network.

Vantor will combine its own 30-centimeter high-resolution Earth-observation imagery with third-party sensors to provide a more complete picture of the globe.

Muon Space plans to pursue mergers and acquisitions to bring more of its supply chain in-house and increase the pool of missions it can support.

Under the NGA Luno B contract, Vantor will provide the intelligence community with data about shifts to roads, vegetation, and buildings and broader impacts caused by manmade or natural disasters.

The combined organization is led by Qualis CEO Rod Duke.

Qualis, InTrack Radar Technologies, and Tektonux executed a definitive merger on February 4, 2026 to create a unified defense technology company.

The merged company operates major facilities in Huntsville, Colorado Springs, and Eglin Air Force Base.

The merged company employs over 400 professionals.