A cislunar corridor between Earth and the Moon requires regular transport systems, autonomous energy architectures, and technologies for operating at greater distances and complexity.

The absence of a shared legal framework for structured economic use of lunar resources raises questions about property, access, and liability that increase long-term investment uncertainty.

Participation in European and international space programs offers Italian industry opportunities to consolidate capabilities in pressurized modules, robotic systems, advanced components, and complex project management.

The GO-2 propulsion system completed a successful in-orbit demonstration mission in July 2025 that validated several of the system’s selling points.

Morpheus Space received a $15 million investment to expand production of its in-space propulsion system.

Morpheus Space’s Dresden mass production facility currently produces 100 units of the company’s proprietary GO-2 electric propulsion system as of July 2025.

Morpheus Space will use the strategic investment to expand mass production capabilities at its mass production facility in Dresden.

Lavrock Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, Pallas Ventures, and Vsquared Ventures participated in the investment round for Morpheus Space.

The European Investment Fund is the European Union’s investment arm.

Alpine Space Ventures led Morpheus Space’s $28 million Series A in 2022 to expand the company’s staff and manufacturing capabilities.

Bulent Altan is a founding partner at Alpine Space Ventures.

Alpine Space Ventures is a space-based venture capital firm.

The $15 million investment in Morpheus Space includes funding from Alpine Space Ventures and the European Investment Fund.

The environmental impact of private mega-constellation programs is under intense scrutiny in 2026.

The U.S. government has developed a reverse dependency on SpaceX as of 2026.

The orbital domain is commonly categorized into national security dependence, orbital congestion, and environmental impact.

SpaceX maintains a 95% share of the U.S. domestic launch market as of 2026.

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are central figures shaping orbital-era infrastructure and global security as of early 2026.

SpaceX holds over $22 billion in government contracts as of 2026.

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are competing to deploy mega-constellations that are altering the appearance of the night sky.

As of early 2026, private decisions by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos carry influence comparable to national policy in the orbital domain.

The in-orbit demonstration using the Transcelestial terminal is planned to launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission later in 2026.

Gilmour Space plans to make its satellite bus laser communications enabled by default.

The Transcelestial terminal delivery to Gilmour Space is scheduled for May 2026.

Gilmour Space and Transcelestial plan to explore using optical links to enable satellite-to-satellite connectivity for more resilient, lower-latency constellations.

Satellite operators face a growing mismatch between how much data spacecraft can collect and how quickly they can deliver it to ground users as sensors become more capable and workloads become more bandwidth- and time-sensitive.

Gilmour Space and Transcelestial plan to jointly pursue Australian R&D grants for future demonstrator missions and advanced optical networking capabilities.

Mark Grimminck is Head of Satellites at Gilmour Space.

Rohit Jha is CEO and Co-Founder of Transcelestial.

Transcelestial’s laser communications technology delivers point-to-point security that is resistant to jamming and includes Post Quantum Cryptography for quantum-safe communications.

Gilmour Space will collaborate with Transcelestial to fly a Transcelestial laser communications terminal and support an in-orbit demonstration to validate wireless laser communications performance in real operating conditions.

Transcelestial’s laser communications technology provides satellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground data transfer capabilities.

Gilmour Space and Transcelestial plan to explore co-hosting an Optical Ground Station in Queensland.

Arabsat will have access to Audimatic’s real-time, IoT-driven analytics for continuous visibility into satellite television viewing behavior.

Access to Audimatic’s real-time detection signals contributes to a broader understanding of live satellite viewing behavior.

Arabsat signed a deal with Audimatic to use Audimatic’s real-time television viewership detection platform.

Audimatic’s platform provides second-by-second detection signals that allow observation of how regional and international linear TV channels are consumed in real time.

Access to Audimatic’s real-time detection signals allows Arabsat to follow overall shifts in channel activity and regional consumption patterns.

Badis Khaldi is the founder and CEO of Audimatic.

Arabsat completed the partnership agreement with Audimatic on Feb. 4.

Arabsat will use IoT tools to monitor satellite TV reach and channel activity across the MENA region.

Audimatic positions itself as the first satellite linear TV audience tool.

Current space-qualified solar array manufacturing capacity is only a fraction of the roughly 20 megawatts per year needed.

Industry filings total between 82,000 and 100,000 satellites planned for deployment this decade.

Procurement lead times for space-qualified solar arrays have become standardly 12 to 18 months.

SpaceX’s Starlink has deployed over 5,000 satellites and has regulatory approval for 42,000 satellites.

The global space economy is projected to grow from $613 billion in 2024 to $1.8 trillion by 2035.

Combined procurement and integration delays are pushing total constellation deployment timelines out by 18 to 27 months.

Airborne signed an agreement to produce 40 solar panel arrays per month for Airbus’s mega-constellation satellites.

Solestial demonstrated the ability to manufacture a complete solar array wing in one month.