Jason Rainbow

TAMPA, Fla. — A Los Angeles-based startup has raised $5 million to fund an in-orbit computing demonstration next year, ahead of plans to deploy more than 100,000 orbital data centers to meet surging demand for AI infrastructure.

TAMPA, Fla. — British small satellite specialist Open Cosmos is seeking more time to deploy its proposed sovereign broadband constellation for Europe after running into launch issues.

The recent cancellation of three geostationary satellites is another blow for insurers hoping their legacy cash cows would bring home much-needed income following a bruising run of claims.

TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once defined the British satellite operator, with plans to sell the youngest payload in its aging broadband fleet.

TAMPA, Fla. — Israel's Gilat Satellite Networks plans to expand its defense capabilities by acquiring most of Comtech's space-related communications business, six years after the U.S. company's own takeover bid collapsed.

Our ongoing list of current private space companies with a valuation of $1 billion or more.

TAMPA, Fla. — Space surveillance venture Look Up plans to use Skynopy's ground station network to help automate its proposed low Earth orbit (LEO) collision avoidance service, the French startups announced June 17.

TAMPA, Fla. — Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros ($7.2 million) in funding from Europe's government-backed accelerator program, joining a wave of European companies attracting capital for greater space sovereignty.

TAMPA, Fla. — Jio Platforms, which owns India's largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from global satellite constellations to jumpstart its own sovereign low Earth orbit (LEO) network in the country.

TAMPA, Fla. — The White House has issued an executive order aiming to unify and accelerate U.S. development of quantum technologies, including space systems that could enable next-generation navigation, sensing and secure communications.