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Astrum Space Inc, a satellite-to-device broadcast operator for Asia-Pacific, disclosed in its SPAC business-combination announcement with Black Spade Acquisition III Co that it has contracted launch and orbital-delivery services from Impulse Space for its SWISSto12-manufactured NEASTAR-1 satellite, targeting a late-2028 to first-quarter-2029 launch. Astrum's CEO named the secured Impulse Space services as part of the infrastructure underpinning its path to deployment. The proposed combination values Astrum at approximately US$1bn equity value. Astrum holds 25 MHz of contiguous L-band spectrum at 1467-1492 MHz and orbital resources at the 105 degrees East GEO position.

Firefly added Zeno Power's radioisotope power payload to a Blue Ghost mission to demonstrate surviving the lunar night - the enabling constraint for any long-duration surface operation.

Intuitive Machines announced on Aug 17 it was selected and authorized to proceed on a multi-satellite communications infrastructure program with anticipated value above $600M, using its IM satellite platform. The customer was not disclosed; shares rose sharply on the news.

Firefly extended its multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin through 2031, giving Alpha a named anchor customer and contracted manifest visibility five years out.

Firefly Aerospace has announced an extension of its multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin, extending the partnership through 2031.

L3Harris selected Intuitive Machines to support tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency and US missile defense. The award continues the company's shift into national security space, where Q2 2026 revenue rose from 3% to 30% of the total year over year.

Lunar Outpost announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to expand space computing across its lunar mission manifest, using the NVIDIA Jetson platform and CUDA-X libraries. The stated applications are autonomous navigation, lunar mapping, scientific operations and communications.

Lunar Outpost collaborates with NVIDIA to use edge AI for autonomous navigation and operations on upcoming Moon missions.

Lunar Outpost Europe is contributing to Moonraker, a lunar LiDAR mapping mission led by NUVIEW GmbH and selected by ESA for a Phase A study under its Small Missions initiative. Moonraker aims to produce the most accurate three-dimensional Digital Elevation Maps of the lunar South Pole to date, supporting landing site assessment and hazard identification.

Lunar Outpost Europe is contributing to the Moonraker mission, an ESA Phase A study to map the lunar South Pole with LiDAR for landing site assessment.