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From billion-dollar launch contracts to the founders betting everything on a new way to reach orbit, this is where SpaceInfo Club tracks the business of space. Coverage spans commercial rockets, satellite constellations, space tourism, and the policy and geopolitics shaping who gets to fly.

Reporting draws on conversations with the people building this industry from the ground up, including Corinna Sperandini, CEO of Spacewear, and Marius Celette, CEO of Alpha Impulsion.

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Corinna Sperandini — CEO, Spacewear; award-winning innovator in wearable space technology.
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Marius Celette — CEO, Alpha Impulsion; rethinking rocket propulsion from the inside out.
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ESA and Vast: the new MoU and Europe’s future after the ISS

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Image Credits: jonasphotto The European Space Agency has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with Vast, the California-based company building the Haven space stations. The document replaces the 2024 agreement and broadens the scope of the collaboration, but it remains an exploratory agreement: its value is mainly strategic, because it shows how Europe is preparing

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Photonic Quantum Processor in Orbit: What the First Test Proved, and What It Didn’t

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Illustrative image: CubeSats deployed into Earth orbit from the International Space Station’s Kibo module. Not the satellite used in the experiment. Credit: NASA/Tracy Dyson. A research team led by the University of Vienna has operated a programmable photonic quantum processor in orbit and observed interference between two photons. It is a real technical result and,

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Argotec and Rheinmetall Put an Air Defence Satellite in Orbit

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Argotec and Rheinmetall Put an Air Defence Satellite in Orbit Argotec and Rheinmetall Put an Air Defence Satellite in Orbit 2026-10-04 Image Credits: ARGOTEC A sensor for air defence, launched on a rideshare On 1 October 2026 a Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying the first satellite developed jointly

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HMS Daring Representative Visit Space Park Leicester as Royal Navy and Space Sector Strengthen Ties

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tag: Space Park Leicester Cover image credits: SPL Representatives of HMS Daring have visited Space Park Leicester as the Royal Navy ship continues to strengthen its ties with Leicester and the wider county. The delegation included HMS Daring’s Commanding Officer, Commander Andrew Platt RN, and Weapon Engineer Officer, Lieutenant Commander Adam Thompson RN. They

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Spacewear CEO Corinna Sperandini Receives Italy’s “Le donne di ora” Award – But Let’s talk about Technology and Innovation

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Cover Image: Le Donne di Ora Prize – Credits Invitalia The recognition highlights a growing role for textile innovation in the future of human spaceflight. The Italian space sector continues to demonstrate that innovation does not only emerge from rockets, satellites, or propulsion systems. Sometimes, it begins with the materials astronauts wear every day. Corinna

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Leicester Showcases Why the UK Space Sector Is More Than Just Launches

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Will Wells, CEO of Space Park Leicester, highlighted the breadth of Leicester’s contributions, pointing to missions ranging from SMILE and BepiColombo to ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), as well as emerging technologies being developed by spin-out company Perpetual Atomics in the field of space nuclear power systems.

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