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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 the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky signed a Memorandum of Intent. What it says, how satellites affect optical and radio astronomy, what has been tried, and what remains open.
ESA and the IAU CPS Sign an Agreement to Keep the Sky Dark and Quiet Read More »
Cover Image Credit: ESA/P. Carril On 23 and 26 October 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed contract extensions for four additional Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites. The Galileo G2 fleet now stands at 16 satellites. The new spacecraft are scheduled for delivery in 2031, with launch to follow soon after. What was signed,
Europe Orders Four More Galileo Second Generation Satellites Read More »
Cover Image: Members of the IDE Systems team at Space Park Leicester – Credits SPL Sometimes a business decision comes down to spreadsheets and strategy. This time, it also came down to a rock from the Moon. IDE Systems, an engineering company specialising in systems engineering and safety assurance, has become the latest organisation to
A Piece of Moon Rock Helps Bring IDE Systems to Space Park Leicester Read More »
Launch costs have fallen forty-fold, yet most satellites still cannot decide without a human in the loop. Why autonomy, not hardware, is new space’s real bottleneck.
The Hardest Part of Building New Space Is Not What You Think Read More »
A UK-Rwanda-Tanzania project called IKIRERE is studying droughts and heatwaves in East Africa while teaching physics, climate science and satellite technology to students and early career scientists.
Leicester Scientists Help Train East Africa’s Next Generation of Climate Researchers Read More »
ESA signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with Vast, builder of the Haven space stations, replacing the 2024 agreement and showing how Europe prepares for the post-ISS era.
ESA and Vast: the new MoU and Europe’s future after the ISS Read More »
A University of Vienna-led team operated a programmable photonic quantum processor in orbit and observed two-photon interference: a real first, but a feasibility test, not a useful quantum computation.
Photonic Quantum Processor in Orbit: What the First Test Proved, and What It Didn’t Read More »
On 1 October 2026 a Falcon 9 launched the first satellite developed jointly by Argotec and Rheinmetall Italia, a sensor for air defence flown on a rideshare mission.
Argotec and Rheinmetall Put an Air Defence Satellite in Orbit Read More »
There is no contradiction between those two outcomes. Starship reached several major milestones while also encountering problems that forced the mission to end early. The real story of the flight lies in how those successes and failures unfolded together.
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
