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SpaceTech News Roundup – W/C 09.02.26

Constellr snaps up €37M to expand its thermal satellite imaging

Thermal imaging is a hot area right now in satellite tech, and today Constellr — one of the startups building the hardware to capture thermal images and the software to understand them better — is announcing €37 million (around $44 million) in funding to expand its business.

This Startup Thinks It Can Make Rocket Fuel From Water. Stop Laughing

General Galactic, cofounded by a former SpaceX engineer, plans to test its water-based propellant this fall. If successful, it could help usher in a new era of space travel. That's a big “if.”

Starlab Space and Auxilium Biotechnologies to Advance Life Sciences Research in Microgravity

Auxilium will provide orbital 3D bioprinting and biofabrication capabilities aboard the Starlab space station to enhance research and development in regenerative medicine, implantable medical devices and tissue engineering.

AST SpaceMobile deploys record low orbit cellular array on BlueBird 6

AST SpaceMobile has completed the unfolding of its next generation BlueBird 6 satellite, deploying what it describes as the largest commercial communications array antenna yet placed in low Earth orbit.

GCT Semiconductor Partners with Skylo to Accelerate Global Satellite Connectivity

The companies are collaborating to expand seamless global satellite connectivity for next-generation cellular IoT devices, including joint efforts towards chip and module certification

ELT Group and D-Orbit signed a Strategic Cooperation Framework in Support of Saudi Vision 2030 Objectives

The signing was formalized within the context of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 objectives, with the purpose of creating a stable and coherent basis for joint activities aligned with national priorities for technological development, industrial growth, and localization.

More power: first Ariane 6 with four boosters lifts off

On 12 February 2026, four P120C boosters ignited and lifted Ariane 6 to the skies. The success of this launch confirms Europe’s readiness in heavy lift launch capability and is key to ESA’s efforts to ensure autonomous access to space for Europeans.