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This is a bonus edition of Space Minds by SpaceNews. This week we’re at the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation GEOINT Symposium in St. Louis where we’ll post episodes

ST. LOUIS — British startup SatVu is proving that even a short-lived satellite mission can yield big business opportunities in the competitive remote-sensing sector. Despite the premature failure of its

WASHINGTON — Scientists are urging NASA to act quickly on concepts for repurposing a pair of NASA smallsats to visit an asteroid before it makes a very close approach to

ST. LOUIS — Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, iQPS, plans to launch eight additional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites through the end of 2026. Rocket Lab, the U.S. launch

TAMPA, Fla. — Seraphim Space announced the startups joining the 15th round of its networking and mentoring accelerator program May 19, reflecting the rising convergence of commercial innovation and national

At the end of April, I testified before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. The hearing aimed to gather recommendations on how Congress can strengthen networks and ensure secure,

ST. LOUIS — The Trump administration’s push to modernize missile defense could open new opportunities for the commercial remote-sensing industry, according to Eric Jensen, CEO of Iceye U.S., a subsidiary

ST. LOUIS – Sophia Space raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding to develop orbiting compute and data centers with key geospatial intelligence applications. The Southern California startup’s modular data centers

HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft

WASHINGTON — Space and defense company Voyager Technologies has filed paperwork to go public, revealing details about the company’s finances and plans for its largest project. Voyager filed a preliminary