While the United States is launching rockets nearly every other day, and China maintains a steady rhythm of about one launch every five days, Europe—once a dominant force in commercial space—finds itself playing catch-up. The delayed debut of the Ariane 6 and the grounding of the Vega launcher following repeated failures have significantly eroded Europe's competitive position in orbital launch capability.

One company that made a big splash at the first Satellite Asia exhibition co-located with ATxSG 2025 in Singapore is STARWIN. The company is an innovative and dynamic enterprise co-founded by its Chief Operating Officer Amelia Liu. In ten years, since she founded the company in Chengdu, China, she and her team of experienced engineers built the company from scratch into one of the leading manufacturers of satellite terminals.

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the parent holding company of Geost, LLC, a Tucson, Arizona-based electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) payload development and manufacturing company and provider to high-priority national security satellites, from Lightridge Solutions, a portfolio company of ATL Partners, for US$ 275 million in a mix of US$ 125 million of cash and US$ 150 million in privately placed shares of Rocket Lab common stock, plus up to US$ 50 million in potential additional cash earnout payments tied to revenue ta