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Satellite operators are finding it harder to book rides to orbit as SpaceX scales back its workhorse rocket in favor of newer vehicles, while competing launch companies have yet to ramp up capacity to match demand. The resulting supply crunch is forcing smaller satellite makers and researchers to compete more aggressively for limited slots.
Apple's newest iPhone and Apple Watch models are now available for purchase in physical and online stores. A tech columnist evaluated the new devices primarily by comparing them against previous generations already owned by many consumers.
Maria Cabral Menezes, a 27-year-old former JPMorgan and Citadel trader, left finance to launch Reset Spray, a $29 product she describes as 'dry shampoo for clothes' that lets people refresh lightly worn garments between washes. The spray, which debuted in early August, generated $10,000 in sales in under a day and a half.
At the first International Space Summit in Paris on September 10, European leaders including Ursula von der Leyen and Emmanuel Macron called for the continent to build its own launch and crewed spaceflight capacity rather than relying on NASA and firms like SpaceX. The event took on added significance after reports that the White House discouraged US companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin from attending, which one former satellite executive called a wake-up call.
Motorola posted a cryptic teaser on X showing close-ups of various materials alongside the tagline 'A new perspective is coming' and the date September 22, 2026. Signs point to this being the reveal of the Signature 27, a follow-up to the Motorola Signature phone launched in January, since a sign-up page using the same tagline already exists.
Skillsync, part of YC's W26 batch, is building a tool that makes AI chat sessions portable so users can carry context and history from one AI agent to another instead of starting fresh each time. The company launched publicly on Hacker News to introduce the product and gather early feedback from developers.
An Entrepreneur contributor describes a COO who resolved a six-week product launch delay caused by slow procurement approval on packaging spec changes by setting a spending cap for same-day approval of urgent vendor fees. The next launch hit its date, proving the fix worked for that specific request, but the piece argues this success can mask a deeper, recurring tension between speed and financial oversight that will resurface elsewhere.
Public concern over artificial intelligence has escalated sharply, with fears ranging from existential risk to AI-enabled cyberattacks now surfacing in everyday workplace conversations and family discussions. What was once a niche worry among researchers and technologists has become a mainstream source of unease across American society.
United Launch Alliance remains one of the few major US rocket companies still focused almost entirely on launch services rather than branching into satellites, spacecraft, or other space businesses. Competitors like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, and Firefly Aerospace have all expanded beyond launch to capture higher-margin revenue streams, leaving ULA increasingly isolated in a low-margin segment of the industry. This has renewed speculation about whether ULA's parent companies, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, will eventually sell the venture.
German startup Isar Aerospace successfully launched its Spectrum rocket into low-Earth orbit on its second attempt, flying from a Norwegian spaceport in the Arctic Circle. Founded in 2018 by three university students, the company has raised roughly $1 billion and grown to nearly 500 employees over eight years to reach this milestone.
Longshot Space is developing what it calls the world's largest gun, a cannon that uses successive bursts of compressed gas rather than traditional rocket fuel to hurl satellites into orbit. The barrel, eventually planned to stretch for miles, is designed to gradually accelerate payloads to the speeds needed to reach space. Company representatives say the ruggedized satellites they envision could survive the launch shock, though they acknowledge the method isn't suited for delicate equipment or people.
German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from the Andoya spaceport in Arctic Norway, marking the first orbital launch from Western European soil. The mission, carrying five small satellites and a technology experiment, served as both a vehicle qualification test and the company's first payload flight, following a failed attempt 18 months earlier.