SpaceNexus AM · Tuesday, September 22, 2026

UK commits £7.8bn to space strategy, defence gets biggest slice

Satcom funding tilts toward defence, signalling where UK contracts and Canadian partnerships will flow next.

Five stories

1. 1. UK commits £7.8bn to space strategy, defence gets biggest slice

   Satcom funding tilts toward defence, signalling where UK contracts and Canadian partnerships will flow next.

   SpaceQ · Space Defense

2. 2. NASA chief says agency now wants 'good deals,' not everyone happy

   Shift from consensus-building to deal-by-deal terms will reshape how allies negotiate Artemis and station roles.

   Ars Technica Space · Artemis Tracker

3. 3. Five orbital launches on tap this week: Electron, Falcon 9, Starship

   A packed multi-vehicle week is a live test of current cadence claims across three different providers.

   NASASpaceFlight · Mission Control

4. 4. NASA science talk to cover AGN outflows and IXPE polarization data

   Niche astrophysics seminar, useful mainly for researchers tracking MIRACLE and IXPE mission output.

   NASA Science

5. 5. Report: European space startups face harder path from R&D to exit

   Chapter 6 of the Orbital Venturing series maps how IPOs and M&A actually play out once a startup matures.

   SpaceWatch.Global · Startups & Pre-IPO

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