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Supply Chain & Inputs in the space industry: 394 signals in the last 90 days

Dimension: Supply Chain & Inputs · Upstream — how the pieces are SOURCED. Suppliers, talent flows, capital inflows, raw materials, training data, fab capacity, geopolitical risk on inputs. Where stuff comes from. · latest 1 Nov 2026

394 signals in the space industry carried the tag Supply Chain & Inputs in the last 90 days (upstream — how the pieces are sourced. suppliers, talent flows, capital inflows, raw materials, training data, fab capacity, geopolitical risk on inputs. where stuff comes from), out of 1,194 in the last thirteen months. October 2026 had 102 signals against an average of 141 for Jul to Sept: down 28%. Named most often: SpaceX (49), NASA (15), Eutelsat (13). Below: the count per month, the companies named most, and the latest headlines with outlet and date. Frontier Tech Intelligence reads 100+ sources in eleven languages every day and tags every signal it extracts.

Signals per month

103May
115Jun
125Jul
136Aug
163Sept
102Oct
1Nov

October 2026 had 102 signals against an average of 141 for Jul to Sept: down 28%. The current month is partial.

The latest headlines

  1. MDA Space signs €64 million IRIS2 digital antenna agreement with Thales Alenia SpaceEuropean Spaceflight · Iris2, MDA Space, Thales Alenia Space
  2. MDA Space wins over $100 million IRIS² digital antenna contract with Thales Alenia SpaceSpaceQ · Iris2, MDA Space, Thales Alenia Space
  3. Deutsche Bank and the European Investment Bank will mobilise €560 million for European SpaceTech.EU-Startups · Deutsche Bank
  4. MDA Space will build digital antennas for the first 66 IRIS² satellites.SpaceQ · Iris2, MDA Space, Thales Alenia Space
  5. ESI Motion is supplying solar array drive electronics to Lockheed Martin’s missile-defense programs.SpaceNews · Lockheed Martin Space
  6. Astroscale’s UK subsidiary won a £15 million UK Ministry of Defence contract for Project LEDA.European Spaceflight · Astroscale
  7. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile asked the FCC to reconsider expanding spectrum for satellite direct-to-device services.ZDNet Korea · AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
  8. Argotec raised €50 million to scale small-satellite manufacturing.Payload · Argotec
  9. Canadian Space Agency opens bids for two RADARSAT+ radar pathfinder satellitesSpaceQ
  10. Obria Nano was launched into orbit as the first step toward a sovereign Ukrainian satellite communications constellation.Space24 · Himera

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Questions this page answers

How much supply chain & inputs activity was there in the space industry in the last 90 days?

394 supply chain & inputs signals in the space industry in the last 90 days, 1,194 in the last thirteen months. October 2026 had 102 signals against an average of 141 for Jul to Sept: down 28%. Per month: May 103, Jun 115, Jul 125, Aug 136, Sept 163, Oct 102, Nov 1. Frontier Tech Intelligence, from 100+ sources.

Which the space industry companies were named most in supply chain & inputs signals recently?

Named most in the last 90 days: SpaceX (49), NASA (15), Eutelsat (13), Thales Alenia Space (13), PLD Space (12).

What are the latest supply chain & inputs signals in the space industry?

MDA Space signs €64 million IRIS2 digital antenna agreement with Thales Alenia Space (European Spaceflight, 1 Nov 2026) MDA Space wins over $100 million IRIS² digital antenna contract with Thales Alenia Space (SpaceQ, 31 Oct 2026) Deutsche Bank and the European Investment Bank will mobilise €560 million for European SpaceTech. (EU-Startups, 30 Oct 2026)

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