Space News Digest 13 November 2026

This is SpaceEconomy's automated daily digest of the most interesting news related to our project. Published daily for your information and entertainment.

Friday 13 November 2026

1. Finnish astronomers dig into Euclid's first big data release
ESA's Euclid DR1-Foundation covers over a billion objects and more than 15,000 strong gravitational lens candidates; researchers in Turku and Helsinki are already using it, with follow-up planned on the Nordic Optical Telescope.
https://www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/mediatiedote/tutkijat-saivat-ennennakemattoman-maaran-uutta-tietoa-avaruudesta

2. Helsingin Sanomat: Finland should invest in the new space economy
HS's editorial says ICEYE, Kuva Space and ReOrbit show Finland's potential, but the industry needs 100-150 new engineers a year while Aalto graduates only 20-30 in space technology.
https://www.hs.fi/paakirjoitukset/art-2000012382552.html

3. Nammo lands its largest space contract, worth NOK 220M
Nammo's space division at Raufoss in Norway will deliver 117 igniter motors for Ariane 6 and Vega-C solid rocket motors over three years.
https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/nammo-pa-raufoss-med-stor-romfartskontrakt--1.18079906

4. AAC Clyde Space grows sales 32% and returns to a quarterly profit
The Swedish smallsat company's Q3 net sales rose to SEK 100.5M, with an order backlog of SEK 1,183M, up from SEK 390M a year earlier.
https://www.placera.se/pressmeddelanden/aac-clyde-space-interim-report-for-aac-clyde-space-ab-publ-january-september-2026-20261112

5. Gama raises EUR 15M for large deployable solar arrays
The French start-up, which pivoted from solar sails, will build a production line for Wing, its lightweight array for power-hungry satellites.
https://spacenews.com/gama-raises-15-million-euros-for-large-deployable-solar-arrays/

Image: ESA/Euclid/NASA, T. Li