Astrolab to develop lunar power and communications infrastructure
From the Space digest for Nov 4, 2026
Sources SpaceNews
What happened: Astrolab is to develop power and communications infrastructure on the Moon, according to SpaceNews. The report names the company and the two infrastructure focuses; no customer, price, timeline or contract terms were named in what surfaced.
What's genuinely new: Astrolab becomes a named developer on the lunar surface-infrastructure layer — spanning both power and communications — a level of specificity the earlier general coverage of the surface buildout did not carry.
Watch: who the customer is (NASA's permanent-base program versus commercial users), contract terms and delivery dates, and how the power and communications work fits with the first Moon-base cargo flights.