Sidus Space shares jump 11.14% intraday after completing Lonestar Data's mission kickoff and system requirements review, signaling rapid progress in commercial satellite data storage collaboration.

Sidus Space surged 11.14% intraday following the announcement of significant progress on its Commercial Pathfinder Mission with Lonestar Data Holdings. The companies completed a mission kickoff meeting and System Requirements Review (SRR), marking rapid advancement toward deploying Lonestar’s in-space data storage solution on a LizzieSat satellite. Sidus confirmed initial payments under the contract, with plans to integrate Lonestar’s Data Storage Module into its satellite platform and leverage AI-driven edge processing via FeatherEdge technology. CEO Carol Craig emphasized the company’s ability to accelerate commercial missions, while Lonestar highlighted the mission’s role in advancing secure, sovereign data storage from orbit. The Preliminary Design Review is slated for December 2025, reinforcing investor confidence in the partnership’s potential to expand Sidus’s space-based data infrastructure capabilities.