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Finance
Smaller Space Companies Want to See Programs of Record for Their Investments
Smaller space companies want to see how the “commercial first” mantra of Pentagon acquisition reform translates into programs of record. The Space Force contends that its nine, new program acquisition […]
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Finance
India’s InspeCity Raises $10.5M in Pre-Series A round
InspeCity, a space startup based in India, has raised $10.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round to support four planned on-orbit missions over the next year and a half. […]
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Launch
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Launches on Falcon Heavy Rocket
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope lifted off on Sunday morning on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission. The telescope, named after NASA’s first chief of astronomy, will orbit 1 million miles […]
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Earth Observation
Europe’s Meteosat Third Generation Constellation Complete After Latest Launch
The Meteosat Third Generation system imaging system is now complete after Arianespace launched the second satellite on Aug. 27. European meteorological agency EUMETSAT confirmed after the launch that the MTG-I2 […]
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Government/Military
Ovzon to Enter German Market With New Partnerships
Swedish satellite operator Ovzon is beginning to enter the German market through two new partnerships announced this week. The company will perform an initial test implementation with a German government […]
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Launch
PLD Space, Isar Aerospace, and Rocket Factory Augsburg Land ESA Contracts in Launch Challenge
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded more than 500 million euro in funding for the European Launch Challenge between PLD Space, Isar Aerospace, and Rocket Factory Augsburg. ESA also […]
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Finance
Astrum Space Strikes SPAC Deal for D2D Service at $1B Valuation
Astrum Space plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger to fund the company’s plans for a “satellite-to-device” (S2D) broadcast network for the Asia-Pacific region. The […]
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Technology
Lite Coms Adds SES MEO Compatibility, Comtech WGS-Certified Modem to Lite Sat 1.3A Terminal
U.S. satcom terminal manufacturer Lite Coms is now selling its Lite Sat 1.3A terminal in a validated remote-terminal configuration for SES O3b mPOWER Sovereign Services and Hybrid Sovereign Gateway architectures. […]
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Technology
Kepler Enters Optical Tech Partnership, Hosted Payload Agreement with NorthStar
Kepler Communications will combine its optical data relay infrastructure with NorthStar’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) services under the terms of a new strategic partnership the two companies announced Thursday. The deal […]
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Government/Military
LeoLabs to Provide Space Force With Surveillance Radar
LeoLabs on Wednesday said the Space Force has awarded the company a $20.7 million contract to deliver a modified version of its Scout containerized space surveillance radar for a “new […]
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Government/Military
TraCSS Traffic Coordination System Remains in Pilot Mode Due to Budget ‘Uncertainty’
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – The Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic management system, known as TraCSS, has onboarded more than 70 satellite owners and operators and more than 10 nations […]
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Government/Military
NOAA Contracts Muon Space, Weather Stream, and Spire for TMATE Project
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded contracts on Wednesday to Muon Space, Orbital Micro Systems doing business as (DBA) Weather Stream, and Spire Global to develop new weather satellite instruments for […]
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Partner Content
Lyntris Targets Faster Delivery Timelines in Smallsat Interview With Madison Dye
Lyntris was formed earlier this year when Vitesse Systems combined with Accelint to form a new defense tech company. The combined company supports defense and national security missions across space, […]
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Launch
Impulse Space Scales Rideshare Program to GEO With Increased Demand
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Impulse Space has three rideshare missions to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) fully booked through 2028 and is looking at increasing the rideshare missions to twice as a […]
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Technology
Redwire to Manufacture Edge Aerospace Data Processing Units in US
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Edge Aerospace is scaling its manufacturing in the U.S. through a licensing agreement with Redwire under which Redwire will manufacture Edge’s data processing units (DPUs) and […]
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Government/Military
CesiumAstro Acquires 1Aardvark, Its 3rd Defense Systems Acquisition This Year
Space-based communications and intelligence provider CesiumAstro acquired a Virginia-based mission software and defense systems engineering company, 1Aardvark. Both companies announced the acquisition on Tuesday. The combination brings CesiumAstro’s satellites, communications […]
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Government/Military
TrustPoint Aces C-band GNSS Interference Demo for U.S. Naval Air Systems Command
Space-based positioning and navigation solutions firm TrustPoint successfully demonstrated its C-band signals in the presence of GNSS interference, a milestone listed under its contract with U.S. Naval Air Systems Command […]
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Partner Content
SSC Space Execs Talk Ground Service and Lunar Mission Growth at Smallsat
To kick off the Small Satellite Conference, Via Satellite interviews SSC Space executives Erwin Mercado, head of market region Americas, and Greg Johnson, business development director, about the company’s offerings […]
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Manufacturing
NanoAvionics Upgrades its Flagship MP42 Bus Line, Adding a 500kg Platform
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Kongsberg NanoAvionics is rolling out an upgrade to its MP42 line of satellite buses, including a new 500 kg platform which is now the company’s largest […]
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Technology
Kepler Launches Service on its New Optical Data Relay Constellation
Kepler Communications is now offering service from the next-generation optical data relay network constellation to global commercial and government customers, the operator announced Monday. With service now active following SpaceX’s […]
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Technology
KSAT Rolls Out Demonstration Campaign for Hyper Hybrid RF/Optional Network
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is kicking off a “Hyperion” demonstration campaign for its next-generation hybrid radio frequency (RF) and optical relay network, Hyper. KSAT announced Monday that the campaign will […]
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Government/Military
SDA Director Says Constellation’s Tranche 1 Checkouts Progressing Faster After a Slow Start
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — On-orbit checkouts of the Tranche 1 Space Development Agency (SDA) satellites launched in July are progressing much faster than previous plane launches, SDA Director Dr. Gurpartap […]
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Video
Fireside Chat with German Space Command: Featuring Major General Michael Traut
As Commander of the German Space Command, Major General Traut leads Germany’s dedicated military space operations organization, responsible for protecting German and allied space assets and integrating space capabilities into […]
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Government/Military
White House Targets Support for 1,000 Launches Per Year by 2030
The White House set a target for the U.S to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030 in a new National Security Presidential Memorandum released Thursday. That […]
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Partner Content
The Evolution of the Space Edge With Voyager CTO Paul Tilghman
While orbital data centers have drawn attention and driven headlines this year, there’s another story unfolding in spaceborne computing — the evolution of the space edge. It’s a shift to […]
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Finance
Starcloud Adds $250M to Series A at a $2.3B Valuation
Orbital data center startup Starcloud added $250 million to its Series A round just five months after the raise, more than doubling its valuation to $2.3 billion. Manhattan West led […]
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People
Space Norway Appoints Rune Jensen as Acting CEO With Morten Tengs Departure
Space Norway CEO Morten Tengs is stepping down from the role at the end of August, and the company will begin the search for a new permanent CEO. Rune Jensen […]
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Manufacturing
Sypris Electronics Wins Manufacturing Deal to Support LEO Constellation
Sypris Electronics has won a major new contract to support an unnamed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. The company manufacture power processing units for an unnamed, next-generation satellite constellation. Sypris Electronics, […]
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Finance
Muon Space Raises $250M Series C to Build Large-Scale Constellations
Muon Space closed a $250 million Series C round as the satellite manufacturer looks to accelerate building large-scale constellations and grow differentiated mission capabilities. This brings the company’s total fundraising […]
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People
Phantom Space Names Worth Wray as COO
Phantom Space has appointed Worth Wray as chief operating officer with responsibility for day-to-day operations, operational efficiency, capital formation, and scaling business processes, as the company works to ramp up […]





























