Year: 2023

Lockheed Martin is opening a new smallsat processing facility in Colorado to support the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) contract and capitalize on other smallsat opportunities. Lockheed announced the new […]

Benchmark Space Systems is expanding its headquarters to ramp up production on propulsion systems, the company announced Tuesday, along with a new autopilot on-board processing feature for customer satellites.  The […]

LeoStella is debuting a new, larger small satellite bus platform that CEO Tim Kienberger, says is part of the move to more capable small satellite missions.  The new LS-300, announced […]

Eutelsat has a new agreement with a Thaicom subsidiary to lease half the capacity on a new software-defined satellite over Asia to increase its service over the continent. The deal […]

The U.S. government lifted certain restrictions on commercial remote sensing satellite companies on Monday. The changes came from NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) office, which is a division […]

The Japanese government has selected Warpspace for a small business innovation research (SBIR) project to develop interoperable optical communication modems and routers. Japan’s SBIR program supports R&D and commercializing small […]

Less than a week after she announced her departure from Mynaric, Tina Ghataore has a new role in the satellite industry. Ghataore has been appointed as the new group chief […]

Firefly Aerospace has named former Blue Origin executive Bretton Alexander as chief revenue officer (CRO) to lead business development planning to drive revenue growth. Alexander will oversee all sales and […]

IBM announced this week that IBM’s geospatial foundation model watsonx.ai, which is built from NASA‘s satellite data, will now be openly available on AI platform Hugging Face. IBM says this […]

Orbit Communications Systems has unveiled cybersecurity enhancements for its Gaia100 Earth observation (EO) systems. The company announced Aug. 3 that it is introducing NetShroud+ for these systems. The NetShroud+ solution […]

The FCC is kicking off an inquiry into non-federal spectrum usage, particularly how new data sources and technologies like AI can aid with spectrum management. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said […]

Tilebox, a new European space startup has closed its pre-seed round of funding, raising $1.7 million. The company announced the close of the funding round Aug. 1. The round was […]

Globalstar’s financial position has been greatly improved with the company’s deal to provide the satellite service for Apple’s iPhone 14 emergency messaging service. In the first half of this year, […]

SpaceX launched the Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 satellite for Intelsat in the early hours of Thursday morning. The launch marks a milestone for Intelsat — it’s the operator’s eighth Geostationary Orbit (GEO) […]

Revenue at SES grew nearly 10% in the first half of this fiscal year, but the operator also disclosed a minor issue with O3b mPOWER satellites in its half year […]

Rocket developer iRocket has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop engines and stage technology for the company’s fully reusable Shockwave […]

Viasat is launching a new family of modem solutions, Black ICE Software Defined Radio product line. The Black ICE SDR modem solutions can be integrated with commercial off-the-shelf and custom […]

Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space plan to form a joint venture to develop and operate the Starlab commercial space station. This comes after Airbus joined Voyager’s Starlab development […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is committing a further 15 million pounds ($19.1 million) in funding for satellite Earth observation (EO) technologies. The UKSA announced the new initiative Aug. 2. […]

U.S. Space Command is set to achieve full operational capability (FOC) this month, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, confirmed the […]

Planet will lay off 117 employees, CEO Will Marshall announced Tuesday, after the company lowered its guidance last quarter.  Planet published a note that Marshall sent to the company, explaining […]

Satcom Direct and Gilat Satellite Networks have signed a strategic agreement to develop and supply new aviation antennas for OneWeb’s constellation, the companies announced Tuesday.  Gilat will develop an electronically […]

Why are the world’s space faring nations racing back to the Moon? What is the value of establishing a new lunar economy? In this episode of On Orbit’s Future Space […]

Xona Space Systems has received $1.2 million in further AFWERX funding after demonstrating precision position, navigation, and timing (PNT) signals on its demonstration satellite, Huginn.  AFWERX is the innovation arm […]

SES is extending its partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP) that will see AFP provide better real-time access to live news and events from around the world on its AFPTV Live platform. The […]

Why are the world’s space faring nations racing back to the Moon? What is the value of establishing a new lunar economy? In this episode of On Orbit’s Future Space […]

Orbit Fab has hired former Terran Orbital executive Shawn Hendricks as its first chief operating officer (COO), to ramp up the company’s internal production. Orbit Fab announced the hire July […]

Satellite manufacturer Astro Digital will incorporate Astroscale’s Docking Plate into its modular satellite bus line for future end-of-life servicing. The companies announced July 24 that Astro Digital is set to […]

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is asking the FCC to consider new spectrum rules to ensure reliable communications for commercial space launches.  According to a July 28 FCC release, the rules […]

Axess Networks and ABS are teaming up as Axess looks to increase its coverage in the Middle East. The two companies announced the partnership, July 30. The agreement provides Axess […]