Year: 2023

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has completed the launch of a new mission to research space weather. The company announced on March 23 that it launched a sounding rocket BROR was...

The satellite industry must figure out how multiple stakeholders can work together to manage space and mitigate debris while addressing concerns such as lack of trust or the presence of...

Satellite manufacturers are grappling with an increasingly diverse and fragmented marketplace, adjusting their strategies for the multi-orbit future of satellite communications. Customers’ multi-orbit plans represent an “age of opportunity” for...

The hack on Viasat’s KA-SAT network in early 2022 is still casting a shadow over cybersecurity discussions more than a year later. In a cybersecurity panel on March 16 at...

The global launch market is in a state of flux, as the market awaits delayed heavy-lift vehicles and deals with recent mission failures. One major question is the potential sale...

A trio of Dutch organizations are working together to target the laser communications market in the satellite industry. Technology developers Demcon and VDL Group formed a joint venture this month...

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded six companies — BlackSky Technology, HyperSat, Orbital Sidekick, Pixxel, Planet, and Xplore — study contracts for commercial hyperspectral imagery. The NRO will use these study contracts...

Virgin Orbit, which paused operations last week to conserve capital, plans to incrementally resume operations on Thursday to prepare for the next mission as the company continues funding talks.  Virgin...

LinQuest and SpiderOak are forming a new strategic partnership to protect space mission systems for government and commercial customers. The two companies announced the new partnership, March 21. Under the...

Arkisys has won a new contract from the U.S. Space Force, the company announced March. 20. It has won a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of...