Japanese Ground Segment as a Service (GSaaS) company Infostellar has raised 700 million yen ($6.16 million), in a Series B funding round. This brings total funding to 1.9 billion yen ($17 million). Infostellar said in a Oct. 21 announcement that the Series B round is still open and will close later this year.  Investors SPARX…

Capella Space has signed a research and development agreement with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (SMDTC) to use its data from space.  Capella announced Oct. 21 that SMDTC will integrate its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data into the U.S. Army's Payload Development Lab. Capella said the U.S. Army will explore Capella’s…

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is seeking information from companies able to provide sensors to improve the space domain awareness of objects in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). “The government has identified a need for evolutionary or revolutionary space-based SDA [Space Domain Awareness] sensors to augment current and planned systems by providing frequent, timely, assured…

The European Space Agency (ESA) has established a Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement to help European companies succeed in the commercial space industry, the agency announced Oct. 21. This new directorate will play a role as Europe looks to go more digital and green over the coming decades. ESA has made a number of…