Northrop Grumman has teamed up with Firefly Aerospace to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium-lift launch vehicle to serve commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets. The two companies announced the collaboration Aug. 8. The 200 series of the Antares rocket, developed Orbital Sciences Corporation, now part…

SpaceLink has entered into an R&D agreement with the U.S. Army to jointly explore space communication pathways. SpaceLink announced the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center on Monday. SpaceLink is building a satellite relay system in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO), with both optical and radio…

LiveEO, a Berlin-based satellite analytics company, has secured 19 million euros ($19.34 million) in new funding, the company announced Aug. 5. LiveEO's core product is an infrastructure monitoring suite powered by satellite imagery. The company uses artificial intelligence to analyze Earth observation data, and gives operators of railways, power lines and pipelines actionable information on…

Xona Space Systems has secured another $25 million in financing, the company announced late last week. The company, which is developing navigation technologies from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), revealed that its latest round of financing was oversubscribed, as it looks to develop its commercial satellite navigation network. The round was led by First Spark Ventures who is…