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The longer you live, the more you realize how much of the world’s life takes place in the shadows. They are not good places, the shadows. It’s where warlords grow […]

Spanish company PLD Space launched its suborbital Miura-1 rocket for the first time on Saturday, Oct. 7, reaching a height of 46 km. While the rocket is designed to reach […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman a $235 million contract for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) polar satellites 1 and 2 — […]

Pale Blue, a Japanese space propulsion startup, has secured a further $7.5 million (1 billion yen) in funding, the company announced Oct. 5. The company also announced that it had […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the first two prototype satellites for Project Kuiper on Friday, putting the first assets in space for Amazon’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.  The Atlas V […]

Axiom Space and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed an MoU this month to collaborate on human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialization. The MoU is active for three years, with […]

Integrasys is forming a new strategic partnership with Network Innovations. The two companies announced the partnership Oct. 4. The formal relationship specifically features Network Innovations’ Advanced Networks division, which provides […]

Northrop Grumman is no longer pursuing its own commercial space station and instead will be working with Voyager Space on its Starlab project. Voyager and Northrop Grumman announced their new […]

CesiumAstro demonstrated its Ka-band active phased array terminal with SES and Hughes Network Systems, connecting to a satellite in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).  Cesium performed the tests in June and July in […]

One year after being acquired by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, smallsat manufacturer NanoAvionics is on the cusp of signing constellation contracts, CEO Vytenis Buzas told Via Satellite in a recent […]

Rocket Lab officially opened a new engine development center in Long Beach, California, in the facility acquired out of Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy proceedings.  The new manufacturing complex is more than […]

Private funding in commercial space startups dramatically outpaces government investment but venture capital (VC) could wane if the Defense Department fails to quickly boost its contracting with these companies, potentially […]

Keysight Technologies is launching a new phased array antenna control and calibration solution. It believes the solution will enable satellite designers developing active electronically scanned arrays for satellite communications applications […]

E-Space completed a U.S. Department of Defense contract with a demonstration at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the company announced Wednesday.  The announcement was light on details, E-Space said it […]

The U.S. Army recently ordered $48.6 million worth of modems from Comtech, the company announced Tuesday. The contract is for Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modems. The EDIM modems […]

Last month, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) formally ended a commercial radar contract the agency had with PredaSAR, now Terran Orbital, the NRO said on Oct. 2. “PredaSAR did not meet […]

ManSat has rebranded itself as River Advisers in a strategic move. The company announced the rebrand Oct. 3. The company feels it needs a fresh brand identity as it looks […]

The FCC took its first space debris enforcement action on Monday, fining Dish Network $150,000 for failure to properly deorbit its EchoStar-7 satellite. Dish admitted liability as part of the […]

NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data for the agency’s Earth science research as part of the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program (CSDA).  NASA announced Tuesday that Airbus […]

Most of us understand the damage caused by cyberattacks on Earth. In space, the consequences of cyberattacks are even more dire. They can sabotage years of economic activity, threaten national […]

Most of us understand the damage caused by cyberattacks on Earth. In space, the consequences of cyberattacks are even more dire. They can sabotage years of economic activity, threaten national […]

A number of companies have joined forces to bring a new track & trace solution for the logistics industry using satellite technology. WISeKey, a global cybersecurity company, is teaming up […]

Cruise company Holland America Line is more than halfway through updating the internet on its fleet of 11 ships to SpaceX’s Starlink service. Holland America announced Monday that it expects […]

The Vega C rocket is not expected to return to flight until the fourth quarter of 2024, the European Space Agency announced Monday.  Vega C failed during its second mission […]

The Japanese government awarded Astroscale Japan an award worth up to $80 million for a debris inspection mission. The award announced Monday is a small business innovation research (SBIR) award […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) set an Oct. 6 launch date for Amazon’s Project Kuiper prototype satellites. The encapsulated payload arrived at ULA’s integration facility at Cape Canaveral on Thursday.  The […]

NASA extended its blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Planet, placing multiple orders totaling $18.5 million through 2024, Planet announced Friday.  The BPA is part of NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition […]

Intelsat launched a new content service at IBC, IntelsatOneIP, a content distribution system that uses the internet to transport video content around the globe. The company says it will provide […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) will invest a further 65 million pounds ($79.1 million) of funding for innovations that could boost U.K. leadership in space technologies and applications. The latest […]

Xage Security on Wednesday said it has received a $17 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to provide a cybersecurity platform to protect the service’s ground and […]