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BlackSky is expanding into space domain awareness (SDA) with a new contract to support an unnamed customer to deliver non-Earth imaging (NEI). Instead of providing satellite imagery of Earth, BlackSky will collect imagery of on-orbit spacecraft for the customer.  BlackSky announced the seven-figure contract on Tuesday. As part of the contract BlackSky will integrate Gen-2...

Boeing subsidiary Millennium Space Systems in El Segundo, California said on Monday that it has finished preliminary design review (PDR) of the company’s Low Earth Orbit Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) constellation, which is to be a key part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Millennium said on Monday that...

With a number of new commercial spaceports emerging, eight spaceports from around the world signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) for better strategic collaboration. A formal signing ceremony will be held in Milan, Italy on October 13, alongside the International Astronautical Congress (IAC). The MoU was announced Oct. 7. The eight spaceports, located across...

EchoStar Mobile, a subsidiary of EchoStar, is working with IoT startup Connected on a new IoT solution for connectivity in remote areas. The companies announced a deal on Tuesday to launch Connected One, a personal communication device that uses EchoStar’s satellite technology to connect people off the grid.  Under a new three-year agreement, EchoStar Mobile...

Spanish launch startup PLD Space announced plans for a large reusable launch vehicle and a crew capsule on Monday.  Last October, PLD Space launched its suborbital Miura 1 rocket for the first time. The company is currently working toward the launch of the Miura 5 two-stage, orbital rocket. The first commercial flights of Miura 5...

SpaceX launched the Hera planetary defense mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) on Monday morning. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the mission to interplanetary transfer orbit, lifting off at 10:52 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.  The mission took place despite the fact that the Falcon 9 is currently grounded...

Planet’s satellite data informs sugarbeet crop monitoring under a new contract between Planet partner SatAgro and American Crystal Sugar Company. Sugarbeet is a root crop with a high concentration of sucrose that is processed into sugar. American Crystal Sugar is a grower-owned cooperative and is the largest beet sugar producer in the U.S.  Under the contract,...

Seraphim Space, one of the leading investors in space tech startups, announced the latest round of companies taking part in Mission 14, its latest dedicated accelerator for space startups. Seraphim, which is known as Generation Space in the United States, announced the line-up, Oct. 7. Companies taking part include: Acquora; Artemis Earth; Constellation Technologies &...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Thursday awarded Impulse Space a $34.5 million contract for two tactically responsive space (TacRS) missions in 2026 for space domain awareness and dynamic space operations. One mission, VICTUS SURGO, involves the first launch into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) of Impulse Space’s Helios high-energy kick stage, which will be...

Intellian Technologies received Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) certification for its ARC-M4 Block 1 multi-band, multi-orbit satellite terminal. This terminal is known as the AN/USC-75 in the JETDAS military naming system. Intellian called the terminal the “first modern hybrid Naval terminal” because it enables milsatcom/WGS and commercial assets with a single terminal.  The terminal is already...