SES Signs Sky Renewal Deal
SES has signed a contract renewal with one of its biggest broadcast customers, Sky UK. The operator announced May 3 that Sky UK has signed a deal worth around 84...
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Raytheon Technologies Invests in Rocket Propulsion Company Firehawk
Raytheon Technologies on Thursday said its Missiles and Defense segment has invested in Firehawk Aerospace, a startup developing and manufacturing lower cost, high-performance hybrid rocket engines. The size of the Series...
Podcast
Boosting Smallsats to Geostationary Orbit With GeoJump’s Isa Fritz
You may not realize it, but the distance between Low-Earth Orbit, where most small satellites reside, and Geostationary Orbit, where nearly all of the much larger satellites live, is pretty...
Finance
L3Harris Space Revenue Grows $60M in Q1, Amid Overall Revenue Decline
L3Harris Technologies reported a 10% decline in revenue during the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021, although its Space business saw a $60 million revenue...
Imagery and Sensing
Terran Orbital Ships 2 GeoOptics Satellites to Cape Canaveral Ahead of SpaceX Launch
Terran Orbital Corporation shipped two next-generation satellites for Earth observation company GeoOptics to Cape Canaveral ahead of launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-5 rideshare mission. The Transporter-5 mission is set for May...
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Arabsat Orders Software-Defined GEO Satellite from Thales
Arabsat ordered a software-defined Geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, the regional operator announced April 29. Arabsat-7A is based on the Thales based on the Space Inspire platform, which...
Finance
AST SpaceMobile Hires Veteran Cogent Exec as New CFO
Space-based cellular broadband company AST SpaceMobile hired finance and telecom banking veteran Sean Wallace as its new executive vice president and CFO. Wallace previously served as CFO for global internet...
Technology
NASA Issues $95M in SBIR Phase II Financing to 110 Small Businesses
NASA issued early-stage Phase II ‘s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) financing to 110 U.S. small businesses to support technology development on a range of projects spanning foldable solar arrays...
Launch
Momentus Clears FCC Regulatory Hurdle for Next Month's Vigoride Launch
Space transportation and infrastructure services company Momentus received a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday authorizing the company to use radio frequencies to communicate with its Vigoride...
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Hispasat Wins Turnkey LTE Backhaul Deal in Mexico
Hispasat has won a new satellite backhaul deal in Mexico, the company announced April 28. The Spanish satellite operator will provide a satellite backhaul solution for a network of LTE...