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Aetherflux, the space solar power startup from the co-founder of Robinhood Baiju Bhatt, raised $50 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced Wednesday.  Index Ventures and Interlagos […]

Space Norway’s order of THOR 8 satellite last month marked a rare new Geostationary (GEO) satellite order in 2025. Coming almost a decade after THOR 7 was launched, it is […]

Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO services for commercial and business aviation are now live and operational, as the operator targets more revenues from this lucrative and increasingly competitive market for satellite players. […]

Thales Alenia Space has won a new contract worth 51 million euros ($55.1 million) with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to extend the operational life of […]

The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman two in-space refueling contracts, the company said on Wednesday. “These contracts build on Northrop Grumman’s proven on-orbit satellite […]

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MDA Space will acquire Israeli satellite tech company SatixFy Communications for $193 million under an agreement announced on Tuesday to boost its technology portfolio for satellite constellations.  In 2023, MDA […]

Spire Global grew revenue 13% in 2024, as it deals with “ongoing disruption” working to close a sale of its maritime business to data and analytics platform Kpler. Spire reported […]

De Boer Marine, a Dutch service provider that works with multiple companies in the satellite sector, has signed a new multi-year connectivity service agreement with SES to enable ship operators […]

CesiumAstro has entered a contract with the Taiwan Space Agency to supply software-defined payloads and ground user terminals for Taiwan’s experimental Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite program.  CesiumAstro, headquartered in Texas, […]

Sierra Space successfully demonstrated its Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology, with General Dynamics Mission Systems, for the U.S. Space Force, Sierra Space announced on March 31. The demonstration generated GPS navigation […]

The FAA approved United Airlines’ starlink-equipped aircraft type, the Embraer 175. United announced Monday that the first commercial flight is planned for May and will operate on a United Express […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) closed mishap investigations into both the SpaceX Starship flight and Blue Origin New Glenn debut that both took place on Jan. 16, the agency announced […]

Isar Aerospace’s first launch over the weekend was not successful, but it marked a milestone in European spaceflight as the first instance of a commercial launch taking off from continental […]

Launch day is a nail-biting experience for spacecraft operators and manufacturers watching on the ground as thousands of dollars in investment is rocketed to space. While launch vehicles tend to […]

Commercial enterprises and government space agencies are preparing to significantly increase their presence in cislunar space. A key challenge in this expansion is understanding how to navigate and exploit the […]

The SATELLITE show is over for another year and what a show it was. There was such a strong energy about the event this year. There is a sense that […]

The choices we make in the next decades will determine how we use space in the future and how countries, and future generations, will access it. It is time to […]

As OneWeb prepares to launch commercial service in the business aviation market, more than two years after Starlink, we examine how its high-speed, low latency low-earth orbit (LEO) Ku-band solution […]

Home-assembled made-in-China $300 Mavic drones laden with grenades have become the symbol of Ukraine’s ingenious fight to maintain independence from its eastern neighbor. The bloody war, which has to-date killed […]

The Los Angeles fires of early 2025, which left 29 people dead and destroyed more than 18,000 structures, have raised a lot of questions: What could have been done to […]

When it comes to space as a national security issue, the Trump 2.0 administration is expected to lean forward on offensive capabilities and integrating commercial service providers into Department of […]

As the space domain continues to evolve, so do its threat actors. In the proverbial game of keeping data safe and secure, how is the cybersecurity world keeping up? Via […]

Iceye announced Friday it will provide satellite data to the Situation Center at NATO HQ (SITCEN). The collaboration will give SITCEN access to Iceye’s capabilities, which Iceye said will enhance […]

With increasing demand for energy and the push to transition away from fossil fuels, space-based solar power is one of the solutions that could be part of the global energy […]

Swissto12 released the HummingLink-SOTP, a terminal for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) connectivity that the company says combines a small form factor, high portability, quick deployment, and high-throughput. Swissto12 announced the new […]

SES has made an interesting move when it comes to quantum-secure communications. It has teamed up with Singapore-based SpeQtral to develop an interoperable optical ground station (OGS) to establish long-distance […]

Space Systems Command (SSC) on Thursday announced a potential $5.6 billion multiple award contract for its National Security Space Launch (NSSL), with Rocket Lab and Stoke Space Technologies being added to the nation’s […]

Anywaves launched its first in-house production of space antennas and payloads through pilot lines, the company announced on March 27.  Anywaves, located in Toulouse, France, specializes in designing, developing, and […]