Manufacturing

Astranis delivered four satellites to Cape Canaveral ahead of a dedicated SpaceX launch later this month. Astranis announced Tuesday that SpaceX is targeting December 17 for the Falcon 9 mission. ...

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be manufactured in the UAE under a new joint venture between Space42 and Finnish space startup Iceye. The JV announced Dec. 9 builds...

Telesat and MDA Space have completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for the Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, the companies announced Wednesday.  Completing the PDR shows that the constellation design...

D-Orbit USA has selected Spectrum AMT as its manufacturing partner in the U.S. to support satellite bus design, manufacturing, and business development.  The deal announced Tuesday is with Spectrum Advanced...

Boeing delivered two additional O3b mPOWER satellites to SES, the manufacturer announced Wednesday. The 7th and 8th satellites in the constellation are now en route to Cape Canaveral ahead of...

Ahead of launching the first satellites in its Gen-3 constellation upgrade, BlackSky fully acquired small satellite manufacturer LeoStella. BlackSky announced the move in its third quarter investor call on Nov....

CesiumAstro is rolling out a satellite design based on its phased array technology. The company announced Element, a reconfigurable satellite, on Sept. 30. It is CesiumAstro’s first fully integrated satellite platform...

Space robotics startup GITAI USA relocated its headquarters to a new office in Torrance, California that is more than four times the size of its previous location, the company announced...

Finnish startup ReOrbit secured its first GEO order to build a communications satellite for Malaysian energy and tech company Uzma Berhad, in a development the company hopes will open the...

Swissto12 completed preliminary design reviews with Viasat and Intelsat for both operators’ upcoming HummingSat satellites. Swissto12 is building small Geostationary (GEO) satellites for both Intelsat and Viasat for the Intelsat...