Manufacturing

Japanese satellite manufacturer Axelspace is debuting a new service for in-orbit demonstration of space components, called AxelLiner Laboratory or AL Lab. The service allocates space on Axelspace’s 100 kg-class microsatellites...

Thales Alenia Space placed a follow-on order with Redwire Corporation for additional Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for the manufacturer’s Space Inspire line of satellites.  The follow-on order increases the...

EnduroSat has signed a landmark deal in Africa which will see it help to build Botswana’s first-ever satellite. EnduroSat will work with The Botswana International University of Science and Technology...

Terran Orbital and South Korea’s Hanwha Systems announced an MoU on Wednesday to work together on satellite manufacturing, including solar cells, and cooperate in the defense industry in both the...

Northrop Grumman delivered the two satellites in Space Norway‘s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM), the company announced June 21. The satellites are scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9...

Vyoma signed a contract with Belgian small satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab for a second space situational awareness (SSA) satellite. The satellite is set for launch late 2025 at the earliest, according...

Satellite developer and manufacturer Apex on Wednesday said it has closed a $95 million funding round that will allow it to begin to scale production and expand its suite of standardized and...

Yahsat has contracted Airbus Defence and Space to build two new Geostationary (GEO) satellites, Al Yah 4 (AY4) and Al Yah 5 (AY5). The satellites are expected to launch in...

Japanese satellite operator Sky Perfect JSAT ordered a software-defined satellite from Thales Alenia Space, JSAT-31. Based on the Space INSPIRE platform, JSAT-31 will have the largest capacity in the history...

Belgian small satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab broke ground on a new factory this week that it says will be capable of producing 500 small satellites per year. The new factory, located...