Manufacturing

Airbus has shipped the Eutelsat 36D Geostationary (GEO) communications satellite from Toulouse, France to Florida, on board the Airbus BelugaST plane. Its final stop is the Kennedy Space Center in...

Canadian manufacturer MDA has rebranded to MDA Space, a move the company said positions it to lead in a new era of space innovation. MDA Space announced the rebrand on...

Thaicom taps Astranis to build THAICOM-9, an Astranis MicroGEO satellite. Thaicom, an Asian satellite and space tech company, selected Astranis to build a MicroGEO satellite to provide Ka-band services over...

Canadian satellite manufacturer MDA reported a strong 2023 financial year driven by the company’s constellation contract, growing revenue 26% year-over-year. MDA reported full year 2023 financial results on Feb. 28. ...

Kongsberg NanoAvionics US (NanoAvionics) has secured a new contract from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). It will be the second satellite it has ordered from NanoAvionics. The company announced...

Thales Alenia Space has won a new contract from Hellas Sat to collaborate on the development of an optical communication payload for the Hellas Sat 5 satellite. Hellas Sat 5...

Sidus Space is debuting a new, multi-material 3D printing division for engineering and advanced 3D printing services, the company announced Thursday. Sidus Space used MarkForged X7 printers and OnyxFR-A material...

Hyperspectral imagery startup Pixxel opened a new spacecraft manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India, this week. The company said this new facility is a comprehensive assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) facility...

The Space Development Agency confirmed it is the customer for Rocket Lab‘s $515 million, 18-satellite contract announced in December. Rocket Lab will build 18 satellites for the SDA’s Tranche 2...

In August of this year European startup Aerospacelab announced the high-profile appointment of Tina Ghataore as its new group chief strategy and revenue officer, and CEO of Aerospacelab’s new branch...