Manufacturing

SpeQtral has tapped Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) and Mbryonics to build its SpeQtral-1 satellite. The deal was announced Aug. 16. SpeQtral-1 is aimed at providing communications services that require quantum security,...

Construction is complete on York Space Systems’ fourth production facility, which will double York’s production capacity to more than 1,000 spacecraft per year. The new facility, nicknamed “Potomac,” is 60,000...

Lockheed Martin is opening a new smallsat processing facility in Colorado to support the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) contract and capitalize on other smallsat opportunities. Lockheed announced the new...

Benchmark Space Systems is expanding its headquarters to ramp up production on propulsion systems, the company announced Tuesday, along with a new autopilot on-board processing feature for customer satellites.  The...

LeoStella is debuting a new, larger small satellite bus platform that CEO Tim Kienberger, says is part of the move to more capable small satellite missions.  The new LS-300, announced...

Eutelsat has a new agreement with a Thaicom subsidiary to lease half the capacity on a new software-defined satellite over Asia to increase its service over the continent. The deal...

Maxar Technologies’ new satellite bus, called the Maxar 300 series, has completed its first critical design review (CDR), the company announced Monday.  Maxar is developing this satellite bus to support...

Amazon is investing $120 million in a new satellite processing facility in Florida as it ramps up activity for the Project Kuiper constellation. Amazon and Space Florida announced the new...

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has already shipped the recently announced Telesat LEO demonstration satellite, and it will launch on a Rocket Lab mission set for July.  Just last month Telesat...

Ramon.Space has a new manufacturing agreement with Foxconn subsidiary Ingrasys, which will manufacture Ramon.Space computing products globally. This is the first deal for Ingrasys in the space industry.  Ramon.Space develops...