Manufacturing

A new spacecraft manufacturer, Apex, emerged from stealth on Monday with more than $7.5 million in funding.  Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with participation from XYZ, J2, Lux Capital, and...

Beyond Gravity will supply power electronics equipment, Power Control & Distribution Units (PCDU), for Loft Orbital’s Longbow spacecraft based on the Airbus Arrow platform. The companies announced the deal on...

Canadian manufacturer MDA has signed another satellite antenna deal, this time with Airbus OneWeb satellites for Ka-band steerable antennas, the companies announced Monday. MDA and Airbus OneWeb Satellites did not...

KT SAT Corporation has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space for the Geostationary (GEO) Koreasat 6A communications satellite, based on the Spacebus 4000B2 platform. KT SAT and Thales announced...

NanoAvionics is expanding its flagship satellite bus line with a larger bus to meet customer demand for microsats. The company announced Wednesday it is adding the MP42H and the MP42D...

Satellite Vu has commissioned a second satellite from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to grow its thermal imaging collection capacity.  The U.K. satellite startup is working to build a constellation...

Members of U.S. Congress joined HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini on Friday to cut the ribbon on the company’s brand new 19,000-square foot satellite manufacturing facility in Herndon, Virginia. U.S....

York Space Systems awarded Canadian manufacturer MDA a contract to design and build Ka-band steerable antennas for York Space satellites.  MDA said the contract will support space security and communications...

Airbus selected French space startup Anywaves to supply antennas for the satellite platforms Loft Orbital ordered in January. Anywaves announced Tuesday that it will supply more than 70 products for...

Airbus will supply Northrop Grumman with satellite platforms for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer award, the companies announced Tuesday.  The Airbus U.S. Space & Defense subsidiary...