Manufacturing

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 […]

Canadian manufacturer MDA is starting work on a new constellation for an undisclosed customer, the company announced Friday.  The announcement was light on details, but MDA received an authorization to […]

U.S. space-as-a-service company Momentus secured a contract with Spanish space and science equipment company AVS for transportation and orbital delivery services in 2024. Under the contract, Momentus will integrate AVS’ […]

Italian space company Argotec is opening a manufacturing facility in Largo, Maryland, expanding its business to the U.S.  Argotec is investing $25 million to launch its business in the U.S., […]

One year after being acquired by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, smallsat manufacturer NanoAvionics is on the cusp of signing constellation contracts, CEO Vytenis Buzas told Via Satellite in a recent […]

Thaicom has ordered a new software-defined satellite from Airbus, based on the OneSat product line. This is Thaicom’s first flexible satellite and will give the operator the ability to adapt […]

After finalizing funding and switching manufacturers, Telesat is ramping up activities on its Lightspeed constellation. The operator announced a contract for 14 SpaceX Falcon 9 launches on Monday, and CEO […]

Terran Orbital is updating its satellite bus product line, announcing a new lineup of seven satellite bus platforms on Wednesday across nano, micro, mini, and small classes. The lineup is […]

LeoStella and Hera Systems are jointly bidding on manufacturing proposals for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer, the companies announced Monday. They plan to collaborate on manufacturing the […]

Muon Space selected Exotrail to supply five of its “spaceware” electric propulsion systems for the company’s climate monitoring constellation, the companies announced Aug. 24.  Exotrail’s spaceware is a high-thrust, electric […]

True Anomaly, which recently emerged from stealth mode, opened a new spacecraft manufacturing facility called GravityWorks in Centennial, Colorado on Aug. 17.  The company gave a bold projection for the […]

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 […]

Reflex Aerospace signed Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS) as its first commercial customer, and will fly a payload for MBS on its first satellite.  Reflex announced on Tuesday that MBS will […]

Canadian satellite operator Telesat announced Tuesday that it contracted Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to build a new demonstration satellite named LEO 3, providing its first update on the development of […]

Inmarsat has ordered three small Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites from Swissto12 for the eighth-generation of its L-band network. The three I-8 satellites will be based on Swissto12’s HummingSat satellite platform […]

German space startup Reflex Aerospace has booked a slot on a SpaceX mission to launch its demonstration satellite in fall 2024. Reflex also expanded its seed funding round with a […]

Terran Orbital recorded record revenue of $28 million in the first quarter of 2023 and a new 16-satellite deal, but the company is burning through cash quickly. The manufacturer announced […]