Chuck Beames, executive chairman of York Space Systems and founder of the SmallSat Alliance, is joining the board of advisors for Slingshot Aerospace, a space situational awareness company based in Texas and California. He joins KD Geospatial Solutions CEO Karen Diener, former NASA Astronaut Susan Helms, and several others on Slingshot's leadership committee. Beames previously…

SpaceX successfully launched another 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Thursday. This is the 20th batch of satellites that SpaceX has put into orbit since the project began and the 5th successful launch since the beginning of the year. This particular mission, designated "Starlink L17," was supposed…

Kleos Space successfully completed a hardware critical design review milestone on the second satellite cluster of the Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1) and is on track for its mid-year 2021 launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Frankfurt, Germany-based space Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) company is under a rideshare contract with Spaceflight Inc. Satellite developer ISISpace conducted…

Space industry research and consultancy firm Bryce Space and Technology is changing its name to BryceTech. The company, founded in 2016 by Carissa Christensen, said the new name better aligned with its future growth strategy, as it  broadens its capabilities and client base. BryceTech will maintain the Bryce Space and Technology brand as a business…