Author: Rachel Jewett
July 1, 2022
United Kingdom space startup Space Forge is partnering with space situational awareness (SSA) company Lumi Space on the upcoming Virgin Orbit launch from the U.K. later this year. Space Forge, based in Cardiff, Wales, is working to build a returnable and reusable satellite platform. This mission will launch Space Forge’s ForgeStar-0 platform to test its…
July 1, 2022
The global space industry grew 4% in 2021, to $386 billion in revenue, the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) recently reported. SIA released the annual State of the Satellite Industry report on June 29, reporting growth across the industry. BryceTech produced the report. For a fourth consecutive year, the commercial satellite industry launched a record 1,713…
June 30, 2022
OneWeb signed a launch contract with Relativity Space to launch satellites in its Gen 2 network on the new Terran R rocket. The deal, announced Thursday, marks a win for Relativity Space before the first flight of its Terran 1 vehicle. Relativity Space said launches will start in 2025. Financial terms of the agreement were…
June 30, 2022
SpaceX launched SES’s first C-band satellite on Wednesday in the FCC’s initiative to clear C-band spectrum. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 5:04 p.m. local time. SES confirmed the launch was successful. This is the first new C-band satellite for…