Author: Rachel Jewett

The Finnish Ministry of Defense is looking to purchase satellites from Iceye for intelligence and surveillance capabilities from space, under a new letter of intent announced June 27.  The letter...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Maxar Intelligence a delivery order under the Luno A program for commercial analytic services.  Maxar said on June 27 the order specifically deals...

GomSpace will build 18 satellites for an unnamed European tech firm under a 19.5 million euros ($22.7 million) contract.  GomSpace described the customer as a “disruptor in space-based communications backed...

AST SpaceMobile has completed a demonstration of tactical non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity with defense tech integrator Fairwinds Technologies.  The companies announced a field test on Thursday of defense-related use cases...

Amazon’s satellite constellation, Project Kuiper, has signed a satellite coordination agreement with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to reduce the impact of astronomical science.  The agreement announced Thursday has...

Rocket Lab launched four satellites for HawkEye 360, including three radio frequency (RF) tracking satellites and one experimental satellite.  The mission took place early morning on Friday, June 27 from...

Intelsat is deploying high-speed internet to a number of community centers in South Sudan and Uganda through a partnership with actor Forest Whitaker’s nonprofit, the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative...

Lux Aeterna, a new startup targeting reusable satellite bus platforms, emerged from stealth mode on Wednesday with a $4 million pre-seed funding round.  Space Capital led the funding round, with...

The European Commission released its proposal for the EU Space Act to create a single market for space activities in the EU and put new requirements on space operators regarding...

The SPAC that planned to combine with Lynk Global has filed a complaint against the company, which Lynk disputed in a Tuesday statement.  Slam Corp., a special purpose acquisition company...