Rachel Jewett

Satellogic signed a letter of intent with Mexico’s space agency for a dedicated satellite constellation to deliver multi-spectral imaging.  Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM) signed the letter for a constellation-as-a-service program, […]

NASA finalized a $3.2 billion contract with Boeing to manufacture the core and upper stages for future Space Launch System (SLS) rockets. The SLS rocket, which first launched in the […]

Astroscale’s upcoming ELSA-M debris capture mission will use Addvalue and Inmarsat’s data relay service to communicate during the mission, the companies announced this month.  IDRS is the inter-satellite data relay […]

Euroconsult estimates that more than 2,500 satellites will be launched on average every year between now and 2031, driven by commercial constellations. The consulting firm released its flagship report, Satellites […]

Accenture and Planet have formed a partnership to collaborate on sustainability and impact initiatives, including supply chain strategy and climate risk assessments, the companies announced Dec. 6. The collaboration will […]

Iceye’s satellite data will support maritime operations under a new contract the operator signed with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), announced Dec. 7.  EMSA is a European Union agency […]

The United Nations General Assembly recently adopted a number of draft resolutions about space weapons and space norms, voting to approve a draft resolution against anti-satellite missile tests.  The assembly […]

SpaceX performed its first mission for OneWeb on Thursday, sending 40 satellites to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission notable in two ways — it was SpaceX’s […]

Terran Orbital has formed a new business division, the Optical Solutions Group (OSG) focused on electro-optical (EO) satellite imaging products. The new group has been tasked with developing new space-based […]

Sidus Space is planning to expand to Europe by opening a new office in the Netherlands, the company announced Thursday. The company plans to expand its reach in the European […]

Globalstar has signed a deal with Argentinian agtech startup Wiagro to supply IoT transmitters to be used to remotely monitor crops stored in silos.   Globalstar announced Wednesday it will provide […]

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) awarded contracts this week to seven commercial companies for space situational awareness (SSA) data analysis as part of a multi-orbit pilot to evaluate commercial […]

Mynaric will use cybersecurity tools developed by Redwire and BigBear.ai for its optical communications terminal for the Space-BACN program. Redwire and BigBear.ai developed the (SpaceCREST) platform — Space Cyber Resiliency […]

Slingshot Aerospace raised $40.85 million in an oversubscribed Series A2 funding round announced Tuesday, to grow and commercialize its space situational awareness capabilities.  CEO and co-founder Melanie Stricklan sees the […]

NASA’s TBIRD mission recently achieved a record for optical communications in space. The satellite downlinked 1.4 terabytes of data over laser communications links in a single pass that lasted about […]

Satellite service provider Sencinet signed a five-year deal with Telesat for capacity on the Telstar 19 Vantage satellite to modernize and expand the Petrobras oil and gas connectivity network. Petrobras […]

Boeing has delivered the first two O3b mPOWER satellites for SES ahead of launch, Boeing announced Monday. The satellites are now in Florida being prepared for launch. SpaceX is set […]

Satellite startup E-Space announced a deal on Monday to acquire CommAgility from the Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. for $14.5 million.  E-Space said CommAgility is the largest stand-alone developer of embedded […]

SpaceX is venturing into Earth observation (EO) and hosted payloads for national security use, with a new business line called Starshield. The company added a section to its website for […]

The FCC approved part of SpaceX’s application for the second generation of the Starlink constellation, which will allow SpaceX to deploy up to 7,500 satellites. The order was a partial […]

OroraTech, a Munich-based startup working to monitor thermal data from space extended its Series A funding round with 15 million euros ($15.8 million) from private investors and public sector funding.  […]

Rocket Lab has created a U.S. subsidiary to serve the U.S. defense and intelligence community, Rocket Lab National Security LLC (RLNS), the company announced Dec. 1.  Rocket Lab was founded […]

Pradman Kaul is retiring from his role as president of Hughes Network Systems at the end of the year, after nearly 50 years with the company. Kaul is a longtime […]

The latest SES satellite, SES-21, is now in service following its launch in October. SES announced Thursday the satellite is now operational at 131 degrees West.  SES-21, built by Boeing, […]

French aerospace lab ONERA ordered two nanosat platforms from NanoAvionics for its FlyLab mission. ONERA — the Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales — is self-financing the mission in order to […]

Intelsat has tapped Arianespace to launch two software-defined satellites, IS-41 and IS-44, on an Ariane 6 rocket in 2025. The companies announced the launch agreement on Wednesday. Arianespace said the […]

SiriusXM ordered two more satellites from Maxar Technologies, SXM-11 and -12, the companies announced Tuesday. Maxar is now developing four Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites for SiriusXM, including SXM-9 and -10 […]

France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited NASA’s headquarters in Washington on Nov. 30 while in the U.S. for a state visit, and met with Vice President Kamala Harris and NASA Administrator […]

Over the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services (AWS) ran AWS compute and machine learning software on a satellite in orbit in a first-of-its kind experiment. AWS collaborated with D-Orbit […]

Granite Telecommunications signed a deal to offer satellite internet using Viasat’s satellite network, the companies announced Tuesday. Granite, based in Massachusetts, provides voice, data, internet, wireless, video and secure networks […]