Astra Space, Inc. will supply LeoStella with spacecraft engines under a new contract announced Tuesday. Astra is a smallsat launcher and is expanding into space technologies. The launcher acquired propulsion company Apollo Fusion last year.  Astra is expected to begin delivering the propulsion systems later this year and into 2023. The companies did not share…

Rocket Lab is opening a new space systems complex in Littleton, Colorado, with two two mission operations centers, the company announced Feb. 2. The new facility will expand Rocket Lab’s presence in Colorado, which it established with the acquisition of mission software company Advanced Solutions, Inc. (ASI) in October 2021. The company wants to double…

More than 50 CEOs and executive leaders from the world's largest commercial space companies have confirmed to speak at the SATELLITE 2022 Conference and Exhibition, which will take place March 21 through March 24 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C. The executives set to appear at SATELLITE 2022 represent a…

Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation operator OneWeb has hired Nadia Hoosen as its new chief legal officer and group company secretary. She will serve as a member of OneWeb's executive committee abd be responsible for leading all legal and regulatory aspects of the business and corporate transactions including M&A, legal, regulatory, privacy compliance, risk & compliance,…