Slingshot Aerospace awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for radio frequency (RF) data to support a Slingshot program for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC). Slingshot supports SSC with its proliferated Low-Earth Orbit Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program, which helps the Space Force identify sources of electronic interference, characterize potential emerging threats,…

Axelspace is contributing to NorthStar Earth & Space’s space situational awareness (SSA) data under a new agreement announced Jan. 11.  Axelspace is a Japanese smallsat manufacturer and Earth observation (EO) company. The company announced that five of its AxelGlobe EO satellites, called GRUS, will provide complementary satellite imaging data for NorthStar’s SSA efforts. NorthStar is…

Capella Space on Tuesday said it has raised more than $60 million in new funding it will put toward new expanding its next-generation of radar satellites and new data products as customer demand for satellite Earth imaging continues to grow. The funding round comes from the U.S Innovative Technology Fund and follows a $97 million Series C financing…

Poland has ordered two Earth observation (EO) satellites from Airbus based on the Airbus Pléiades Neo satellites for sovereign observation capabilities. The deal, announced Jan. 4, is the first export contract for Airbus for the satellite model.  Poland will have full autonomy over the images, and which will be downlinked directly in Poland through the…