Kayhan Space is launching a new spaceflight safety platform, Pathfinder, the company announced Aug. 9. The platform aims to enable satellite and mission operators to manage operational risks and make preemptive maneuvers based on precision analytics to avoid conjunctions in space. Capella Space, Globalstar, and Lynk Global are among an initial group of operators using…

SpaceLink has entered into an R&D agreement with the U.S. Army to jointly explore space communication pathways. SpaceLink announced the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center on Monday. SpaceLink is building a satellite relay system in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO), with both optical and radio…

South Korean satellite data and technology company Hancom inSpace (Hancom) has signed its second contract with Spire Global to host an additional optical payload on a Spire 6U satellite that will be named HANCOM-2. The agreement, announced Thursday, will also see Spire's Space Services segment manage the satellite's payload integration, launch, and mission operations. Hancom…

Commercial in-space transportation services company Momentus has identified the root cause of anomalies that created power and communications issues for its Vigoride-3 orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) during its May 27 demonstration mission. The company did not provide detail on the specific cause, but said that its findings were confirmed by an independent review board. Momentus'…