E-letter: Briefs

Revenue from the OneWeb constellation is surging for Eutelsat, and the operator is focusing its future CapEx on Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) assets. This was the key highlight of its six-month […]

Commercial space station company Axiom Space raised $350 million in a mix of equity and debt. The funds will support the company’s work on the Axiom Station, along with spacesuit […]

Planet Labs’ German subsidiary is partnering with a new arm of insurance firm AXA to integrate its Earth Observation data into an AI-powered risk management system to monitor and predict […]

SpaceX’s Starlink constellation continues to make inroads into the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market by winning business from one of the leading airlines in the U.S. Southwest Airlines is the latest […]

Arianespace inaugurated a new configuration for the Ariane 6 rocket, placing 32 Amazon Leo satellites into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on Thursday. The mission marked the first in a series of […]

Software startup The Compression Company announced a $3.4 million pre-seed round of financing, led by veteran venture capital firm Long Journey, on Thursday. The Compression Company is focused on AI-driven […]

Update — U.K. rocket company Skyrora is considering purchasing Orbex assets. The company said in a Feb. 12 statement it may invest up to 10 million pounds ($13.7 million) to […]

Gilat Satellite Networks grew revenue by 48% in 2025, driven by in-flight connectivity (IFC) technology and its acquisition of Stellar Blu during the year.  Revenue landed at the high end […]

Satellite communications provider Eutelsat will receive a 975 million euro loan in French export credit financing to fund the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites it recently ordered from Airbus Defence and […]

The massive array on AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 6 satellite successfully unfolded in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), the company announced on Tuesday evening. BlueBird 6 is designed to provide cellular broadband from […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Tuesday said it has awarded contracts to HEO, SatVu and Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) to provide commercial satellite-based remote sensing capabilities, marking the first of three tranches of awards […]

constellr has raised 37 million euros ($44 million) through a new Series A funding round to advance its thermal intelligence capabilities. The round was led by Alpine Space Ventures and […]

Amazon has signed its first resellers for Amazon Leo in the maritime market, announcing agreements with both MTN and Elcome. These agreements will open the door to Amazon Leo service […]

Sidus Space is teaming up with Simera Sense to develop next‑generation hyperspectral imaging solutions incorporating onboard data processing and analytics. The aim is to enable commercially deployable, intelligence‑driven Earth Observation […]

Telesat has signed a strategic partnership deal in the Middle East with Es’hailSat to deliver Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity services to Qatar and across key international markets. The two […]

Amazon expects to spend $1 billion more on expenses for the Amazon Leo constellation in 2026, leadership advised investors in its recent financial reporting.  Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky told investors […]

Momentus will undertake a rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) demonstration mission with NASA next month, as the former moves to fulfill a contract signed with the U.S. Space Force last […]

Shipping and logistics company CMA CGM will employ Eutelsat’s OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) services across nearly half of its 650-vessel fleet, using Marlink’s XChange NextGen platform to combine with existing […]

Viasat reported modest 3% year-over-year revenue increase in the company’s third quarter, driven by its defense segment. The operator expects the second ViaSat-3 satellite to enter service by May — […]

Quindar is to supply secure automated mission control infrastructure to Starfish Space. Quindar will support operations for Starfish’s first three Otter missions. Starfish Space is developing the Otter satellite servicing […]

Vantor on Thursday said it received a $5.3 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide automated analytics on real-time changes in Earth’s terrain, helping the agency with its […]

Arabsat is going to be using new IoT tools to help it monitor satellite TV reach and channel activity across the MENA region. It has signed a deal to work […]

German manufacturer Morpheus Space said it received a $15 million investment to expand production of its in-space propulsion system from a space-based venture capital firm and the European Union’s investment […]

Helsinki-based satellite manufacturer ReOrbit is planning a satellite network called Space Cloud, capable of secure data movement and processing, in collaboration with Google Cloud. Space Cloud is designed to use […]

Atombeam has received an expanded contract from the Space Development Agency for the company’s Neurpac technology to improve the data transmission capabilities of Link 16. The award announced Wednesday is […]

Kymeta is taking the next step as it aims to bring better multi-orbit, multi-band communications to its customer base. It is teaming up with Japan Display Inc (JDI), to develop […]

Amazon Leo said it agreed to supply internet connectivity services to AT&T in a deal that would expand the wireless provider’s service area. In a joint press release with Amazon, […]

Panasonic Avionics said it is developing plans to integrate Shanghai Spacesail Technologies’ planned Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation into its in-flight connectivity network. The California-based in-flight engagement and connectivity (IFEC) […]

Space edge computing startup Satlyt will license DiskSat technology from The Aerospace Corporation to enable autonomous operations, in-orbit data processing, and distributed satellite coordination.  Aerospace saw the first four DiskSats […]

Spanish telco MasOrange will trial Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell service under a new agreement with SpaceX announced Monday.  The Spanish regulator, the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure, granted approval for […]