E-letter: Briefs

SES Government Solutions (SES GS) is bringing Planet Labs onto its team for a recently awarded NASA contract to develop and demonstrate near-Earth communication services. NASA awarded SES GS a $28.96 […]

Kepler Communications signed Spire Global as a customer for its high-capacity Ku-band data transmission service, the companies announced Tuesday.  Under the contract, Spire will install Kepler’s physical Ku-band payloads to […]

Inmarsat is launching a new IoT partner program called Elevate to support businesses throughout the IoT ecosystem, the company announced Tuesday.  Inmarsat is increasing its activity in IoT as the […]

Maxar Technologies is pushing the first WorldView Legion launch to September after encountering a test configuration anomaly, the manufacturer and Earth observation provider announced Monday.  The highly anticipated WorldView Legion […]

SES’s Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite network will now be part of the government satcom-grade satellite communications platform that it has developed with the co-funding of the European Space Agency (ESA). […]

Virgin Orbit is preparing for its next launch set for late June to support the U.S. Space Force’s STP-28A mission, the company announced Monday.  The mission, set for no earlier […]

Astra Space announced its first quarter 2022 financial results on May 5, reporting a GAAP net loss of $85.7 million. The launcher reported $3.9 million in revenues from launch services […]

Telesat confirmed plans to downsize its Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation from the planned 298 satellites to 188 with 10 in-orbit spares. CEO Dan Goldberg gave an update on the […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced May 5 it signed an MoU with Bengaluru and Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP), Dharamshala for co-operation in the areas of space […]

SES saw a modest increase in overall revenues in the three months to the end of March compared to the same stage last year. The operator reported its first quarter […]

Hughes Network Systems pushed back the launch for its anticipated Jupiter-3 satellite once more, announcing Thursday that launch is now expected in the first quarter of 2023. In the previous […]

Phantom Space Corp. on Wednesday said it has ordered more than 200 rocket engines from Ursa Major for its two low-cost launch vehicles with plans to launch the Daytona rocket in 2023, a […]

Intelsat announced a refresh of part of its executive suite on Thursday, with new hires for chief financial officer, chief commercial officer, commercial aviation, and corporate communications. These changes come after […]

Intellian Technologies is opening a new factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea as part of an expansion of its headquarters. The new factory is expected to be operational in August and […]

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) is targeting the emergency services market with a new connectivity solution. The company announced May 4 that it is launching CommsBox, designed to quickly provide […]

Astroscale announced Wednesday that its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission completed a controlled close-approach rendezvous operations between its two spacecraft in orbit, despite thruster issues.  The ELSA-d mission, which […]

EchoStar Mobile Limited, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation launched an early adopter program for a European satellite-based LoRa Internet of Things (IoT) service. The program will allow participants in sectors […]

Satellogic Inc. signed a multiple launch agreement with SpaceX to reserve launch capacity for its next 68 satellites. This follows a launch agreement with SpaceX covering 2022 launches. Financial terms […]

Northern Sky Research has been acquired by technology, media, and telecom consulting firm Analysys Mason, the companies announced on Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Analysys Mason […]

Rocket Lab successfully launched 34 satellites, and caught the Electron booster used in the mission in mid-air with a helicopter early Tuesday. This was the first time Rocket Lab performed […]

The FCC granted AST SpaceMobile an experimental license for U.S.-based testing of its satellite direct to cell connectivity with the BlueWalker 3 satellite. AST SpaceMobile announced the approval on May […]

SES has signed a contract renewal with one of its biggest broadcast customers, Sky UK. The operator announced May 3 that Sky UK has signed a deal worth around 84 […]

Raytheon Technologies on Thursday said its Missiles and Defense segment has invested in Firehawk Aerospace, a startup developing and manufacturing lower cost, high-performance hybrid rocket engines. The size of the Series […]

L3Harris Technologies reported a 10% decline in revenue during the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021, although its Space business saw a $60 million revenue […]

Terran Orbital Corporation shipped two next-generation satellites for Earth observation company GeoOptics to Cape Canaveral ahead of launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-5 rideshare mission. The Transporter-5 mission is set for May […]

Arabsat ordered a software-defined Geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, the regional operator announced April 29.  Arabsat-7A is based on the Thales based on the Space Inspire platform, which […]

Space-based cellular broadband company AST SpaceMobile hired finance and telecom banking veteran Sean Wallace as its new executive vice president and CFO. Wallace previously served as CFO for global internet […]

NASA issued early-stage Phase II ‘s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) financing to 110 U.S. small businesses to support technology development on a range of projects spanning foldable solar arrays […]

Space transportation and infrastructure services company Momentus received a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday authorizing the company to use radio frequencies to communicate with its Vigoride […]

Hispasat has won a new satellite backhaul deal in Mexico, the company announced April 28. The Spanish satellite operator will provide a satellite backhaul solution for a network of LTE […]