E-letter: Briefs

Global launch services company Rocket Lab USA confirmed Monday that it completed integration and testing of two spacecraft it built for The University of California Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory and...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) issued a pilot project award to geospatial analytics company SynMax and its Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) platform, Theia. SynMax announced Monday that the pilot program...

Five Rivers Analytics has won a major new U.S. Space Force contract worth up to nearly half a billion dollars. The company, a subsidiary of Akima, has won the Satellite...

L3Harris Space segment saw flat sales in the second quarter of 2024, while the Aerojet Rocketdyne acquisition contributed to revenue growth company-wide. L3Harris reported its second quarter results on July...

The 3GPP mobile standards organization has approved an Intelsat-led Ku-band project for standardization. Intelsat led the effort with support from 35 companies and 3GPP community members, including other satellite operators,...

Aalto HAPS has received a key regulatory approval in the U.K. The company which designs, manufactures and operates the stratospheric, solar-powered Zephyr high altitude platform station (HAPS), has secured its...

Poland’s flagship air carrier LOT Polish Airlines awarded Viasat a contract to provide in-flight connectivity for 15 Boeing aircraft in its fleet. This marks the first time LOT will offer...

SmallSat Alliance, an industry group of companies in the smallsat ecosystem, appointed Dr. Angel Smith as its new executive director.  Smith is a general manager at Microsoft Corp. leading Strategic...

Australia’s SmartSat CRC is joining forces with the New Zealand Government to bring four new joint research projects under the Australia-New Zealand Collaborative Space Program. The four initial research projects,...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) awarded Orbit Fab a £1.3 million ($1.7 million) Major Project grant under their National Space Innovation Programme. This grant will fund the design of a...