E-letter: Briefs

NASA has pushed back its target date to return humans to the Moon through the Artemis program to “no earlier than 2025.” The agency said the Blue Origin lawsuit caused […]

Momentus released its first-ever quarterly financials since going public on Tuesday, reporting $200,000 in revenue for the third quarter of 2021. The company is developing in-space transportation solutions including the […]

SES is launching a new internet-based streaming service in Germany later this year, the company announced Nov. 9. The service, HD+ IP, a will provide subscribers with access to 50 […]

Planet has announced a deal to acquire Earth data and analytics company VanderSat, in its first acquisition while going public. The $28 million deal consists of $18 million in Planet […]

Capella Space plans to add optical communication terminals to future satellites, and will use Mynaric’s terminals, the company announced Tuesday. In addition, Capella plans to demonstrate the terminals’ compatibility with […]

LEOcloud has established a partnership with Orbital Assembly to provide cloud services onboard Orbital Assembly’s future commercial space station platforms, the two companies announced Nov. 9. Orbital Assembly is designing […]

Hughes Network Systems has now seen four quarters in a row of revenue growth despite a decline in subscribers. The company also confirmed its on track for the Jupiter 3 […]

Kymeta and Intelsat have participated in early testing of 5G standards over satellite, and reported Tuesday that the companies demonstrated satellite-enabled 5G service using Kymetas u8 antenna. Kymeta and Inteslat […]

This past September at the SATELLITE show, leaders from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service joined representatives from privately owned weather forecasting companies for […]

Viasat reported record revenue for the second quarter of 2022, on the same day the company announced it is acquiring satellite operator Inmarsat. The operator also confirmed it is on […]

Commercial Radio Frequency (RF) data provider HawkEye 360 has closed a $145 million Series D funding round. The company has now raised a total of $302 million, and its prior […]

Vice President Kamala Harris made her first visit as vice president to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday, Nov. 5, meeting with scientists and engineers to […]

Virgin Orbit has signed an MoU with the holding company of Japan’s largest airline that paves the way for 20 LauncherOne flights from Japan.  On Nov. 4, Virgin Orbit announced […]

Telesat reported a modest revenue decline of 5% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, and CEO Dan Goldberg said Telesat expects to complete […]

Global satellite operator Intelsat generated a 7% year-over-year increase in total revenue during its third fiscal quarter of 2021, but its hefty legal and restructuring costs caused net losses to […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has revealed new details this week at COP26 for a United Kingdom-led mission that will aim to set a new benchmark to detect change in […]

Intelsat, OneWeb, and Linchpin Solutions demonstrated a multi-orbit satellite communications solution for the U.S. Army and Department of Defense (DoD). Intelsat and OneWeb government subsidiary OneWeb Technologies used both Geostationary […]

A judge in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied Blue Origin’s request for judgement in a lawsuit over SpaceX receiving NASA’s sole lunar lander award on Thursday.  This uphold’s […]

Maxar Technologies reported stable revenue in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same time period in 2020, and stayed on track for the launch of its first WorldView […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Nov. 3 that it has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the agency’s Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL), as the agency looks to boost […]

Lynk Global has signed another mobile network operator for service on its satellite-to-cell service. Mongolia’s largest mobile operator, Unitel, has signed on as a member of Lynk’s flagship carrier program.  […]

Firefly Aerospace has renamed its subsidiary that serves government customers and hired former U.S. Air Force Colonel Jason Mello to lead it. Mello will join as president of Firefly Space […]

Boeing could be joining the fray of broadband constellation competitors in the coming years, expanding its role in space beyond manufacturing. On Wednesday, the FCC approved a Boeing application for […]

CACI International on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire SA Photonics for $275 million in a deal that complements its existing Free Space Optical (FSO) communications capabilities for the […]

Measat Satellite Systems has signed a new capacity deal with Rock Entertainment Holdings. The company announced Nov. 2 that it will distribute Global Trekker HD via its Measat-3a satellite. The […]

Isotropic Systems reported Tuesday that the company’s terminal linked to a Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite while simultaneously connected with a Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite during tests with SES.  This is […]

BlackSky has named Amy Minnick, former Maxar DigitalGlobe executive, as chief commercial officer in a Tuesday announcement. Minnick will lead commercial business and look to expand BlackSky’s business globally across […]

Redwire announced Tuesday that it has acquired space biotech company Techshot, which works on microgravity, bioprinting, and on-orbit manufacturing. Techshot has four payloads currently on the International Space Station, and […]

OneWeb continues its momentum by announcing another new deals with BT Group and Leonardo DRS. OneWeb and British telecommunications company BT have agreed on a new distribution partner agreement to […]

Mynaric has signed a multi-year agreement with Northrop Grumman as a strategic supplier for laser communications for space applications that it says will be worth at least $35 million.  Mynaric […]