E-letter: Briefs

Iridium has won a long-term U.S. government contract that could be worth just over $100 million. It has been tapped by the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command‘s Commercial...

Orbex will have even closer ties in Europe, thanks to signing a new framework contract for the Flight Ticket Initiative, a program organized by the European Commission and the European...

Rocket Lab has launched two satellites in 11 days, in another key milestone for the company. It has completed the second of two Electron launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant...

Danish satellite company Space Inventor is teaming up with Addvalue for a mission that aims to show tactically smarter Earth Observation (EO) in the area of maritime surveillance. A new...

Speedcast is bringing a new cybersecurity application to its maritime customer base. The company announced Monday that it has developed the application alongside Cydome for its SIGMA network management platform...

SES has made inroads into the satellite market in Uzbekistan. The operator announced Monday that it had signed a deal with Uz-Sat, the Republic of Uzbekistan’s national broadband satellite service...

NASA, Boeing, and ULA will try, once again, to launch the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) this Wednesday after scrubbing their latest attempt just 3 minutes and 50 seconds before...

Eutelsat has reached a significant milestone as it looks to make progress in the sustainability arena. Eutelsat said its first generation of more than 600 satellites in LEO achieved a...

Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo, Mizuho Bank (the Development Bank of Japan), and Space Compass Corporation announced Monday that they have partnered on a $100 million investment in Airbus subsidiary AALTO HAPS...

Nara Space Technology has completed a $14.5 million Series B funding round. The South Korean start-up, which specializes in small satellite manufacturing and data analytics, has now raised approximately $24.3...