E-letter: Briefs

Voyager Space appoints Marshall Smith as CTO to lead technical strategy and to guide the Starlab team through the design, development, and operations of the commercial space station. Smith previously...

Albedo raised a $35 million Series A-1 financing round announced on Tuesday, to launch the company’s first operational satellite to collect ultra-high resolution imagery. These funds bring Albedo’s total funding...

Archer Aviation has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA as they look to boost the nascent advanced air mobility (AAM) market. The collaboration will kick off with an initial...

Blue Origin has tapped Redwire Corporation to supply Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for the upcoming space mobility platform. Blue Origin announced the space logistics vehicle Blue Ring in October,...

Comtech Telecommunications received a $45 million investment from current shareholders White Hat Capital Partners and funds affiliated with investment manager Magnetar, the company announced Monday. Comtech said this investment gives...

Sierra Space recently conducted a full-scale test of its expandable space station structure, the company announced on Monday, along with a video of the test. Sierra Space is building the...

Eutelsat continues to make progress as it looks to offer service providers a combination of Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) services. Paratus South Africa, a specialist connectivity provider,...

AT&T, Google, and Vodafone have made a strategic investment in AST SpaceMobile to support the commercial roll-out of AST SpaceMobile’s network. Both AT&T and Google are new investors for the...

Lynk Global has started initial satellite-to-cell service in Papua New Guinea with the country’s state-owned telecoms company Telikom Limited.  The initial service will begin with SMS and is expected to...

Viasat has revealed details of a key demonstration in the United Kingdom in the aviation arena. It has demonstrated a U.K. satellite-based augmentation system (UK SBAS) for the first time,...