E-letter: Briefs

NASA awarded six companies contracts to provide studies of orbital transfer vehicles (OTV) to explore future applications of OTVs for NASA missions. Arrow Science and Technology, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, […]

NBN Co will offer a residential broadband service in Australia with Amazon’s Project Kuiper, under a new deal between the two companies announced Tuesday.  NBN is a state-owned enterprise in […]

A new player is entering the Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) market. Global Invacom Holdings Limited (GIHL) has jointly founded eNexus Space Data, to deliver a GSaaS offering. Led […]

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has granted Skyrora a license to launch its suborbital rocket from the SaxaVord Spaceport.  The approval, announced Tuesday, allows Skyrora to launch up to 16 […]

SES Space & Defense has been awarded a $89.6 million contract from the U.S. Army for commercial satcom services. The five-year Sustainment Tactical Network (STN) contract announced Monday is for […]

Redwire is crystalizing its ambitions for space medicine with a new subsidiary, SpaceMD. The new venture will focus on Redwire’s work to grow seed crystals in orbit for pharmaceutical development — […]

Satellite data is set to play a pivotal role in boosting agricultural productivity in Kenya. SatSure Analytics, an Earth Observation (EO) data refinery platform operator, has partnered with Kenya Agricultural […]

RTX company Blue Canyon Technologies is adding to its spacecraft bus lineup with the Saturn-400, designed for more complex missions.  The Saturn-400 spacecraft is designed to offer increased payload capacity, […]

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told investors that Amazon is planning to bring Project Kuiper into commercial beta service later this year or early next year, highlighting interest from enterprise and […]

SFL Missions Inc. will develop a microsatellite for the Norwegian Space Agency for maritime ship tracking under a contract announced July 29. The AISSat-4 satellite, targeted for lunch in less […]

An investment firm that holds a 2.6% stake in Viasat is advocating that the company spin-off or IPO its Defense and Advanced Technologies (DAT) business, calling it “undervalued and under-appreciated.”  […]

Polish payload developer Eycore will fly its first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) demonstrator on a Kongsberg NanoAvionics satellite bus under a deal announced Thursday.  The flight will test Eycore’s X-band […]

After ending his tenure as Intelsat CEO with the acquisition closure, David Wajsgras is joining the board of directors for HawkEye 360.  Wajsgras joined Intelsat in 2022 and led the […]

Ground station leader Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is expanding its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), with KSAT integrating AWS Ground Station capabilities into its commercial offerings.  KSAT operates the […]

Deloitte is debuting a new cyber defense system for satellites called Silent Shield, a payload that can detect intrusions or anomalies.  Deloitte announced Silent Shield on July 30, explaining it […]

Satellite service provider Station Satcom will integrate Eutelsat’s OneWeb connectivity services for the maritime sector, under a new deal announced Wednesday.  Station Satcom is based in India and supports more […]

Revenue in Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business grew by 10% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, alongside improvements in operating margin and gains in backlog.  BDS revenue […]

BlackSky Technology won the next phase of a competitive U.S. Navy research contract to continue developing optical inter-satellite link (OISL) terminal applications for its Gen-3 constellation. Future satellites in BlackSky’s […]

Slingshot Aerospace is rolling out a new simulation tool, an AI-powered agent that can imitate satellite actions in training and simulation environments. Called “Talos” — the Thinking Agent for Logical […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is awarding contracts for the Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G) program to Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Viasat, Astranis, and Intelsat General, the U.S. division of Luxembourg’s SES, […]

Viasat’s enterprise business is rolling out a new IoT Nano connectivity service with two-way messaging, powered by Orbcomm’s OGx IoT service.  The IoT nano service is designed for businesses to […]

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the Boeing X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The eighth X-37B mission is set […]

Firefly Aerospace could raise up to $632 million in an initial public offering (IPO). Firefly announced Monday it has launched the roadshow for its proposed IPO and it plans to […]

Arianespace launched the second Vega C mission of 2025 on Friday evening, with Airbus Defence and Space‘s CO3D satellites and the CNES MicroCarb satellite. The VV27 mission launched from Europe’s […]

Spaceflux has secured 5.4 million pounds ($7.31 million) in seed funding as it looks to expand its global telescope network and accelerate development of AI-powered space situational awareness solutions. The […]

A new startup Cascade Space raised $5.9 million in funding to develop a platform for satellite communication system design. The company, formerly known as Heliosphere Network, is looking to solve […]

Spire Global is building out its space reconnaissance portfolio for defense, with new radio frequency (RF) geospatial intelligence capabilities for persistent monitoring, geolocation, and situational awareness. The company said its […]

SES and the Luxembourg government are investing in a second satellite for the GovSat public-private partnership to provide government connectivity services over Europe.  GovSat is a joint venture between SES […]

Sidus Space has a new advanced satellite platform engineered for lunar and cislunar missions, the ‘LunarLizzie.’ Announcing the spacecraft on July 24, Sidus Space said it is expected to support […]

Iridium Communications posted 8% year-over-year revenue growth in the second quarter of 2025, but trimmed its outlook for service revenue growth for the full year.  Iridium had been projecting revenue […]