E-letter: Briefs

Blue Origin reports that an engine nozzle issue led to the New Shepard rocket explosion during a test flight in September 2022. The New Shepard is the suborbital rocket that...

OneWeb’s full first generation constellation has now been launched after a weekend mission from India, clearing the way for global service.  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NewSpace India...

Rocket Lab set a new record for turnaround time between missions after it launched two Electron missions seven days apart from two different hemispheres.  Rocket Lab completed a successful mission...

VSAT manufacturer SpaceBridge signed new deals for its satellite equipment with NexTenna and SkyNet de Colombia, the company announced this month.  Antenna company NexTenna is partnering with SpaceBridge to develop...

NASA has awarded Redwire $5.9 million to complete the design of FabLab, an in-space manufacturing system. FabLab is designed to be tested onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and advance...

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has completed the launch of a new mission to research space weather. The company announced on March 23 that it launched a sounding rocket BROR was...

A trio of Dutch organizations are working together to target the laser communications market in the satellite industry. Technology developers Demcon and VDL Group formed a joint venture this month...

Virgin Orbit, which paused operations last week to conserve capital, plans to incrementally resume operations on Thursday to prepare for the next mission as the company continues funding talks.  Virgin...

LinQuest and SpiderOak are forming a new strategic partnership to protect space mission systems for government and commercial customers. The two companies announced the new partnership, March 21. Under the...

Arkisys has won a new contract from the U.S. Space Force, the company announced March. 20. It has won a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of...