E-letter: Briefs

The White House released its fiscal 2027 budget proposal on Friday, which called for a “historic increase” in defense spending and fully funding the Golden Dome missile defense initiative, while […]

L3Harris and Comtech have recently released a new multi-orbit, tactical satcom embeddable modem, which works with certain L3Harris terminals.  The partners said the new C2 modem announced March 31 will […]

This year, Iridium is rolling out Iridium NTN Direct, which CEO Matt Desch says will make Iridium the first narrow-band satellite IoT service that is standardized and global. Iridium was […]

Redwire has a won a new quantum-secure satellite contract in Europe. It will develop a quantum-secure satellite under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Quantum Key Distribution Satellite (QKDSat) program, within […]

Amazon is reportedly in discussions with Globalstar to potentially acquire the company. Financial Times (FT) reported first broke the news in an article published Wednesday evening. The article cited people familiar […]

Gravitics has received a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract from SpaceWERX, the U.S. Space Force’s innovation arm, to accelerate development and demonstration of its Orbital Carrier architecture, the company said […]

Astroscale and Exotrail will develop a satellite de-orbiting mission together. This new contract brings together Japanese and French expertise in on-orbit servicing to develop a capability for safely removing satellites […]

Canadian telco Northwestel has signed on for a multi-year contract for capacity from Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation to provide broadband services.  Northwestel operates in Canada’s North, which includes Nunavut, the Northwest […]

Launch vehicle manufacturer Phantom Space Corporation has acquired Thermal Management Technologies (TMT) to accelerate the development of its planned orbital data center constellation and further its vertical integration strategy. TMT […]

ArkEdge Space and ABIT Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and satellite communication devices, ArkEdge Space said on Thursday. The partnership […]

NASA launched Artemis II, its first crewed mission under the Artemis program, on Wednesday evening. The mission will test the Orion spacecraft’s life support capabilities on live astronauts for the […]

Bloomberg and CNBC reported Wednesday that SpaceX has confidentially filed for its initial public offering (IPO).  A confidential filing allows a company to submit draft IPO registration to the SEC […]

Measat Global (Measat) has appointed John Loke as its new Chief Technology Officer. Loke will play a key role in overseeing the company’s digital evolution and regional strategy, with the […]

Delta Air Lines has turned to Amazon to expand its in-flight connectivity offerings, announcing plans to roll out Amazon Leo IFC service starting with 500 planes in 2028. Delta becomes […]

BlackSky Technology on Tuesday said a $99 million contract it received from the Air Force Research Laboratory in early March that will accelerate the design and development of a large […]

ST Engineering iDirect has named CTO Sridhar Kuppanna as CEO to succeed Don Claussen in leading the company.  Claussen had served as ST Engineering iDirect CEO for about three years. […]

Two of the Middle East’s biggest satellite companies have signed a partnership deal to provide better connectivity services in region. Es’hailSat, the Qatar satellite company, and EgyptSat have signed multi-year […]

Starcloud, a space startup working to deploy satellites to serve as orbital data centers, raised $170 million in a Series A round announced Monday that values the company at $1.1 […]

SpaceX launched 119 payloads into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) at 4:02 a.m. PT on Transporter-16, a dedicated smallsat rideshare mission, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday morning. The […]

SpaceBridge launched a its new Estella’s UniHub, a new compact all-in-one VSAT hub platform. The solution aims to simplify satellite network deployment alongside high performance, efficiency, and scalability. SpaceBridge made […]

The way the commercial space sector is financed needs to catch up with the huge advances industry has made in its capabilities, venture capitalists at a SATShow business panel said […]

The war in the Middle East underlines the value proposition of sovereign satellite communications, partners of a recent satellite deal between Astranis and MB Group said Monday during SATShow Week.  […]

Officials from Redwire and Moog cemented a recent $12.8 million contract to integrate Redwire’s Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array (ELSA) wings with Moog’s largest satellite bus on Tuesday during SATShow Week. […]

Space Compass ordered the first satellite in their planned Geostationary Orbit (GEO) optical data relay constellation from Swissto12, the companies said in a joint statement on Monday. Japanese telecommunications firms […]

Kymeta is working toward releasing the first prototypes this year of its multi-band, multi-orbit single aperture user terminal in development.  Called the KuKa 8 Series, Kymeta says it is the […]

After divesting its maritime business and paying down its debt in 2025, Spire Global has set a large revenue growth target for 2026 of 50%, CEO Theresa Condor told investors […]

Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space are teaming up to offer regular, commercial debris removal missions.  The partners are pitching what’s called Debris Removal as a Service (DRAAS), a recurring […]

SLI is set to purchase two small Geostationary Orbit (GEO) communication satellites from manufacturer ReOrbit for 150 million euros ($172.8 million), the companies announced in a joint statement on Thursday. […]

Comtech delivered the first round of Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modems to the U.S. Army in a $48.6 million contract signed in 2023, the company said on Thursday. […]

In a panel titled ‘Securing Space Assets and Strategic Stability’ at Space-Comm in London speakers from both a government and industry perspective talked about the security of space assets in […]