E-letter: Briefs

Northrop Grumman has won a sole source, $22 million cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized contract through February 2026 from U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for the Rapid On-orbit Space Technology Evaluation Ring...

Planet has won a new contract with one of Germany’s federal agencies. The company announced July 13 that it had signed a contract with the German Federal Agency for Cartography...

Viasat will supply in-flight connectivity (IFC) satellite capacity and equipment to commercial airline Virgin Atlantic under the terms of a new contract announced Wednesday. Viasat said its IFC hardware will...

Rocket Lab launched NROL-162, the first of a pair of back-to-back missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) early Wednesday.  A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched from Pad A at...

Measat is expanding its satellite network in partnership with Datacom and ST Engineering iDirect to improve broadband access in Malaysia, the companies announced Tuesday. This expansion comes after Arianespace launched...

York Space Systems awarded Canadian manufacturer MDA a contract to design and build Ka-band steerable antennas for York Space satellites.  MDA said the contract will support space security and communications...

Airbus selected French space startup Anywaves to supply antennas for the satellite platforms Loft Orbital ordered in January. Anywaves announced Tuesday that it will supply more than 70 products for...

SpaceChain has completed the testing of the space node it created for Velas Network, which is hosted on Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite and independent of terrestrial networks. The company announced...

Holly Johnson will lead manufacturer MDA’s Robotics and Space Operations (RSO) division on a permanent basis after taking on the role in an acting capacity earlier this year. MDA promoted...

Nanoracks confirmed Monday that it will conduct a second Bishop Airlock mission with Japanese space robotics startup Gitai. A follow-up to the companies’ successful Bishop Airlock demonstration in 2021, the...