E-letter: Briefs

Weather intelligence company Tomorrow.io is still pursuing its plan to build a satellite constellation, despite the end of its SPAC deal, the company’s co-founder told Via Satellite.  Tomorrow.io and special...

New low-cost airline Breeze Airways has tapped Viasat for in-flight connectivity (IFC) service. Viasat will outfit Breeze’s complete Airbus A220-300 fleet with IFC service, the companies announced Tuesday. Breeze has...

Satellite ground technology company SatixFy is in the process of going public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal with Endurance Acquisition Corp. The deal, announced Tuesday, will make...

Telesat has awarded Intellian a contract to design and supply enterprise user terminals for the Lightspeed constellation. Intellian will provide dual-parabolic antenna antenna user terminals that it says can execute...

Spire Global has signed a space services deal with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to build four 6U Lemur satellites for SNC to conduct radio frequency (RF) collection and analysis, the...

Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), the government division of Yahsat, has signed a new deal in the comms-on-the-move (COTM) arena, the company announced March. 7. YGS has teamed up with EDGE...

Weather intelligence company Tomorrow.io’s SPAC merger is off. Tomorrow.io and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Pine Technology Acquisition Corp. announced Monday that they have agreed to terminate their merger agreement...

Smallsat launcher company Astra released an update on its investigation into the Rocket 3.3. launch failure on Feb. 10.  Astra said in a Monday announcement that the payload fairing did...

Intelsat has named former Raytheon executive David Wajsgras as its next CEO, effective April 4. Wajsgras succeeds CEO Stephen Spengler, who was with the company for 18 years, and previously...

British Earth observation (EO) startup Satellite Vu has closed the second round of its Series A, bringing total funding to 20 million pounds ($26 million). Seraphim Space Investment Trust Plc,...