E-letter: Briefs

NanoAvionics will build Chile’s first private satellite after a recent deal signed with Chilean startup Lemu. The company is building an atlas of Earth’s biosphere and has ordered its first...

Virgin Orbit has added Spire Global as a late-load customer addition to its upcoming launch, and completed satellite integration within 36 hours. CEO Dan Hart said the launch contract went...

Brazilian power company Oliveira Energia has selected Speedcast to provide connectivity service to 42 power plants in Brazil’s Amazonas state. Speedcast’s Brazilian entity SC Caprock will deliver service under the...

The United Kingdom space arena reached a significant moment on Thursday as it moves toward sovereign launch capability. Orbex, a private small satellite launch services provider, has started construction of...

Redwire Corporation will supply Terran Orbital with spacecraft components and solutions for satellite manufacturing, under a three-year supplier agreement announced Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Satellite...

Rocket Lab completed its final mission of 2021 early on Thursday, launching two satellites for BlackSky from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. Dubbed ‘A Data With Destiny,’...

SpaceX launched a NASA mission early Thursday that will measure supernova remnants and supermassive black holes in the universe.  A Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)...

The Senate voted 68-31 on Tuesday confirming Jessica Rosenworcel as FCC chair. Rosenworcel is the first woman to hold the position and is now confirmed for a five-year term.  The...

Israeli satellite IoT company hiSky has completed a $30 million Series A financing round, led by ST Engineering’s venture capital arm. hiSky announced the round on Wednesday, led by ST Engineering...

Inmarsat is participating in a test project to deliver the first U.K.-generated satellite navigation signal. Inmarsat announced Dec. 7 that it is working with the European Space Agency (ESA), Goonhilly...