E-letter: Briefs

NorthStar Earth & Space has received “approval in principle” from Canadian authorities for its planned 52-satellite constellation for Earth Observation (EO) uses.  The company announced Tuesday that it has received...

Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian rocket company, is teaming up with Exolaunch, a German rideshare provider, to enable better a small satellite launch experience customers. The two companies announced the...

Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operator OneWeb unveiled a new user terminal on Tuesday that it developed with partners Intellian Technologies and Collins Aerospace. The new terminal, OW1, is a...

AAC Clyde Space is launching an African subsidiary in South Africa, the company announced Monday. AAC Space Africa will be based in Cape Town, and it will design, build, and...

Euroconsult predicts that the number of connected aircraft could double by the end of this decade, and there will be  between 16,000 and 20,000 connected aircraft by 2030. This was...

European launch service provider Arianespace successfully launched 34 satellites on Saturday for OneWeb, bringing the operator’s total fleet to 288 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation satellites. Arianespace sent the OneWeb satellites...

SES had awarded Gilat Satellite Networks a multi-million-dollar contract for multiple broadband applications in Latin America, the companies announced Aug. 19. Gilat’s multi-service platform will support SES in cellular backhauling,...

Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) will now distribute Viasat‘s high-speed satellite internet services to enterprise customers in Brazil after the two companies entered into a new strategic partnership agreement. Viasat announced...

UltiSat has named Richard Koucheravy as the company’s new vice president of Sales & Business Development, UltiSat announced Thursday. Koucheravy will be responsible for driving revenue growth through new customers...

Rocket Lab’s special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger is set to close, making Rocket Lab a publicly traded company. Shareholders of Vector Acquisition Corporation approved the SPAC merger with Rocket...