E-letter: Briefs

Iridium Communications will kick off a series of partnership-driven field exercises on Friday called Operation Arctic Lynx (OAL) involving more than 20 government and commercial organizations deploying Iridium services above...

Kepler Communications has raised $60 million in an over-subscribed Series B funding round, and announced plans to expand to the United States.  Kepler is a Canadian startup with 15 Ku-band...

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) subsidiary Sierra Space signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Spaceport Cornwall that could lead to it acquiring an orbital return location for its Dream Chaser...

Canadian technology startup SkyWatch Space Applications signed an agreement to deliver data management capabilities to Polish commercial space company SatRevolution and its 14-satellite STORK remote sensing constellation. SkyWatch’s TerraStream platform...

Yahsat and Airbus have completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Thuraya 4-NGS next generation mobile telecommunications system, Yahsat announced  June 9. This step provided a comprehensive review, validating...

Relativity Space has raised $650 million in Series E equity funding round to help scale production for its Terran R fully reusable, entirely 3D-printed launch vehicle. This brings Relativity’s fundraising...

One of Blue Canyon Technologies co-founders, longtime CTO Stephen Steg will become the company’s CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Steg has been CTO since the company was founded in 2008,...

Kymeta and Comtech EF Data Corp. have formed a technology partnership to pair the Kymeta u8 mobility terminal with Comtech a modem. The companies announced Tuesday that the u8 terminal...

Speedcast has won a new contract to support connectivity in Russia for gold mining. The company announced June 8, that it has a new contract with JSC Chukotka Mining and...

The SiriusXM satellite SXM-8 launched early Sunday by SpaceX is performing as expected and in contact with ground stations, manufacturer Maxar Technologies confirmed after the launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9...