E-letter: Briefs

Iridium and Thales Group will provide connectivity for the Mayflower, a fully autonomous vessel, that will sail on a transatlantic research mission this year. The companies announced May 27 that...

Astroscale‘s UK division awarded a $370,000 contract to AAC Clyde Space to co-engineer the space debris removal company’s End-of-Life Services by Astroscale (ELSA-M) satellite platform. AAC Clyde Space will design...

Inmarsat continues to refresh its senior management team with new two high-profile appointments to target the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market. Inmarsat announced May 27 it has appointed Jon Holmes...

CesiumAstro has announced plans for its first launch, Cesium Mission-1, consisting of two cubesats, in September of this year. CesiumAstro builds phased array communication payloads for airborne and in-orbit platforms. ...

Indra and Enaire have tapped GomSpace for a 14.5 million euro project ($17.7 million) to develop three satellites as demonstration satellites for a global air traffic management constellation. GomSpace announced...

One of New Zealand’s largest venture capital companies is making an investment into a space transportation company. Movac has announced that it is investing in Dawn Aerospace, a company that...

SpaceX launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites on Wednesday afternoon, and announced that Starlink service is now available in Belgium and the Netherlands. This was the 13th dedicated Starlink...

UK-based terminal developer Isotropic Systems received an investment of more than 18.5 million euros ($22.5 million) from the UK Space Agency to co-fund the company’s activity in the European Space...

South Korean defense company Hanwha Systems Co. (HSC) has received U.S. regulatory approval for its $30 million investment into Kymeta Corp., allowing the companies to move forward to close the...

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are working together to develop lunar rovers that could be used to help astronauts explore the surface of the Moon. The companies said the collaboration,...