E-letter: Briefs

NASA awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to Colorado-based space technology company ExoTerra Resource (ExoTerra) to produce solar electric propulsion upper stages for microsatellites and micro-landers...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given Rocket Lab approval to resume launching, as the smallsat launcher is working through a review of its May 15 launch failure.  Rocket Lab...

Viasat plans to integrate its In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the Link 16-capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite that it is developing for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.  In...

SES has extended its capacity agreement with German Christian TV station Bibel TV Fondation, the satellite operator announced Monday. The new multi-year contract that secures additional capacity for the channel...

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to a consortium of Belgian companies led by RHEA Group and including SatADSL and ST Engineering iDirect to build and operate a...

The U.S. Space Force (USSF), which became an independent military service in December, 2019, is requesting $11.3 billion for research and development in the service’s fiscal 2022 budget — an...

Arianespace launched the latest batch of 36 OneWeb satellites on Friday — bringing OneWeb’s constellation to 80% of what is needed to provide initial service.  A Soyuz rocket, operated by...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed its contracts with Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence & Space for the next generation of navigation satellites, after a European court dismissed...

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...