E-letter: Briefs

The White House plans to keep the National Space Council that was reinstated by former President Trump, a move applauded by the space community. The move was first reported by...

Telespazio Germany has won a new European Space Agency (ESA) contract, the company announced March 31. It will provide the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) preparation and operations engineering services...

CloudOps, a managed services and software company based in Québec, will build the cloud infrastructure for Telesat‘s new Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, the companies announced March 30....

Hiber, the European satellite and communications start-up, secured 26 million euros ($30.62 million) in funding to ramp up its plans for a satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) service. The European...

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has won a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build and operate ‘HydroGNSS’ — the agency’s second Scout Earth Observation small satellite mission....

Viasat‘s U.K. subsidiary opened a new Network Operations Center (NOC) and Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) in Aldershot, United Kingdom. The new facilities will support defense, government, and commercial organizations...

Inmarsat is seeking an injunction against the Dutch government in a Netherlands civil court to review spectrum allocation changes it made in a recent update to the country’s National Frequency...

Leaf Space, the Italian Ground Segment-as-a-Service (GSaaS) startup, plans to expand in the United States. A spokesperson for the company recently told Via Satellite the company is vetting several locations...

The U.S. Army has awarded Maxar Technologies a geospatial intelligence support contract worth as much as $48.3 million, the company announced Monday.  The award is a Small Business Innovation Research...

Tokyo-based Axelspace has expanded its agreement with KSAT in the area of satellite imagery applications. The two companies are expanding an existing partnership on global ground network support to include...