E-letter: Briefs

Dutch researchers are using drifter buoys fitted with SPOT Trace satellite trackers from Globalstar Europe Satellite Services to understand the dramatic increase of Sargassum seaweed across the North Atlantic, Globalstar...

SkyWatch Space Applications, a Canadian space technology startup, has completed a $7.5 million Series A round of financing. SkyWatch aims to provide companies with affordable and reliable access to Earth...

NASA and Boeing are in the process of establishing a joint, independent investigation team to examine the issue with Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test, the space agency announced Tuesday. Boeing’s...

Thales Alenia Space and Thales have signed a contract with The French defense procurement agency DGA to carry out a concept study concerning intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications using...

Virgin Galactic has reached the “Weight on Wheels” milestone in the build of its second commercial spaceship, the company announced Tuesday. All major structural elements of the vehicle were assembled,...

Sprint is closing its Virgin Mobile USA prepaid wireless business. A note to customers posted on the website in early January said that Virgin Mobile USA will be discontinued and...

MethaneSAT has selected Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to develop and build the spacecraft bus for its first mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2022. The donor-funded mission aims to...

SmartSky Networks has received an additional $25 million from funds managed by the Global Credit Opportunities team at BlackRock, the company announced on Monday. Funds managed by the Global Credit...

Blue Origin opened its new headquarters and R&D facility in Kent, Washington on Monday. The new hub for the Jeff Bezos-owned spaceflight company is named the O’Neill Building after physicist...

Get SAT and Inmarsat have demonstrated and deployed a Dual SAT terminal solution for U.S. government agencies, the companies announced on Monday. The solution employs Get SAT’s micronized Milli SAT LM...