E-letter: Briefs

Space42 has set out some ambitious plans in the Earth Observation (EO) arena. It is establishing a joint venture (JV) with Edge Group to develop a fully integrated EO ecosystem....

Eutelsat’s total revenue grew by nearly 6% in the first half of its 2024-25 fiscal year with growth in Connectivity, but the operator also took a 535 million euro ($560...

ETL Systems acquired IRT Technologies, a Canadian company specializing in satellite communication products, ETL Systems announced Feb. 14. IRT Technologies has over 14 years of experience in the satellite communications...

K2 Space announced a $110 million Series B funding round to scale up production of its multi-orbit, high-power satellite platform on Feb. 13. The funding round was co-led by Lightspeed...

Firefly Aerospace will support another U.S. Space Force Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission under a new Space Force contract valued at $21.81 million. The Space Force awarded Firefly Aerospace a...

Blue Origin laid off 10% of its workforce on Thursday as the launcher shifts from R&D into scaling manufacturing for its launch business.  The company is eliminating some positions in...

BlackSky Technology secured multi-year contracts to support the development of India’s commercial Earth observation capabilities, the company announced Feb. 13. The unnamed customer will have access to a BlackSky Spectra...

Myriota added four new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellites to its global Internet of Things (IoT) constellation through its partnership with Spire, Myriota announced Feb. 13. SpaceX launched the satellites on...

Eutelsat has signed a new capacity deal in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) has renewed its satellite capacity agreement with Eutelsat on the EUTELSAT...

SatVu is looking to reach the U.S. government market by offering its archive of high-resolution HotSat-1 imagery to U.S. government agencies through the Global Data Marketplace (GDM). This program streamlines...