E-letter: Briefs

Smallsat mission specialist ISISpace announced that it will use Kubos’ Major Tom mission control software to operate satellites from its ground station in Delft, Netherlands. With this partnership, ISISpace will...

SpaceX conducted the first test flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket this afternoon, qualifying the launch vehicle as the most powerful in operation in the world today. At 3:45 p.m....

At this week’s Singapore Airshow, GomSpace, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), and Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics) signed a research collaboration agreement to conduct a design study on space-based Very...

NanoRacks announced that it has chosen Thales Alenia Space as the latest partner in its commercial airlock program. Thales Alenia Space will produce and test the critical pressure shell for...

Mission Microwave Technologies, a manufacturer of Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Up Converters (BUCs), announced it is has completed the initial delivery and acceptance testing of its 200...

Russia, Japan and China completed a series of back-to-back-to-back launches between Thursday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 3. Russia’s launch was the first, carrying two Kanopus 5 Earth Observation (EO)...

The U.K. Space Agency has awarded more than 4 million pounds ($5.59 million) to Spire Global to demonstrate space technology including parallel super-computing. The announcement gives the green light to...

NBN Co and Speedcast have selected Gilat Satellite Network’s satellite platform for its Business and Enterprise Satellite Service (BESS) for businesses in Australia. The BESS network solution will use the...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its subsidiary, Kratos RT Logic, is among 14 organizations awarded a shared ceiling, multiple award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The award, valued at $998...

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has signed a 25 million euro ($31 million) contract in Beijing with Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology (21AT) to provide data from a new Earth...