E-letter: Briefs

SES has signed a slew of new broadcast deals in Germany. The company announced April 13 that it had signed deals worth more than 75 million euros ($82.16 million) in […]

Intelsat has ordered a Northrop Grumman Mission Extension Pod (MEP) to service one of its satellites for at least six years beginning in 2026. Intelsat announced the deal on Thursday, […]

Kepler Communications has raised $92 million in its Series C funding round, led by IA Ventures. The Toronto-based company plans to use the funding to launch an optical data relay […]

SpiderOak has announced another strategic partnership as it looks to provide greater protection for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) networks. It announced April 11 that it is joining forces with Raytheon Technologies’ […]

The second batch of SES O3b mPOWER satellites are on the way to Cape Canaveral, after manufacturer Boeing announced on Wednesday that it shipped the satellites.  These are the third […]

Slingshot Aerospace shared plans on Wednesday to expand its Global Sensor Network to increase its daily observations of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by 100 times.  By the end of  this year, […]

Relativity Space is shifting its focus away from the recently tested Terran 1 rocket, to accelerate the Terran R rocket to commercial service, which the company says will meet “significant […]

Loft Federal and Microsoft will join Ball Aerospace to work on its Space Development Agency (SDA) contract for the experimental testbed NExT for 10 satellites.  SDA awarded Ball Aerospace the […]

Lynk Global has signed an agreement with Vodafone Ghana to bring mobile coverage to all of Ghana’s population with Lynk’s “cell tower in space” satellite connectivity. This is Lynk’s second […]

Multi-orbit antenna manufacturer All.Space has hired a former SES leader as the company’s new chief development officer (CDO) to help the company scale as it prepares to release its products […]

BridgeComm has demonstrated quantum encryption technology over the company’s optical ground modem, BridgeComm announced April 5.  The company tested both AES-256 and post quantum attack resistant (PQC) Kyber-1024 encryption between […]

The Space Safety Coalition released updated guidelines for sustainable space operations this month, endorsed by 27 companies and groups including The Aerospace Corporation, Avanti, Intelsat, LeoLabs, Planet, and Slingshot Aerospace.  […]

NASA has awarded Capella Space a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for the company’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, NASA announced Monday. This gives NASA five years to order Capella’s data, […]

Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space and Spire Global have each received contract options from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to assess on-orbit capabilities under a prior contract the agency awarded the companies for […]

Intelsat’s newly launched IS-40e satellite will add capacity over North America in key markets the company is targeting — commercial aviation, mobility, and network services. SpaceX launched the Maxar-built satellite […]

Loft Orbital has procured a second batch of 15 satellites from Airbus OneWeb Satellites, for the bus platform based on the OneWeb satellites. Loft Orbital announced the deal April 6, […]

Airline industry platform ch-aviation has a new long-term agreement with Spire Global for global flight analytics and insights, Spire announced April 6. The agreement includes access to Spire’s daily Flight […]

OneWeb NEOM, a joint venture formed by OneWeb and NEOM in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has been accepted as an observer member of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), OneWeb […]

Norwegian Cruise Line is testing SpaceX’s Starlink internet service on one of its cruise ships, with plans to roll out the service across additional vessels and other brands Oceania Cruises […]

Startup Quantum Space introduced its Ranger orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) on Thursday, a new last-mile delivery service to carry payloads to Geostationary and cislunar orbits and beyond.  Calling it a […]

True Anomaly, Inc., a year-old company focused on space security, domain awareness, and training, on Thursday said it has raised $30 million in funding so far and plans to launch […]

NASA has awarded Iceye US a five-year blanket purchase agreement to buy the company’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, Iceye announced Wednesday.  This will give NASA centers broad access to […]

Axelspace, a Japanese Earth observation provider and smallsat manufacturer, has raised new funding and is partnering with new Japanese venture Space Compass on its Space Integrated Computing Network.  Axelspace announced […]

SEA AIR SPACE 2023 — A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule last year is likely to spur demand for commercial deorbiting systems that may help declutter parts of Low-Earth Orbit […]

Measat has won a new deal in the oil and gas sector, the company announced April 5. It has signed a deal with Intra Oil Services that will see Measat […]

Satixfy reports that it demonstrated the company’s new antenna with OneWeb Technologies and the Air Force Research Lab. The demonstration was part of the U.S. military program Defense Experimentation Using […]

Consulting firm Deloitte has launched a space practice called Deloitte Space to advise organizations on the potential of the industry. Deloitte has 15 years of experience advising in the space […]

Thuraya has taken the significant step of investing in a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation for the first time. The company, which is owned by Yahsat, concluded a new investment agreement […]

Australia has selected Lockheed Martin as the preferred bidder for the Australian Defence Satellite Communications System, known as JP9102, which will build the country a sovereign military satellite communications system.  […]

Two space sustainability companies, LeoLabs and ClearSpace, have signed an MoU to work together toward a sustainable space ecosystem. LeoLabs offers space traffic management software and operates a ground radar […]