E-letter: News Feed

Swedish satellite operator Ovzon is beginning to enter the German market through two new partnerships announced this week. The company will perform an initial test implementation with a German government […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded more than 500 million euro in funding for the European Launch Challenge between PLD Space, Isar Aerospace, and Rocket Factory Augsburg. ESA also […]

Astrum Space plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger to fund the company’s plans for a “satellite-to-device” (S2D) broadcast network for the Asia-Pacific region. The […]

U.S. satcom terminal manufacturer Lite Coms is now selling its Lite Sat 1.3A terminal in a validated remote-terminal configuration for SES O3b mPOWER Sovereign Services and Hybrid Sovereign Gateway architectures. […]

Kepler Communications will combine its optical data relay infrastructure with NorthStar’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) services under the terms of a new strategic partnership the two companies announced Thursday. The deal […]

LeoLabs on Wednesday said the Space Force has awarded the company a $20.7 million contract to deliver a modified version of its Scout containerized space surveillance radar for a “new […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – The Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic management system, known as TraCSS, has onboarded more than 70 satellite owners and operators and more than 10 nations […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded contracts on Wednesday to Muon Space, Orbital Micro Systems doing business as (DBA) Weather Stream, and Spire Global to develop new weather satellite instruments for […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Impulse Space has three rideshare missions to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) fully booked through 2028 and is looking at increasing the rideshare missions to twice as a […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Edge Aerospace is scaling its manufacturing in the U.S. through a licensing agreement with Redwire under which Redwire will manufacture Edge’s data processing units (DPUs) and […]

Space-based communications and intelligence provider CesiumAstro acquired a Virginia-based mission software and defense systems engineering company, 1Aardvark. Both companies announced the acquisition on Tuesday. The combination brings CesiumAstro’s satellites, communications […]

Space-based positioning and navigation solutions firm TrustPoint successfully demonstrated its C-band signals in the presence of GNSS interference, a milestone listed under its contract with U.S. Naval Air Systems Command […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Kongsberg NanoAvionics is rolling out an upgrade to its MP42 line of satellite buses, including a new 500 kg platform which is now the company’s largest […]

Kepler Communications is now offering service from the next-generation optical data relay network constellation to global commercial and government customers, the operator announced Monday. With service now active following SpaceX’s […]

Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is kicking off a “Hyperion” demonstration campaign for its next-generation hybrid radio frequency (RF) and optical relay network, Hyper. KSAT announced Monday that the campaign will […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — On-orbit checkouts of the Tranche 1 Space Development Agency (SDA) satellites launched in July are progressing much faster than previous plane launches, SDA Director Dr. Gurpartap […]

The White House set a target for the U.S to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030 in a new National Security Presidential Memorandum released Thursday.  That […]

While orbital data centers have drawn attention and driven headlines this year, there’s another story unfolding in spaceborne computing — the evolution of the space edge. It’s a shift to […]

Orbital data center startup Starcloud added $250 million to its Series A round just five months after the raise, more than doubling its valuation to $2.3 billion. Manhattan West led […]

Space Norway CEO Morten Tengs is stepping down from the role at the end of August, and the company will begin the search for a new permanent CEO. Rune Jensen […]

Sypris Electronics has won a major new contract to support an unnamed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. The company manufacture power processing units for an unnamed, next-generation satellite constellation. Sypris Electronics, […]

Muon Space closed a $250 million Series C round as the satellite manufacturer looks to accelerate building large-scale constellations and grow differentiated mission capabilities. This brings the company’s total fundraising […]

Phantom Space has appointed Worth Wray as chief operating officer with responsibility for day-to-day operations, operational efficiency, capital formation, and scaling business processes, as the company works to ramp up […]

Rocket Lab completed its ninth launch for Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS) on Aug. 21 from New Zealand.  iQPS based in […]

2026 continues to be a seismic year for news in the satellite sector. On June 29, in one of the biggest, and maybe even surprising stories of the year, Rocket […]

Speedcast has secured another connectivity deal in the energy industry. It has implemented an all-LEO solution across the fleet of TGS, a global provider of data and intelligence to the […]

Vantor has new leadership for its U.S. government business, appointing Will Cocos as executive vice president and general manager to lead the company’s business in U.S. defense, intelligence and civil […]

The recently launched Katalyst Space servicing mission to boost NASA’s Swift Observatory won’t be able to complete the rescue, NASA and Katalyst confirmed Wednesday.  After the Katalyst Link spacecraft was […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received multi-million-dollar orders from multiple international customers for GAIA antenna systems by Orbit Communication Systems, now a Kratos company. These orders support Earth Observation […]

In-flight connectivity (IFC) has a been a huge topic in satellite circles for well over a decade now, as airlines roll out these services improving both passenger experience and operations. […]