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Satellite manufacturer EnduroSat has raised 43 million euros in investment led by Founders Fund, to scale production of its Gen3 satellite platform in the 200-500 kg class. EnduroSat is based […]

ExoTerra reports it has delivered 21 of its Iris250 propulsion modules to York Space Systems to support York’s work on the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer program.  […]

Starfish Space will again attempt a mission to dock with a spacecraft in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) in ‘Otter Pup 2,’ set to launch this summer.  Starfish Space launched its first […]

Japanese maritime transport company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) will upgrade its from Inmarsat Maritime’s Fleet Xpress service to NexusWave, the companies announced May 21.  Local Inmarsat partner JSAT Mobile […]

SatixFy Communications more than doubled revenue in the first quarter of 2025 as the satellite tech company is in the midst of a deal to be acquired by MDA Space. […]

With the start of hurricane season fast approaching, recent reports show that cuts and staff vacancies at the National Weather Service and NOAA could impact public safety services. Earlier this […]

The FCC voted to start a proceeding on Thursday that the Commission said could unlock more than 20,000 megahertz of spectrum for satellite broadband, a move that the Satellite Industry […]

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared SpaceX’s Starship vehicle to return to flight, despite the mishap investigation for Flight 8 in March remaining open. For Starship’s next flight, the […]

Scout Space has won a new contract from the U.S. Space Force to deliver a new GEO Geostationary Orbit (GEO) space awareness domain (SDA) sensor. The contract, worth $3.8 million, […]

SES has signed with Impulse Space as the first commercial customer of the Helios kick stage designed to shorten the time it takes satellites to reach operational orbit. Financial terms […]

Iceye plans to develop a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation with Japanese heavy industry company IHI Corporation under a new MoU announced Thursday. IHI and Iceye plan to establish a […]

ST. LOUIS — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Space Force on Wednesday signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) clarifying their respective roles and responsibilities in carrying out […]

ST LOUIS — The national security lead for OpenAI demonstrated some of the geospatial capabilities of OpenAI’s new o-series “reasoning” models, which the AI organization says are capable of “complex problem […]

It’s a “good news, bad news” scenario for global launch services market leader SpaceX, as the company won a multi-launch deal for its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket and also received […]

Network Innovations has launched Argus, a software-defined platform that aims to transform how organizations deploy, secure, and scale communications across terrestrial, wireless, and satellite environments. This includes Network Innovations’ own […]

Another 20 companies have been selected for the CASSINI Business Accelerator program, an initiative of the European Commission (EC) and European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). It was […]

ST. LOUIS — A new version of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) primary tool for ordering imagery should be ready for operational use later this year, an agency official said. […]

President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced key details of the planned Golden Dome missile defense architecture, with an expected total cost of $175 billion, timeline […]

Canadian spacecraft manufacturer MDA Space has agreed to pay more money to acquire satellite communication chipset developer SatixFy Communications after the latter completed a “go-shop” process for alternative acquisition bids […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is looking to expand its capabilities in the field of Earth Observation (EO). The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) is launching what it claims to […]

Space technology could be used going forward to detect water leakage throughout the U.K. thanks to an interesting new project called ‘Space Eye.’ Researchers at the University of Wolverhampton, alongside […]

ST. LOUIS — Mirroring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s priority of opening up the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) procurement process to find the best solutions, the intelligence community is doing […]

ST LOUIS — Commercial satellite imagery and sensing leaders see growing demand in the international market for geospatial intelligence and are looking at ways to increase collaboration and streamline the way […]

Via Satellite Senior Managing Editor Rachel Jewett spoke with BlackSky Senior Marketing Director Katelyn Fobes during GEOINT in St. Louis, Missouri. BlackSky is now delivering imagery from the first high-resolution […]

ST. LOUIS — The use of geospatial intelligence to accelerate decision making from the time a potential target has been detected until an effect is put against it has been […]

Satellite data imagery company Iceye entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Safran.AI to develop advanced multi-sensor Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions for geospatial intelligence customers in the government sector. The partnership, […]

Eutelsat OneWeb customers can now benefit from the Kymeta Goshawk u8 flat-panel terminal, a multi-orbit terminal for government and military customers. It aims to meet key defense needs by enabling […]

Circuits Integrated Hellas (CIH) has launched a new chipset platform ‘Kythrion’ as it looks to provide a more efficient platform for Earth Observation (EO) data. The platform is currently undergoing […]

PARIS —  There is a newfound urgency toward space cybersecurity in Europe. Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), keynoted CySat 2025 in Paris, underlying a new […]