E-letter: News Feed

Japanese transport company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., known as “K’’ Line, will trial the new Inmarsat Maritime network service NexusWave on its fleet of ships. Implementation of the trails will […]

The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling “the U.S. […]

Azercosmos and Italian ground segment-as-a-service (GSaaS) company Leaf Space broadened their exisiting collaboration with a new antenna at an Azercosmos teleport. The companies first began working together back in 2022. Azercosmos, Azerbaijan […]

Northrop Grumman and Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems on Wednesday received U.S. Space Force (USSF) missile defense awards of nearly $1.8 billion and $386 million, respectively. The almost $1.8 billion award […]

Earnings for Northrop Grumman’s Space segment were up 14% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2023, despite a modest decline in sales. Northrop Grumman reported Q3 results on Thursday. The […]

ST Engineering iDirect has been selected for the Phase Two expansion of Indonesia’s Satria-1 satellite network, following the successful completion of Phase One which involved the deployment of ST Engineering […]

The Space Development Agency has selected 19 space companies to be a part of a hybrid acquisition pool known as HALO to compete for demonstrations for the Proliferated Warfighter Space […]

NSSLGlobal has won a new contract with the German government. The company, a full-service project engineering, satcom and systems integrator, will provide satellite communications services and technology to Germany’s Federal […]

Telesat has contracted Intellian to build 127 gateway antenna systems at landing stations for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation. Intellian will design, supply, install, and integrate its 4-meter gateway antenna system.  […]

Revenue for Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security (BDS) segment was flat in the third quarter of 2024, but loss from operations more than doubled as Boeing took charges on fixed-price […]

Smallsat launcher Astra announced a new award from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday, months after taking the company private.  The DIU awarded Astra a contract worth up to […]

Iceland could benefit from space based solar energy by 2030 under a new deal between U.K. company Space Solar and Transition Labs. The companies announced an agreement to deliver 30 MW […]

Umbra has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating its commercial remote sensing capabilities into SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space […]

As the direct-to-device space picked up steam in 2024 with demonstrations and new partnerships with mobile network operators and device manufacturers, the business model is still being worked out.  Industry […]

New company in the satellite tech space Aptos Orbital debuted a terminal to allow satellites to run powerful AI on orbit. The Aptos terminal announced Tuesday is a device for […]

Eutelsat Communications confirmed a successful launch for 2o new OneWeb satellites launched over the weekend. SpaceX launched the satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California […]

Intelsat confirmed on Monday the Intelsat-33e satellite is a “total loss” after a recent anomaly. Intelsat first reported a service outage on the satellite on Oct. 19.  U.S. Space Forces-Space […]

ETL Systems is acquiring SpacePath Communications, in a deal that brings together two U.K.-based satellite amplifier suppliers. ETL Systems announced the acquisition on Monday, financial terms were not disclosed.  ETL […]

This week’s On Orbit podcast is a topical look at space policy in the U.S. election. Host Rachel Jewett is joined by fellow editor Jeff Hill for a conversation with […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) last Friday awarded SpaceX task orders worth $733.6 million to launch spacecraft for the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) […]

Comtech‘s Board of Directors and management team announced late Thursday its intention to divest its Terrestrial & Wireless Networks (T&W) business, which provides “NG911” 911 emergency call solutions for state […]

Hydrosat, a climate tech company, has won a near $2 million contract with the US Air Force. The contract worth $1.9 million will see Hydrosat provide cloud and weather prediction […]

SpiderOak launched its core technology platform as an open-source offering on Thursday as it looks to expand the reach of its platform and technology. The company said that its ‘Aranya’ […]

True Anomaly on Thursday said it has selected Firefly Aerospace to launch its Jackal spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force’s VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission expected to occur no later […]

Iridium Communications reported record third quarter total revenue of $212.8 million, with higher commercial service revenue and government engineering revenue. Total revenue increased 8% versus the comparable period of 2023. […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) ordered six more satellites from Thales Alenia Space and 15 satellites from Argotec for the Italian Earth observation IRIDE constellation. IRIDE is an Italian government […]

Viasat selected ST Engineering iDirect‘s hub infrastructure to bring Viasat’s satellite connectivity to the energy industry in Brazil.  According to the deal announced this week, ST Engineering iDirect will supply […]

Arkadia Space is getting closer to launching its propulsion module in space thanks to a new collaboration with the space transportation company D-Orbit. Arkadia Space announced on Oct. 16 that […]

NASA will stop onboarding new missions to its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system in November. NASA announced the change on Wednesday, which is effective as of November 8.  […]

Space42 wants to bring AI to the oil & gas (O&G) industry. It has teamed up with nybl, a science-based AI company, to launch a satellite-enabled AI solution for O&G […]