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Defense tech private equity firm AE Industrial Partners has closed its third flagship private equity firm with $1.28 billion in capital commitments. AE Industrial Partners announced the fund, Fund III, […]

MDA Space selected Aerospacelab to provide battery charge regulators (BCRs) for the supply chain for its Aurora digital satellite product line. This includes the Aurora anchor customer, Telesat’s Lightspeed Low-Earth […]

Iceye will work more closely with the Ukraine Ministry of Defense amid Russia’s war in the country, signing a memorandum of cooperation to ensure the company’s imagery captured over Ukraine […]

OneWeb is one of the most compelling stories of the New Space era. From its start as one of the first constellation ventures, and early success, to its fall in […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded the second on-ramp to its Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 contract to Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies on July 3. This brings the number […]

Airbus has won a large new military contract in Europe. The German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr, has awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime contract for the next generation secure military […]

EnduroSat has signed a landmark deal in Africa which will see it help to build Botswana’s first-ever satellite. EnduroSat will work with The Botswana International University of Science and Technology […]

SpaceX now has more than 100 direct-to-cell satellites in orbit after a July 3 Starlink launch.  SpaceX launched the first Starlink sats equipped with direct-to-cell capabilities in January of this […]

MDA Space is now looking for a new chief financial officer (CFO) as the company’s CFO Vito Culmone is leaving the company. Culmone, who had been with MDA Space for […]

NASA selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch the COSI Compton Spectrometer and Imager mission. NASA announced the $69 million firm-fixed-price contract on July 2. The COSI mission is currently […]

For at least two decades, there has been rising recognition and concern about a problem for our industry. Not a little problem. A big, hairy bodacious problem that could put […]

Orbit Fab has completed testing its refueling payload and GRIP capture and refueling nozzle. The company announced Tuesday that it conducted numerous tests with government representatives at the Air Force […]

German startup Vyoma will participate in two European Commission contracts focused on European intelligence sovereignty. Both awards, the EMISSARY and STAALION projects, are under the European Defence Fund (EDF) program.  […]

OroraTech, the German satellite data company, will now play a key role in helping emergency services and the government in Greece as they fight wildfires, a major problem in Greece.  […]

The world of commercial space exploration is in its early stages and likely to see significant progress over the next decade. One European venture, The Exploration Company (TEC), aims to […]

Indian space startup Dhruva Space and Kinéis have signed a joint technological and commercial partnership to bring the French IoT company’s connectivity to India.  Dhruva Space will provide Kinéis IoT […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the ALOS-4 Earth observation satellite aboard the H3 rocket on Monday. JAXA confirmed post-launch that the mission was successful.  The H3 mission took […]

Satellite IoT company OQ Technology has received a contract for an EU project dealing with 5G cybersecurity policies. It is for Security Assessments for Networks and Services in 5G, also […]

Measat has signed a new broadcasting deal with one of the India’s largest media companies. Sun TV Network will have its 37 channels broadcast via the Measat-3D satellite. These channels […]

Gilat Satellite Networks reported that it has recently secured more than $14 million in orders from service providers and system integrators for its in-flight connectivity (IFC) products and solutions.  These […]

French space agency CNES has selected a consortium led by Infinite Orbits, with Telespazio France, to conduct two satellite servicing missions in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). CNES ordered a life extension […]

MDA Space has won a large new contract worth around $730 million from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the for the next phases of the Canadarm3 program, an advanced […]

Planet Labs is going through another round of layoffs and will lay off approximately 180 employees, about 17% of its workforce. The company disclosed the layoffs in filings to the […]

Amazon is pushing back the first full launch for its Project Kuiper constellation to the fourth quarter of 2024, the company announced Thursday. Amazon previously said it would start launching […]

U.S. Space Command confirmed that a defunct Russian satellite broke up in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on Wednesday, creating more than 100 pieces of debris.  Space Command said the breakup took […]

Viasat will equip a fleet of Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) with Ku- and Ka-band satcom for the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD). Viasat announced Thursday that it will […]

TTP is working with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) to launch a new data relay terminal into space. The terminal can provide a constant link between Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) small […]

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract worth up to $843 million to develop a vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS), the agency announced Wednesday.  NASA said in the announcement […]

Intelsat has ordered a satellite servicing mission from Starfish Space for its Otter servicing vehicle. This will be Starfish’s first mission to provide services to a commercial satellite operator with […]

Terran Orbital and South Korea’s Hanwha Systems announced an MoU on Wednesday to work together on satellite manufacturing, including solar cells, and cooperate in the defense industry in both the […]