E-letter: News Feed

2023 was a very eventful year in the satellite industry, and a number of companies made significant announcements as the industry heads into this unprecedented multi-orbit era. 2024 promises to […]

Eviden is to help set up a new satellite monitoring system in Greece. The company, part of the Atos Group, will collaborate with the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post commission (EETT), […]

Synspective is increasing its reach into key Central Asian markets. The Japanese SAR satellite data and analytics solution provider has entered into MoUs with Uzbekistan’s Center for Space Monitoring and […]

MyRadar has tapped Exolaunch for the deployment of its first two HORIS pathfinder satellites. The satellites, HORIS-1 and HORIS-2, are set to launch on upcoming SpaceX rideshare missions. The company, […]

Aldoria has secured a further 10 million euros ($10.87 million) in funding after closing a series A funding round. The space situational awareness (SSA) company has now raised 22 million […]

Dutch research firm TNO and AAC ClydeSpace have successfully transferred data from a laser satellite communications terminal in space down to Earth in a recent demonstration. The laser communication system […]

Orbit Fab and ClearSpace announced a new partnership on Wednesday to create an in-space refueling service. Under an MoU, Orbit Fab and ClearSpace have agreed to leverage their complementary capabilities […]

German airline Lufthansa Group has selected Viasat to equip more than 150 aircraft – across its Lufthansa, SWISS, and Austrian Airlines fleets – with the European Aviation Network (EAN) in-flight […]

Es’hailSat is to partner with Total Media Cast (TMC) to be able to provide digital satellite news gathering services (DSNG) and outdoor broadcast van (OBVAN) services in Qatar and across […]

Voyager Space appoints Marshall Smith as CTO to lead technical strategy and to guide the Starlab team through the design, development, and operations of the commercial space station. Smith previously […]

Albedo raised a $35 million Series A-1 financing round announced on Tuesday, to launch the company’s first operational satellite to collect ultra-high resolution imagery. These funds bring Albedo’s total funding […]

Lockheed Martin’s Space segment had a strong 2023, leading the company in growth with a 9% sales increase year-over-year. Strategic and missile defense programs and national security space programs led […]

Archer Aviation has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA as they look to boost the nascent advanced air mobility (AAM) market. The collaboration will kick off with an initial […]

Blue Origin has tapped Redwire Corporation to supply Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for the upcoming space mobility platform. Blue Origin announced the space logistics vehicle Blue Ring in October, […]

There is always an inherent risk when doing anything in space. That said, a handful of space sustainability-minded companies are working hard to minimize those risks and prevent self-inflicted catastrophes. […]

Comtech Telecommunications received a $45 million investment from current shareholders White Hat Capital Partners and funds affiliated with investment manager Magnetar, the company announced Monday. Comtech said this investment gives […]

Sierra Space recently conducted a full-scale test of its expandable space station structure, the company announced on Monday, along with a video of the test. Sierra Space is building the […]

Eutelsat continues to make progress as it looks to offer service providers a combination of Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) services. Paratus South Africa, a specialist connectivity provider, […]

AT&T, Google, and Vodafone have made a strategic investment in AST SpaceMobile to support the commercial roll-out of AST SpaceMobile’s network. Both AT&T and Google are new investors for the […]

Lynk Global has started initial satellite-to-cell service in Papua New Guinea with the country’s state-owned telecoms company Telikom Limited.  The initial service will begin with SMS and is expected to […]

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) is kicking off a commercial pathfinder project to support space situational awareness (SSA) services, placing orders for commercial data with COMSPOC, LeoLabs, and Slingshot […]

Viasat has revealed details of a key demonstration in the United Kingdom in the aviation arena. It has demonstrated a U.K. satellite-based augmentation system (UK SBAS) for the first time, […]

Astroscale U.S. shared new details about an upcoming satellite refueling mission, which is partially funded by the U.S. Space Force. The spacecraft is called the Astroscale Prototype Servicer for Refueling, […]

Scout Space has named Philip Hover-Smoot as the company’s CEO, succeeding co-founder and CEO Eric Ingram. The appointment was effective Jan. 12. Scout is a space domain awareness (SDA) company, […]

Sidus Space is debuting a new, multi-material 3D printing division for engineering and advanced 3D printing services, the company announced Thursday. Sidus Space used MarkForged X7 printers and OnyxFR-A material […]

Impulse Space is working to simplify access to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), unveiling a new high-performance kick stage on Wednesday called Helios, designed to take 5 tons from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) said on Jan. 16 that it has awarded contracts worth up to $2.5 billion to three companies for 54 infrared sensor-equipped satellites […]

Forsway and Cloudpoint have formed a joint venture, Xtend Solutions FZCO, a new provider of low-cost content streaming solutions in underserved regions. Primary markets of focus for the new venture […]

Canadian internet service provider Mage Networks signed an MoU with Telesat for its Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services, to expand broadband access in Canada. Mage Networks is based […]

SpaceX’s Starlink has begun advertising community gateways as part of the business portfolio of Starlink services. According to the webpage, the service starts at $75,000 per month with a one-time […]