Arianespace’s Vega rocket returned to flight on Wednesday evening, launching a next-generation Earth Observation (EO) Pléiades Neo satellite for Airbus, along with five rideshare small satellites. The launch from French Guiana was the second Arianespace launch in less than 72 hours, after Arianespace launched a batch of OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia on…

Lockheed Martin is releasing a new line of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites designed for larger constellations and rapid satellite production.  According to the Tuesday announcement, this line is based on Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 mid-size satellite bus. The LM 400 is a configurable bus about the size of a refrigerator, and there are…

HawkEye 360 has closed a $55 million Series C Funding round, led by NightDragon, with participation from existing investors Advance, Razor's Edge Ventures, Shield Capital, Dorilton Ventures, Adage Capital, and Esri International. HawkEye offers commercial Radio Frequency (RF) data and analytics captured by satellites. This funding, announced April 12, brings total investment funding raised to…

Satellite–based global wildfire monitoring company OroraTech will host its first payload on a Spire 6U nanosatellite scheduled for launch in December. Spire, a space-based data and analytics service provider, announced its new partnership agreement with OroraTech on April 8. Spire's 6U nanosatellite will carry an OroraTech thermal-infrared camera and data processing unit that will be…