Focus: In-Space Services

Redwire Space and Phase Four have a new strategic cooperation to jointly develop Hall effect thrusters (HETs). The companies announced Tuesday they are developing the Valkyrie System family of propulsion...

Italian space logistics company D-Orbit is expanding to the U.S., establishing D-Orbit USA. D-Orbit announced the company on Wednesday, a  joint venture led by CEO Mike Cassidy, along with Mark...

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...

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...

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...

Vyoma signed a contract with Belgian small satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab for a second space situational awareness (SSA) satellite. The satellite is set for launch late 2025 at the earliest, according...

Slingshot Aerospace is bringing the benefits of AI into the satellite arena. The company confirmed Wednesday that it, alongside the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), rolled out a new...

In-space security observation service provider Scout Space commissioned and captured the first in-space calibration image from its recently launched “Sparrow” optical payload, the company announced Thursday. SpaceX launched Scout’s Sparrow...

Satellite operator Intelsat has signed with Northrop Grumman‘s SpaceLogistics to utilize its two Mission Extension Vehicles (MEVs) and service its satellites for at least another four years. The contract agreement,...

U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) on Monday said it has awarded Starfish Space a $37.5 million contract in which the company’s Otter space vehicle will dock with, and augment maneuvers of, national...