Focus: Manufacturing

Maxar Technologies is pushing the first WorldView Legion launch to September after encountering a test configuration anomaly, the manufacturer and Earth observation provider announced Monday.  The highly anticipated WorldView Legion […]

Gilmour Space Technologies won a contract from the Australian government to develop and launch a new sovereign surveillance satellite. The company will be developing a prototype G-class satellite for the […]

Astra Space, Inc. will supply LeoStella with spacecraft engines under a new contract announced Tuesday. Astra is a smallsat launcher and is expanding into space technologies. The launcher acquired propulsion […]

Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital a contract to build 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency‘s Tranche 1 Transport Layer. The contract supports the $700 million prototype contract Lockheed […]

SpaceLink is adjusting the plan to roll out its in-space relay constellation with plans to first launch a constellation of smaller satellites to go to market more quickly.  In October, […]

Globalstar purchased 17 new 500 kg satellites on Thursday from Canadian manufacturer Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation (MDA) in order to replenish and extend the life of its existing SPOT […]

AST SpaceMobile shared a look into the company’s satellite manufacturing plant in Midland, Texas in a video released Wednesday. National Geographic documentary host Jason Silva toured the facility with CEO […]

Virgin Orbit has invested in customers Hypersat and SatRevolution, investments that expand its space solutions business.  Virgin Orbit is acquiring a 17.5% stake in Hypersat, the launcher announced Wednesday. The […]

Redwire Corporation will supply Terran Orbital with spacecraft components and solutions for satellite manufacturing, under a three-year supplier agreement announced Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Satellite […]

SES has ordered two new Geostationary Orbit (GEO) Ku-band satellites from Thales Alenia Space to replace aging broadcast satellites in its prime video neighborhood. The new satellites announced Thursday — […]

OHB Systems AG (OHB) will build the satellites for SpaceLink’s data relay constellation in a contract that is expected to exceed $300 million in value. The companies announced the deal […]

PPM Systems has released new RF components for its satellite and defense customers, the company announced Sept. 26. The company has unveiled a series of high power broadband diplexers, plus […]

Rocket Lab has started construction on a new facility that will increase production of reaction wheels to fulfill growing demand from satellite constellation customers. The company said this expansion comes […]

AAC Clyde Space is launching an African subsidiary in South Africa, the company announced Monday. AAC Space Africa will be based in Cape Town, and it will design, build, and […]

Rocket Lab has signed a deal with in-space manufacturing company Varda Space Industries to produce three Photon spacecraft that will integrate with the company’s “space factories.”   Varda Space is working […]

SpaceLink will collaborate with Blue Marble Communications to accelerate the development of advanced optical terminals for SpaceLink’s data relay network, and then purchase more than $10 million in terminal hardware […]

Software-defined technology developer Innoflight will deliver key avionics for four satellites produced by L3Harris Technologies under the terms of a new contract the two organizations announced July 15. L3Technologies represents a […]

The space business needs to recruit more people who know less. Strange, right?  The global pandemic dramatized how important skills are to personal economic progress. As states and countries locked […]

A record number of satellites were launched into orbit in 2020, according to the Satellite Industry Association’s (SIA) State of the Satellite Industry Report. By the end of 2020, there […]

Airbus has shipped Eutelsat’s QUANTUM satellite to French Guiana ahead of its July launch. The QUANTUM launch has been pushed back multiple times, and is now set for Arianespace launch […]

Cloud Constellation, the operator of a planned “SpaceBelt” Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite data constellation, will use Mynaric’s laser communication Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) to connect its spacecraft under the terms […]

Mynaric will supply more than $20 million in laser communication products to SpaceLink under the terms of a new partnership agreement the two companies announced Wednesday. The partnership closes on […]

Space solutions provider Redwire successfully delivered the first pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSA) to NASA space station prime contractor Boeing. The solar arrays are now undergoing […]

Northrop Grumman will design, develop, and produce 24 ship sets of solar arrays for Airbus‘ new OneSat Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) satellite product line under the terms of a new contract […]

Chris Johnson, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, is moving to Maxar Technologies, to lead the company’s Space Programs Delivery (SPD) division. Maxar announced April 29 that it has appointed […]

Airbus has signed another order for OneSat, its fully digital, in-orbit reconfigurable satellite product line. Sky Perfect JSAT has ordered Superbird-9 from Airbus, targeted to launch in 2024, the companies […]

NanoAvionics is expanding its offering of satellite buses with a larger microsat bus size, the MP42, a move the company said will help it capture a larger share of the […]

Additive Manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, has already begun revolutionizing various manufacturing sectors, and aerospace is inline to see a similar transformation in the coming years. The technology has been […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday evening that its stockholders have approved the $4.4 billion sale of the company to Lockheed Martin, clearing a hurdle on the deal that is still expected to […]

Hardware technology developer SatixFy will give Canadian satellite operator Telesat early access to its second-generation Sx3099 modem chip for verification testing on Telesat’s Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, according to […]