Focus: North America

Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Synspective will now distribute its SAR solutions in North America, through a new distribution partnership with Frontier Precision.  Frontier Precision, based in North Dakota,...

Mynaric has won a new contract with Northrop Grumman as part of a key Space Development Agency (SDA) program. The company announced Oct. 18 that announced it will provide Northrop...

In August this year, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson unveiled ambitious plans to position the Oklahoma-Arkansas region as a national hub for advanced mobility (AM). The...

Hughes Network Systems introduced a new satellite internet offering in the U.S. called Fusion, which combines Geostationary (GEO) satellite and wireless technologies for a lower latency service. The service uses...

Maritime Launch Services is now approved to begin construction of a spaceport in Nova Scotia, with the intention of building Canada’s first commercial spaceport. Maritime Launch is a Canadian-owned commercial...

SpaceX and T-Mobile are collaborating to enable satellite direct-to-cell connectivity with the second generation of Starlink satellites. Such a service would close gaps in cellular networks in rural and remote...

Private aviation company Airshare has selected Viasat’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) for new aircraft deliveries, Viasat announced Tuesday. Airshare’s business model offers “fractional ownership” of private jets, in which customers buy...

The FCC rejected SpaceX’s application for the Starlink constellation to receive funding through its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), saying the constellation “failed to demonstrate” that it could deliver the...

Maxar Technologies has won a new contract with L3Harris Technologies for the design and production of 14 spacecraft platforms and associated support for its Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with...

Commercial in-space transportation services company Momentus has identified the root cause of anomalies that created power and communications issues for its Vigoride-3 orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) during its May 27...