Satellite manufacturer Astro Digital will incorporate Astroscale’s Docking Plate into its modular satellite bus line for future end-of-life servicing. The companies announced July 24 that Astro Digital is set to receive its first Astroscale Docking Plate later this year, with launch expected in the fourth quarter of 2024.  Installing the Docking Plate on a spacecraft…

The U.S. Space Force awarded Orion Space Solutions a contract worth up to $44.5 million to develop three spacecraft for its Tetra-5 Space Vision program. Orion Space announced the award Tuesday, and said it will work with partners Hera Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, and SCOUT Space. According to Space Systems Command, the Tetra-5 program is…

Nanoracks confirmed Monday that it will conduct a second Bishop Airlock mission with Japanese space robotics startup Gitai. A follow-up to the companies' successful Bishop Airlock demonstration in 2021, the second mission will involve demonstrating "S2," Gitai's 1.5 meter-class dexterous robotic system. Bishop Airlock was the first permanent, commercial platform added to the International Space…

Denver-based in-space transportation company Atomos Space entered into a technology partnership with Addvalue Innovation, a communication terminals provider, to develop orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that relocate Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and provide terrestrial logistics in orbit. The companies said Thursday that the collaboration will leverage Addvalue’s Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) terminal operating over Inmarsat’s…