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Government/Military
ESA Taps Kepler to Lead Next Stage of HydRON Optical Program
The European Space Agency has selected Toronto-based Kepler Communications as prime contractor for HydRON Element 3, the third part of a sovereign optical communications constellation, the company announced this week […]
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Technology
Slingshot Aerospace Releases AI-Powered Analytics Platform for Space Operations
Slingshot Aerospace released Portal, an artificial intelligence-based platform for satellite data monitoring and analysis this week. The software combines Slingshot’s data flows with external sources into its analytics engine, which […]
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Technology
Lonestar Expands Launch Plans for Orbital Data Storage Payload
Lonestar gave a launch date for “the world’s first commercially operational space-based sovereign data storage platform,” dubbed StarVault, in a statement on Wednesday. The company said demand for off-planet data […]
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Space Symposium
MDA Announces Orbital Servicing Platform
Toronto-based MDA Space presented MDA Midnight, an on-orbit servicing platform, at Space Symposium on Monday morning. Midnight is designed for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) use to detect, identify, counter, […]
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Technology
EnduroSat and Shield Space Strike European Partnership for Defense Missions
EnduroSat and Shield Space have joined a strategic partnership to jointly operate space defense missions, EnduroSat said on April 8. The companies’ combined technologies could allow them to deliver on-orbit […]
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Imagery and Sensing
How Iceye Satellites Track Russian Vessels, Illegal Shipping in the Arctic
On a dark, clouded night, a Russian ballistic missile submarine departs a naval base in the Arctic. A small vessel navigates the Mediterranean Sea at 15 miles per hour. A […]
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Finance
Amazon in Talks to Buy Globalstar, According to FT Report
Amazon is reportedly in discussions with Globalstar to potentially acquire the company. Financial Times (FT) reported first broke the news in an article published Wednesday evening. The article cited people familiar […]
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Government/Military
Gravitics Receives Strategic Funding Increase From SpaceWERX
Gravitics has received a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract from SpaceWERX, the U.S. Space Force’s innovation arm, to accelerate development and demonstration of its Orbital Carrier architecture, the company said […]
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Technology
In-Orbit Logistics Companies Call for Clearer Demand Signals from Gov
“Space remains hard,” Ryan Wolff, a program director for Tranche 0 and vendor growth at the Space Development Agency (SDA), said during SATShow Week. “It is a hard place to […]
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Manufacturing
Phantom Space Acquires Component Supplier Thermal Management Technologies
Launch vehicle manufacturer Phantom Space Corporation has acquired Thermal Management Technologies (TMT) to accelerate the development of its planned orbital data center constellation and further its vertical integration strategy. TMT […]
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Connectivity
ArkEdge Space to Work With ABIT For IoT Service Rollout
ArkEdge Space and ABIT Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and satellite communication devices, ArkEdge Space said on Thursday. The partnership […]
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Launch
NASA Launches Artemis II in Further Step Toward a Moon Return
NASA launched Artemis II, its first crewed mission under the Artemis program, on Wednesday evening. The mission will test the Orion spacecraft’s life support capabilities on live astronauts for the […]
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Launch
SpaceX Launches 119 Payloads on the Transporter-16 Rideshare Mission
SpaceX launched 119 payloads into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) at 4:02 a.m. PT on Transporter-16, a dedicated smallsat rideshare mission, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday morning. The […]
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Government/Military
Space Commerce Official Proposes Streamlined Mission Authorization Process for Novel Space Missions
U.S. Office of Space Commerce Director Taylor Jordan announced the office’s proposal of a revamped mission authorization process for novel space activities in a keynote address during SATShow Week on […]
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Connectivity
Lynk and SES CEOs Talk D2D Demand, As D2D Merger Awaits Completion
Despite fierce competition for capital and increasingly divided world politics, the direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity market has something going for it: demand is booming. SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh said in a […]
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Government/Military
Space Force, Industry Leaders Warn of Critical Gaps in Orbital Intelligence
With a kaleidoscope of ground radars, electro-optical telescopes, and Geostationary (GEO) spy satellites, the U.S. Space Force can closely track space objects as they hurtle through orbit. But in terms […]
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Manufacturing
Space Compass Purchases First Optical Data Relay Satellite From Swissto12
Space Compass ordered the first satellite in their planned Geostationary Orbit (GEO) optical data relay constellation from Swissto12, the companies said in a joint statement on Monday. Japanese telecommunications firms […]
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Manufacturing
SLI Purchases Two Small GEO Satellites From ReOrbit
SLI is set to purchase two small Geostationary Orbit (GEO) communication satellites from manufacturer ReOrbit for 150 million euros ($172.8 million), the companies announced in a joint statement on Thursday. […]
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Government/Military
Comtech Delivers First Set of Digital Modems to US Army
Comtech delivered the first round of Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modems to the U.S. Army in a $48.6 million contract signed in 2023, the company said on Thursday. […]
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Manufacturing
Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics to Build Solar Arrays for K-LEO
Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics will jointly supply solar arrays for K-LEO, South Korea’s sovereign Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) national security constellation, Flexell said in a statement on Wednesday. Hanwha Systems […]
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Government/Military
Belgium Selects Redwire to Build Natsec Satellite
Florida-based aerospace and defense company Redwire has won a prime contract from the Belgian federal government to build the nation’s first national security satellite in collaboration with Aerospacelab, the company […]
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People
Astranis Hires Retired General John Hyten to Advisory Role
Satcom provider Astranis welcomed retired four-star Gen. John E. Hyten as chairman of a new strategic advisory board, effective immediately, the company announced on Thursday. The company said Hyten, a […]
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Government/Military
Ovzon Receives $1.3M US Defense Contract
Satellite communications provider Ovzon has received a $1.3 million three-month order from the United States Defense Department for satcom services and technical support, the company announced Friday. Service will begin […]
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Technology
Orbital Energy Firm Mantis Space Leaves Stealth With $10M Seed Round
Orbital energy startup Mantis Space emerged from stealth this morning with a $10 million seed round of funding, the company said on Thursday. Rule 1 Ventures and Montauk Capital led […]
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Connectivity
MTN Brings StarEdge Horizon Onto AWS Marketplace
MTN’s StarEdge Horizon connectivity service can now be purchased on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, the company said Thursday. StarEdge Horizon is a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity architecture […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Airmo Earns 5 Million Euro in Seed Funding, Plans First Launch for 2027
German tech startup Airmo has raised €5 million (~$5.8 million) in its seed round of funding, the company announced on Thursday. Airmo markets a proprietary sensor for detecting methane leaks […]
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Connectivity
Contrivian Becomes Authorized Reseller of Amazon Leo for State, Local Governments
Contrivian is now an authorized reseller of Amazon Leo to provide connectivity to state and local agencies in the U.S., the company said on Wednesday. The agreement expands its multi-modal […]
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Finance
Voyager Makes ‘Low Eight Figures’ Investment in Max Space
Voyager Technologies is making a multi-million dollar strategic investment in Max Space to develop expandable lunar habitats, the companies announced on Monday. In a statement, Voyager said it would support […]
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Connectivity
Blues and Skylo Launch Combined Satellite, Wifi, Cellular Connectivity Module
Blues and Skylo Technologies will demonstrate Notecard for Skylo, a module capable of satellite, Wi-Fi, and cellular connectivity, at the Embedded World conference in Nuremberg, Germany. The module, designed for industries […]
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Finance
Eutelsat Completes 5 Billion Euro Refinancing Package
Eutelsat has completed its 5 billion euro ($5.8 billion) refinancing plan with the final step of a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) bond issuance, the company announced Friday. The company […]





























