Technology

AI and space tech startup Zaitra is working to make satellites more autonomous and boost the profile of the Czech space industry, where the company is based.  Zaitra closed its...

Japanese space robotics startup GITAI is expanding its business to include satellites. The company launched a 16U cubesat on the SpaceX Bandwagon rideshare mission in December, and plans to sell...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japanese IT and technology company NEC have demonstrated optical inter-satellite data relay between the Daichi-4 Earth observation satellite in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and a...

Thales Alenia Space and Hispasat initiated the development, manufacturing, verification and validation phase of the first QKD-GEO prototype, the companies announced Jan. 21.  The QKD-GEO mission, which stands for quantum...

Quadsat has signed a new partnership deal with Auden Techno Corp to deliver Quadsat’s satellite network emulation and electromagnetic calibration services to Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The two companies...

Astroscale Japan will develop in-space refueling technologies under a new program with the Japanese government, the “Key and Advanced Technology R&D through Cross Community Collaboration Program” (K Program), the company...

Companies in Northern Denmark launched a new industrial cluster aimed at strengthening the region’s space and satellite communication industry, the companies announced Jan. 22.  The cluster, Space Connect North, focuses...

Space infrastructure company Redwire Corp. on Monday said it has agreed to acquire Edge Autonomy in a $925 million deal that would take it into new territory, autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

C-COM Satellite Systems (C-COM) is to suspend dividends and prioritize investing in the commercialization of its Ka-band electronically steered antenna (ESA). The Canadian company will suspend its traditional quarterly dividend...

Redwire Corporation delivered the fourth pair of Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for the International Space Station (ISS), also known as the IROSA program, the company announced Jan. 13.  The...