By Chris Forrester Dr. Jeff Foust, Senior Staff Writer, SpaceNews, moderated the Satellite Manufacturers session at SmallSat Europe, held in Amsterdam on May 28. The session examined satellite production, winning […]
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Small satellite builders want a larger slice of the cake
By Chris Forrester Maxime Puteaux (Principal, Novaspace) moderated this panel. Novaspace is a major supplier of data and analysis focusing on upstream consulting and market intelligence related to industry issues […]
Space Debris, and the EU’s Space Act
By Chris Forrester Brian Weimer (Partner, Sheppard Mullin) moderated a very timely panel which focussed on the EU’s role in space sustainability, and including the worrying aspects of orbital debris […]
Identifying satellites at LEO for interference
By Chris Forrester Moderator: Jorge Ciccorossi, Head, Space Strategy and Sustainability Division, ITU – International Telecommunication Union. He invited his panel to comment on the challenges of handling communications with […]
Too many launchers, or Too few launchers?
Chris Forrester Steve Kaufman (Partner, Hogan Lovells) moderated this high-level panel of industry experts at the Smallsat Europe event in Amsterdam on May 27 and which looked at the availability […]
Rocket Lab to acquire Geost
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the parent holding company of Geost, LLC (“Geost”), a Tucson, Arizona-based, electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) payload development and […]
MTG-S and Sentinel-4 undergo pre-launch maneuvers
Following its arrival at Cape Canaveral harbor in Florida,the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sounder satellite, with the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument on board, has been transported safely to the cleanroom at […]
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 10-32 smallsats from sunny Kennedy
On Wednesday, May 28 at 9:30 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 27 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to add to the Starlink constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s […]
Rocket Lab scrubs Wednesday launch of Full Stream Ahead ’til June 2nd
The “Full Stream Ahead” mission, which was originally scheduled for May 28, 2025, has been delayed to June 2, 2025. The primary reasons for the delay are the need for […]
EnduroSat secures €43 million to accelerate the Endurance Gen3 satellite production
EnduroSat has closed €43 million investment round led by Founders Fund—this significant funding round also included participation from CEECAT Capital, Morphosis Capital and other returning investors, highlighting the strong confidence […]