
INNOSPACE signs strategic MoU with Saturn Satellite Networks to develop + launch smallsats
INNOSPACE (KS:462350) has signed a strategic MoU with Saturn Satellite Networks, Inc. (Saturn), a U.S.-based satellite company headquartered in Florida. The companies will jointly develop next-generation satellites, commercialize complementary products and services and explore strategic investment opportunities, including the potential ...

Rocket Lab partners with U.S.A.F. | AFRL for Neutron launch for rocket cargo missions
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will launch their medium-lift, reusable rocket—Neutron—for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a Rocket Cargo mission that supports point-to-point cargo transportation and this mission is scheduled for a return-to-Earth launch no earlier ...

Rocket Lab schedules next mission for multi-launch customer iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for the firm's next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The mission, named ‘The Sea God Sees’, will launch from Rocket Lab Launch ...
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GA-ASI is entering the ground testing phase for their YFQ-42A CCA
GA-ASI's YFQ-42A CCA General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has moved into the ground testing phase of development on the YFQ-42A production-representative test vehicle for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program in preparation for its planned first flight later this ...

Forrester’s Digest: SpaceX buys Akoustis out of bankruptcy
SpaceX has acquired Akoustis Technologies which manufactures integrated devices using patented bulk acoustic wave RF filters. SpaceX, using subsidiary Tune Holdings, acquired the company out of bankruptcy. “Through the Transaction and in compliance with the sale order entered by the ...

Synspective + SATIM launch Object Detection and Classification (ODC) solution
Synspective Inc. has launched the firm's Object Detection and Classification (ODC) solution that is designed to enhance the accuracy and reliability of monitoring vessels and aircraft—this solution overcomes the limitations faced by traditional monitoring systems, offering scalable and cost-effective wide-area ...

Eutelsat OneWeb + Kymeta debut multi-orbit SATCOM offering to strengthen global governments’ defense infrastructures
Eutelsat OneWeb and Kymeta have announced the general availability of the new Kymeta™ Goshawk u8 flat-panel terminal on the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO network, a new multi-orbit terminal for government and military customers. The terminal meets key defense needs by enabling ...

SES Space & Defense to provide hybrid space-based architecture to U.S. Department of Defense
SES Space & Defense joins the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture Network initiative. SES’s Hybrid Space Architecture II project will showcase an automatically orchestrated secure integrated multi-orbit network that interconnects commercial and government networks to deliver assured and ...

SpaceX plans for Monday launch of Starlink Group 12-15 smallsats
SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to launch Starlink Group 12-15 smallsats into low Earth orbit on Monday, May 19th at 8:40 PM - 9:46 PM PDT. The launch will take place at Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida ...

ISRO’s EOS-09 (RISAT-1B) launch failure during 3rd stage
Everything was normal at the launch of EOS-09. ISRO's statement: On 18th May 2025, 101st launch was attempted, PSLV-C61 performance was normal till 2nd stage. Due to an observation in 3rd stage, the mission could not be accomplished. Photo by ...

Rocket Lab launches The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2)
'The Sea God Sees’ launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on May 17, 2025. The mission deployed a single synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite called QPS-SAR-10 (nicknamed “WADATSUMI-I” for the Japanese god of the sea) ...

Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat Q3: ‘Financially stretched’
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat has unveiled its Q3 results, which were much as expected. CFO Christophe Caudrelier — handling the presentation given Eva Berneke’s departure and the new CEO not due to start until June 1st — told analysts that ...

AIKO + AVIO renew partnership to advance AI in launcher ops
AVIO and AIKO have renewed their strategic partnership. Earlier this year, AVIO joined the AIKO PARTNER PROGRAM to integrate gifted_GENE, the company's AI-powered software for predictive maintenance, into their pre- and post-flight analysis workflows. What began as a focused pilot ...