SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches MTG-Sounder satellite to address air pollution and extreme weather events + ESA + EUMETSAT
On Tuesday, July 1 at 5:04 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Eumetsat MTG-S1 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Both MTG and Copernicus Sentinel-4 are world-class Earth observation missions ...
Xona Space Systems has launched their Pulsar-0 PNT satellite
Xona Space Systems has launched Pulsar-0, the first production-class satellite in the company's LEO constellation that will bring accuracy and affordable resiliency to industries across defense, construction, agriculture, mining, critical infrastructure, logistics, and automotive environs. The company believes introducing this ...
Arianespace to launch CO3D + MicroCarb satellites via Vega C
On July 25, 2025, Arianespace will place into orbit Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite, with a Vega C rocket. The CO3D mission is a constellation (Constellation Optique en 3D) composed of four ...
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Greenerwave + Safran Passenger Innovations developing a low-power, cost-efficient + agnostic Ka-band SATCOM terminal for IFC
Greenerwave and Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI), earlier this month, engaged in a strategic partnership to develop a next-generation Ka-band aero SATCOM terminal This cutting-edge terminal, fully compatible with current and future Ka-band NGSO constellations, will provide optimized in-flight connectivity without ...
France’s ThrustMe propulsion system launches 100th in space aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission
ThrustMe, a French provider of advanced in-orbit propulsion solutions for the industrial space era, has successfully launched its 100th propulsion system into space. This milestone was achieved aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 mission that launched to space this Monday, ...
Rocket Lab to launch Electron mission for ESA’s next-generation navigation system
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected to launch a dedicated Electron mission for the European Space Agency (“ESA”) for the first time, to deploy the first pair of satellites for a future navigation constellation ...
SpaceX’s launch on Friday of Starlink Group 10-34 smallsats may have weather issues
SpaceX is targeting Friday/Saturday, June 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit for the Starlink mega-constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for ...
SSC + Firefly planning orbital launch from Esrange following TSA signing between Sweden + U.S.
Firefly's Alpha Rocket Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Firefly Aerospace are moving closer to a historic first satellite launch from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, following a Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) that was signed between Sweden and the United ...
RTX provides Blue Canyon satellite to shape future space missions
Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) launched a CubeSat in support of ARCSTONE, a NASA mission to measure lunar spectral reflectance, or the way sunlight is reflected back from the Moon's surface at different wavelengths of light—the ARCSTONE mission will ...
New HawkEye 360 satellite cluster supports mission success for government and allied partners in complex environments
HawkEye 360 Inc. has made successful contact with its Cluster 12 satellites following their launch from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket— Cluster 12 was launched on June 26 (ET) / June 27 (NZT) and includes three formation-flying ...
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink in South Africa could still be years away
Starlink is unlikely to gain permission to operate in South Africa any time soon, according to a local communications sector expert. Dominic Cull, a regulatory expert at communications sector legal advisory firm Ellipsis, said it will be at least two ...
Rocket Lab’s 67th Electron launch was for HawkEye360’s mission “Get The Hawk Outta Here”, then “Symphony In The Stars” to launch in 48 Hours
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider in launch services and space systems, launched its 67th Electron rocket on a dedicated launch for radio frequency geospatial analytics provider HawkEye 360. In less than 48 hours of mission success, Rocket Lab ...
AST SpaceMobile + Fairwinds Technologies demo world’s 1st tactical NTN connectivity over standard mobile devices
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has successfully demo'd the world’s first Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) tactical satellite communications delivering high-throughput data, voice, and video using unmodified mobile devices in collaboration with Fairwinds Technologies (a privately held company). The field test showcased ...
