Isar Aerospace signs launch agreement with SEOPS for dedicated mission
Isar Aerospace has signed a launch service agreement with SEOPS for a dedicated mission scheduled in 2028. Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle ‘Spectrum’ will deploy multiple payloads into LEO from its dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway. This launch ...
Spire Global ships 9 satellites to launch site
Included in the satellites is Spire’s next-generation Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder—a compact, space-ready sensor built to demonstrate global weather forecasting from space Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has now shipped nine satellites, all designed and built by the company’s in-house manufacturing ...
Rocket Lab’s successful launch of HASTE Mission for Defense Innovation Unit, Missile Defense Agency
Rocket Lab released this announcement: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider of launch services and space systems, successfully launched a suborbital mission with its HASTE launch vehicle for the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) — ...
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Starlink’s smallsat Group 6-78 scheduled for Thursday launch with clear skies from the Cape
SpaceX's Falcon 9 will launch a batch of 29 smallsats to join the Starlink mega-constellation. The sendoff will occur at Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida, from 7:01 - 11:01 PM EST. According to weather officials, there's a 99% ...
Ursa Major raises $100 million to scale hypersonics, solid rocket motors and space mobility
Ursa Major has closed $100 million in its Series E funding round and received an additional $50 million in debt funding commitments—investors include both new and long-term supporters of Ursa Major’s mission, including Eclipse, who led the round and were ...
Viasat’s Amara will provide Etihad Airways with seamless streaming + high-speed connectivity across majority fleet
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will enlist Viasat's Viasat Amara, a connectivity solution, across the majority of its fleet as part of its ongoing commitment to deliver a world-class guest experience. This expansion adds to an already existing multi-year collaboration. Onboard ...
AT&T boosts 5G capacity nationally providing new spectrum + stronger, faster customers’ connections
AT&T's new spectrum hits the 5G accelerator and deployed mid-band (3.45 GHz) spectrum from EchoStar to nearly 23,000 cell sites in a matter of a few weeks. This new spectrum unlocks substantial increases in speed and capacity for customers in ...
UP Aerospace carries LANL payloads to suborbital space at Spaceport America
UP Aerospace completed its 23rd suborbital space flight at Spaceport America, carrying a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) payload to an apogee of roughly 72 miles, at 7:00 a.m. local time Wednesday, November 19, 2025. LANL’s collaboration with UP Aerospace ...
Safran + the Technology Innovation Institute plan to lead the next evolution in GEOINT
Safran.AI, a subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense, and the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) have announced their intent to form a strategic alliance to develop the next-generation field-ready Agentic AI geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) platform. By combining Safran.AI’s field-proven GEOINT expertise ...
Viasat secures renewal contract with NEXCOM for managed connectivity services worldwide
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has received a five-year contract extension with the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) Telecommunications Program Office. Under this contract extension within the company’s Defense and Advanced Technologies segment, Viasat will continue providing managed connectivity services for ...
Portal unveils Starburst and announces Starburst-1 mission
Portal Space Systems has introduced Starburst, an ESPA-class rapid-maneuverability spacecraft, and confirmed Starburst-1 will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 in Q4 2026 for the company’s first free-flying mission with live payloads—this mission will demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO), rapid re-tasking, ...
INNOSPACE signs MoU with UAE’s Madari Space for Space Data Center development
INNOSPACE (KS:462350) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Madari Space to cooperate on the joint development and commercialization of space data centers in the UAE. Through this MOU, INNOSPACE and Madari Space will jointly explore new space business, ...
Starlink smallsats Group 6-94 launches on Tuesday from the Cape
Another group of SpaceX smallsats were launched Tuesday, November 18th at 7:12 p.m. ET, to meet up with the Starlink constellation. SpaceX will be busy again on Thursday with two launches and one each planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday ...
