
Space Development Agency (SDA) issues DRAFT Solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer — Beta
Original Response Date: March 1, 2023 SDA has issued a DRAFT solicitation for the first of several types of Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) space vehicles—T2TL Beta. This DRAFT solicitation establishes the foundation for Tranche 2 of the Proliferated Warfighter ...

SatRev signs with Virgin Orbit for additional satellite launches + awarded million$ contract
Virgin Orbit (NASDAQ: VORB) and satellite manufacturer SatRev have announced a follow-on, launch services agreement (LSA) for additional launches of SatRev’s satellites in 2023 and beyond. This new agreement provides SatRev with the flexibility to launch 500 kg. over multiple ...

NASA awards million$$$ spacecraft processing operations contract to Astrotech + SpaceX
NASA has selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC of Titusville, Florida, and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from multiple locations. Under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract, NASA will ...
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Spacemind launches three Italian smallsats to orbit from ISS
Spacemind, the space division of Italian company NPC, has accomplished a series of three smallsat launches. DanteSat, Futura-SM1 and Futura-SM3 have been successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). Smallsat release from ISS. Photo is courtesy of ...
Appointments, Business Moves, CEO, Executive, Launch, Launch Management, Launch Services, OTV, Sherpa, Spaceflight Inc.

Spaceflight Inc. appoints a new CEO
Spaceflight Inc. has named Tiphaine Louradour as the company's chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Curt Blake in that leading, executive position. Tiphaine Louradour With 25 years as a global business leader, Louradour brings a wealth of strategic leadership, sales, and ...
Asset Monitoring, Asset Tracking, Constellation, Energy Sector, Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt), Hyperspectral Data, Investments, Orbital Sidekick, SmallSat

OSK secures million$ in strategic investment for energy sector intelligence solution
Orbital Sidekick (OSK) has received a $10 million investment round from strategic investors to commercialize the company's asset monitoring solution, which enables the energy sector to further enhance monitoring and mitigating pipeline emissions — the funding will also support the ...
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Ovzon reschedules Ovzon 3 satellite launch — SpaceX is now the provider — additional financing is secured
Ovzon AB has been informed by Maxar that there will be additional delays in the finalization of the Ovzon 3 satellite. To accommodate an updated launch window, Ovzon has also shifted launch provider to SpaceX, with liftoff on a Falcon ...

Galaxy Broadband secures OneWeb capacity for Canada
OneWeb and Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. (“Galaxy”) have announced a $50 million, multi-year deal to deliver OneWeb’s LEO connectivity solutions across Canada, including the northern territory of Nunavut. As one of OneWeb’s fastest growing Distribution Partners to date, Galaxy has ...

Kleos Space achieves a daily data delivery milestone
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) has reached the milestone of daily product delivery collected from a strategically critical area of interest to its early adopter customers. RF data is collected by the Vigilance Mission (KSF1) satellites and is ...
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GA-ASI flight tests LEO SATCOM on MQ-9A
Capability provides global coverage enabling operations anywhere in the world On December 22, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the Air National Guard (ANG), with joint support from the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and U.S. Air Force (USAF), ...

Sidus Space closes million$ public offering + full exercise of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option
Sidus Space, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIDU), (“Sidus Space” or the “Company”) has closed its underwritten public offering of 17,250,000 shares of the company's Class A common stock (or pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) in lieu thereof, which included the full exercise ...
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AAC Clyde Space’s SEK 23.8 M order from U.S. company supplying spacecraft and other multi-mission systems
AAC Clyde Space has won an order for satellite subsystems valued at USD 2.3 M (approx. SEK 23.8 M) from a U.S. development company supplying spacecraft and other multi-mission systems. The U.S. company will integrate the subsystems on satellites for ...
Data Collection System (DCS), Electric Propulsion, In-Space Propulsion, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS), South Korea, Thales Alenia Space, United Kingdom (UK)

Thales Alenia Space to provide TETRA electric propulsion for Korea’s GEO-KOMPSAT-3 satellite
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to provide electric propulsion for incorporation on their GEO-KOMPSAT-3 (GK3) satellite. Artistic rendition of the GEO-KOMPSAT-3 satellite, ...