Ligado Networks entered Chapter 11 in January. It has now presented its exit plan to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. A key portion of the exit scheme is an agreement with […]
Department of Commerce
Early wildfire detection advanced with the use of satellites via the Investing In America agreement
The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has signed an agreement with the Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Forest Service to use […]
Rocket Lab signs preliminary terms for million$$ in funding to expand production of semiconductors that power spacecraft
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the Department of Commerce that would see the company receive as much as $23.9 […]
USSF awards Viasat contract for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit satellite services
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced that Inmarsat Government, now part of Viasat, was awarded a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services (SBS) contract by the U.S. Defense Information […]
LeoLabs awarded Department of Commerce contract for space traffic management prototype
LeoLabs, Inc., late last year received an award to provide data and services to the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the development of a U.S. civil-led Space Traffic Management […]
NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce joins an industry focus on the effects of satellites on astronomy
Understanding the effects satellites have on astronomy observations is the focus of a new, collaborative effort between NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC), the American Astronomical Society, the International Astronomical […]