BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) CEO Brian O’Toole was named “Executive of the Year” by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council (PSC) at the annual […]
Earth Observation Systems
Open Cosmos celebrates completion of landmark MANTIS mission
Open Cosmos recently celebrated the successful completion of the company’s MANTIS mission, a two-year program that delivered Earth Observation (EO) data and set a new benchmark for sustainable space operations. […]
MDA Space awarded contracts to equip RCN Halifax ships with up to six UAS
MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA) has been awarded two contracts to equip the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)’s Halifax-class ships with up to six new Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS). Part of the […]
ThrustMe + Marble Imaging + Reflex Aerospace form strategic partnership for on-orbit demo in 2026
ThrustMe, Marble Imaging, and Reflex Aerospace have formed a strategic, three-way partnership for an in-orbit demonstration (IOD) of the JPT150, the world’s first low-power, iodine, Hall thruster system. The propulsion […]
BlackSky wins NGA Luno A Facility Operational Monitoring delivery order valued at over $24 million
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a more than $24 million, four-year, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Luno A Facility Operational Monitoring (FOMO) delivery order for global monitoring of military and […]
New satellite to make detailed survey of greenhouse gas emissions across globe in 3 days
Japan NewsTo enhance the observation of greenhouse gases from space, the Japanese government will launch a new satellite in June—GOSAT-GW, the third in its series, is capable of performing observations […]
UP42 + Maxar partner to broaden global access to advanced commercial geospatial intelligence
UP42 has partnered with Maxar to make that company’s very high-resolution satellite imagery and tasking products available in the UP42 platform, broadening global access to the most advanced commercial geospatial […]
Firefly Alpha is ready to launch FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) on Wednesday
Firefly Alpha from Firefly Aerospace will launch on March 26 from Space Launch Complex 2W at Vandenberg SFB at 6:37 – 8:17 am PDT, at a cost of $15 million. […]
Airbus-built Biomass forest measuring satellite shipped to Kourou
Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Airbus-built satellite, has left Toulouse for its journey by ship to Kourou, French Guiana, ready for launch. Biomass, an Earth Explorer satellite, is ESA’s […]
Rocket Lab schedules the launch for 1st of multiple missions for BlackSky
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will soon launch a satellite on a dedicated Electron mission, the first of a bulk order of multiple new missions for real-time space-based intelligence […]