UK-based launch services company Orbex is hiring an additional fifty staff members over the next six months. The new team members will support the company’s final push to prepare for […]
Environmental Satellite
Australia’s Hon. Susan Close MP endorses space industry and opens Fleet Technologies’ expanded Australian HQ
Fleet Space Technologies marked the official opening of its extended Adelaide HQ with the visit of Susan Close MP, Deputy Premier of South Australia. Susan Close also holds the ministerial […]
The war in Ukraine shows how important private satellite companies have become—especially in times of conflict
Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed […]
CDR for NOAA’s SWFO-L1 spacecraft completed by Ball Aerospace + also building WSF-M satellite for USSF / SSC
Ball Aerospace successfully completed critical design review (CDR) for the NOAA Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft — the company will now proceed with production, integration and testing of […]