Iridium Communications holds a long-standing and strategic partnership with the U.S. Space Force (USSF), primarily centered around the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) program. Most recently, on December 2, 2025, […]
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SmallSat Europe Opens 2026 Call for Papers as Continent Races for Space Sovereignty
Following a year marked by intensified calls for European autonomy in orbit, organizers of SmallSat Europe have opened the technical call for papers for their 2026 conference. The solicitation comes as the European Union and its member states aggressively ramp up defense spending and constellation development to close the gap with the United States and China.
SmallSat Symposium 2026 Agenda Targets D2D Engineering and Edge Compute; Early Registration Opens
Entering its 11th year, the SmallSat Symposium has released a 2026 agenda that signals a distinct shift from the “new space” experimental era to a phase of industrial maturity and integration. Scheduled for February 10 through February 12 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the event has opened registration with time-sensitive early bird pricing. The 2026 program moves beyond general market optimism to address the specific engineering and regulatory bottlenecks facing high-growth sectors like Direct-to-Device (D2D) and on-orbit edge computing.
Arianespace launches KOMPSAT-7 satellite
On December 1st, 2025, Arianespace launched the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. The mission—VV28—used an Arianespace operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. KOMPSAT-7 was placed […]
Congress desires LEO, but threats are real
By Chris Forrester — Just before the holiday the U.S. Congressional Research Service (a non-partisan research operation) released a study which addressed the potential to bridge the ‘digital divide’. There […]
AAC Clyde Space to advance next-generation on-board computer
AAC Clyde Space has been awarded SEK 4.7 million from the ESA Phi-Lab Sweden program to develop the foundation for its next-generation on-board computer. The work will be carried out […]
SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission transports 140 payloads on Friday from California
On Friday, November 28 at 10:44 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the Transporter-15 mission to sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. […]
Spire Global launches 11 satellites
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) launched 11 satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch included satellites for Spire’s Space Services customers, along with three replenishment […]
The IRIDE constellation adds 8 more smallsats
The Italian EO IRIDE program with OBH Italia as the prime has added eight satellites to their second constellation, Eaglet II. The Eaglet II satellites lifted off on board a […]
Twin satellites launch to scout for water
Climate change effects on the Earth’s water cycle and the availability of water on our planet are the missions of the first European Space Agency Scout mission. Launched from Vandenberg […]