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Germany’s army to purchase 40 satellites worth €3 billion

October 28, 2025

Germany’s army is poised to order 40 low-Earth orbit satellites from a joint venture between Rheinmetall AG and Iceye Oy, a deal worth approximately €3 billion that is pending final […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Collaboration, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany, Joint Venture, Joint Venture (JV), Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Military, Polar Orbits, SAR, SAR, Satellites

Eutelsat and Tusass expand strategic partnership to bring resilient OneWeb LEO connectivity to Greenland

October 1, 2025

Tusass, Greenland’s national provider of telecommunications services, has signed a strategic multi-year agreement to bring Eutelsat’s OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity to Greenland. The expanded partnership will enable the […]

Filed Under: Arctic, Business Moves, Canada, CEO, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Commercial, Eutelsat, Eutelsat OneWeb, Greenland, LEO, OneWeb, Partnerships, Polar Orbits, Strategic Partnership, Telecommunications, Tusass

SpaceX scrubs Wednesday’s launch of Starlink Group 17-12 smallsats from California and looks like weather challenges

September 17, 2025

Just as yesterday’s article about upcoming launches noted the possibilities of dates changing:SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was scheduled to launch 24 Starlink Group 17-12 smallsats on Wednesday to the Starlink constellation […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Droneship, Droneship Landings, Launch Delay, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Polar Orbits, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Constellations, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launches, smallsats, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, Starlink, Vandenberg SFB, Weather, Weather Forecasting

First data from Beyond Gravity’s new radio occultation instrument for Europe’s weather satellite

September 2, 2025

The first weather data from Beyond Gravity’s next generation radio occultation instrument for a new European weather satellite reveal how the instrument enhances future weather forecasts. Mid-of August, the first […]

Filed Under: Airbus Defense & Space, ArianeGroup, Arianespace, Beyond Gravity, European Space Agency (ESA), France, GEO, LEO, Metop Second Generation (EPS-SG), News, Polar Orbits, Polarimetric Radio Occulation (PRO), Radio Occulation (RO), Weather Satellites

Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors are launched with EUMETSAT’s MetOp-SG-A1 satellite

August 13, 2025

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), a provider of advanced imaging solutions, has launched a suite of sensors designed and manufactured by Teledyne Space Imaging that are onboard the MetOp-SG-A1 satellite. MetOp-SG-A1 […]

Filed Under: Copernicus Sentinel-4, Earth Imaging, Earth Observation Earth Watch (ESA), ESA, EUMETSAT, Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, Galileo, Guiana Space Center, NOAA, Polar Earth Orbits, Polar Orbits, Satellite Sensors, Space Weather Next (NOAA), Spaceport, Teledyne Space Imaging, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

Rocket Lab’s Electron set to launch Get The Hawk Outta Here (4x HawkEye 360)

June 25, 2025

‘Get The Hawk Outta Here’ is scheduled to launch Thursday, June 26th, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1. The client is HawkEye 360, a […]

Filed Under: Agency Contracts, Constellation, Contracts, Data Collection System (DCS), Electron, Electron Launch Vehicle, Geospatial Analytics, HawkEye 360, Launch Contract, Lightbands, Microsat, Microsatellites, Motorized LIghtband Separation System (Rocket Lab), New Zealand, Polar Orbits, Radio Frequency (RF), RF Intelligence, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2, Signals, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Contract, Strategic

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 11-16 on Thursday from California

May 20, 2025

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, May 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of a batch of Starlink Group 11-16 smallsats, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB. Liftoff […]

Filed Under: Falcon 9, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Mission, Polar Orbits, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, SpaceX, Starlink, Vandenberg SFB, Weather Forecasting

SpaceX launches four astronauts in first mission to polar orbit

March 31, 2025

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Monday, March 31 at 9:46 p.m. ET launched Fram2 to a polar orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mission duration: […]

Filed Under: Astronauts, Booster Recovery, Denali Hypersonic Booster (Anduril), Dragon Spacecraft (SpaceX), Droneship, Falcon 9, Human Health Research, Launch Complex 39A (Kennedy Space Center), Polar Orbits, Research + Testing, Research Flight, SpaceX, SpaceX Crew Mission Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX’s Dragon to launch four astronauts in Fram2 mission observing Earth from Polar orbit

March 30, 2025

SpaceX is targeting Monday, March 31 at 9:46 p.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Fram2 to a polar orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]

Filed Under: Dragon Spacecraft (SpaceX), Falcon 9, Launch Complex 39A (Kennedy Space Center), Polar Earth Orbits, Polar Orbits, Research Flight, SpaceX, SpaceX Crew Mission, SpaceX Falcon 9, Starlink

SpaceX to launch Maxar’s Worldview Legion 5 and 6 on Monday

January 30, 2025

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch Maxar’s WorldView Legion 5 and 6 on Monday 3:32 to 4:33 PM PST from Launch Complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. WorldView […]

Filed Under: Constellations, Defense, Earth Observation (EO), Imagery, Launch Complex 39A (Kennedy Space Center), Maxar, Polar Earth Orbits, Polar Orbits, Satellite Intelligence, SpaceX, Worldview Legion

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