Muon Space has closed their oversubscribed $89.5 million Series B1 round, bringing total Series B funding to $146 million—this new capital includes $44.5 million in equity and $45 million in […]
Satellite Manufacturing
Small satellite builders want a larger slice of the cake
By Chris Forrester Maxime Puteaux (Principal, Novaspace) moderated this panel. Novaspace is a major supplier of data and analysis focusing on upstream consulting and market intelligence related to industry issues […]
Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES
Boeing [NYSE: BA] teams have successfully delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. These satellites, featuring Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are being transported to Cape Canaveral […]
Synspective starts full-scale ops at the Yamato Technology Center for SAR satellite production
Synspective Inc., a provider of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics solutions, has announced that the Yamato Technology Center, a new manufacturing site for small SAR satellites, began […]
Forrester’s Digest: Terran Orbital raising $98M in share sale
Boca Raton-based satellite builder Terran Orbital is looking to issue additional shares in the company worth a maximum total of $98 million (€90.3m). Terran is limited as to what it […]
Yahsat contracts Airbus for the construction of Al Yah 4 + Al Yah 5 satellites
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat) has contracted Airbus Defence and Space to build the company’s new geostationary telecommunications satellites, Al Yah 4 (“AY4”) and Al Yah 5 (“AY5”). […]
SpaceX launches Maxar’s WorldView mission from California, and another SpaceX Starlink to launch from Florida hours later
On Thursday, May 2 at 11:36 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]
SpaceX views Worldview launch for Maxar 1 mission Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, May 2 for launch of the Maxar 1 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The […]
SpaceX brings Maxar’s WorldView mission back in view again
Reports indicate that SpaceX may launch Maxar’s Worldview Legion 1 & 2 mission on May 1 from Vandenberg SFB, California at 11:30 AM – 12:24 PM PDT. Prior to this […]
SpaceX’s successful Wednesday Starlink satellite launch but No-Go for Maxar’s WorldView mission
On Wednesday, April 17 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A […]