“The Nation God Navigates” launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 19:51 UTC on November 5, 2025, deploying QPS-SAR-14, nicknamed YACHIHOKO-I for the Japanese god of […]
Satellites
ICEYE launches Tactical Access—guaranteed satellite tasking for time-critical missions
ICEYE’s Tactical Access is the only commercial SAR service providing guaranteed imaging slots, sub-hour delivery, and sovereign in-country processing – ensuring defense and intelligence organizations receive critical imagery when and […]
Reflex Aerospace secures record €50 million Series A
Reflex Aerospace has successfully closed a €50 million Series A funding round—this funding round is the largest Series A in the European New Space sector to date. The funding, led […]
Sentinel-1D climbs to orbit via an Ariane 6
The Sentinel-1 mission, which provides radar vision for the Copernicus Earth observation program, has added the on-orbit arrival in SSO of the final first generation series of satellites, the Sentinel-1D, […]
SKY Perfect JSAT to provide full Ku-band capacity of the Superbird-C2 satellite to SES
SES S.A. has signed an agreement to receive the full Ku-band capacity of the geostationary communications satellite “Superbird-C2”, owned by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation for in-flight Wi-Fi services. To provide […]
Germany’s army to purchase 40 satellites worth €3 billion
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 […]
10,000th Starlink satellite launched
SpaceX launched its 10,000th Starlink satellite on October 19th at 17.39 UTC. Some observers said there had been a malfunction but SpaceX later confirmed all the satellites had been deployed […]
UNIVITY + Telespazio France take a new step toward universal connectivity
At a time when terrestrial and space connectivity are converging, UNIVITY, an operator of space-based connectivity services, and Telespazio France, a European leader in satellite operations and services, have signed […]
SpaceX set to launch SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer C on Wednesday from California
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, October 15 at 4:03 p.m. PT for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 data transport mission to low-Earth orbit from […]
Rocket Lab launches Synspective’s “Owl New World” mission with improved SAR capabilities
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 15th mission of the year and the first of 21 new launches […]