KSF Space Foundation has revealed what they describe as the world’s cheapest cubesat in the history of smallsat industry — this cubesat model is designed to facilitate the creation of […]
Manufacturing
More Than 20 Spanish Companies Join Forces to Promote a Constellation of 30 Earth Observation Satellites
More than twenty Spanish companies and entities have joined forces to design, manufacture and launch a constellation of 30 Earth observation satellites; an unprecedented R&D&I project that will involve an […]
Marlink Celebrates Large Increase in Customer Contracts
Marlink celebrated a large increase in new customer contracts. From enterprise customers increase by 68 percent between January and December, with new customer contracts driving record installation numbers. The 185 […]
Astroscale Moves from Manufacturing and Ships ELSA-d Spacecraft to Launch Site
Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), did ‘heavy lifting’ right up until the end of 2020 in preparation of their scheduled March 2021 launch. The company, a major player in securing long-term […]
Thales Alenia Space CHIMES In With The European Space Agency (ESA)
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), has signed a 90 million euros first tranche contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to […]
Tethers Unlimited Passes Milestone for NASA’s On-Orbit Assembly in Orbit
A critical design review milestone has has been completed by Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) for its MakerSat payload that is part of NASA’s On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) mission. […]
CRISTAL Clear For Airbus Regarding A New Satellite Build For ESA
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus to develop and build the Copernicus polar ice and snow topography mission (CRISTAL). With two satellites, the CRISTAL mission will ensure the […]
Thales Alenia Space Commissioned To Build SATRIA Satellite For Indonesian Consortium
Satelit Nusantara Tiga (SNT) and Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed a Preliminary Work Agreement to start the activities of the broadband telecommunication […]
Thuraya Orders Their Next Satellite From Airbus Defense & Space
Airbus has been selected by Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat to build the Thuraya 4-NGS, the next generation, mobile telecommunications system that will drive the continued advancement of Thuraya’s […]
The Arabsat Badr-8 Satellite Build Contract Goes To Airbus Defense + Space
Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) has signed a contract with Airbus Defense and Space to manufacture the Badr-8 satellite, the first of the company’s 7th generation satellites that is expected […]