Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of the company’s OneWeb LEO constellation. Under a contract signed between […]
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ICEYE closes million$$ extension to existing growth funding round
ICEYE has closed a $65 million extension of the company’s earlier growth funding round of $93 million that was announced in April 2024. The funding round extension included participation from […]
BlueHalo selected by NGA for assessments of commercially acquired GEOINT data
BlueHalo has been selected as one of 10 vendors to provide unclassified commercial GEOINT-derived computer vision and analytic service capabilities for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite […]
Esper + Loft team up for next-generation hyperspectral imagery
Esper is collaborating with Loft Orbital (Loft) for the flight of the first, Four Leaf Clover (FLC) hyperspectral sensors on upcoming Loft satellites — the FLC constellation will support critical […]
Astroscale’s ADRAS-J achieves historic 15 meter approach to space debris
Astroscale Japan Inc. has announced that the firm’s commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J), successfully approached a large piece of space debris — a rocket […]
HyImpulse unveils HyMOVE OTV + partners with Spacemanic for smallsat missions
HyImpulse Technologies GmbH has unveiled HyMOVE, the company’s Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) that is designed to serve the rapidly expanding small satellite market—expected to grow to $30 billion globally by […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile signs up Vodafone
AST SpaceMobile wants to be the world’s space-based cellular supplier. The company has already secured Verizon in the U.S. and has now signed Vodafone to a global agreement which runs […]
Pixxel raises million$$ in additional funding for hyperspectral imaging solutions
Pixxel, a U.S.-India-based space technology, has closed $24 million in additional funding as part of the firm’s Series B round — this new investment brings the total Series B funding […]
Rocket Lab sets the launch window for Synspective satellite deployment
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced a launch window for an upcoming Electron mission to deploy the latest satellite in Synspective’s growing Earth Observation (EO) constellation. The “Owl […]
Spire Global names a new CEO + appoints industry vets to the executive team
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) has named Theresa Condor, who currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and a board member, as the new Chief Executive Officer — she will assume the role […]