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Sierra Space GPS satellite program reaches key milestone

Sierra Space has accomplished a key development milestone for the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program, marked by the successful completion of Systems Requirements Review (SRR). The SRR completion comes after […]

Rocket Lab’s 2nd reentry class spacecraft for Varda operating on-orbit supporting payloads for AFRL + NASA

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced its second Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, Inc. is successfully operating on orbit — the mission launched on January 14, from […]

Planet launches high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite plus 36 SuperDoves

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) has announced the company’s high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite and 36 SuperDoves of Flock 4G were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 Rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space […]

Varda’s W-2 spacecraft launched to orbit with SpaceX with Koonibba Test Range up next

Varda Space Industries has announced the successful launch of the company’s second orbital processing spacecraft and re-entry capsule, W-2, which lifted off aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX from […]

Digantara launches India’s 1st homegrown space surveillance mission via SpaceX’s Transporter-12

Digantara has announced the launch of the company’s SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking), inaugural mission that is dedicated to space surveillance and was launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission—SCOT aims […]

Forrester’s Digest: UAE’s Space42 wants to build LEO constellation

Space42 is the newly-established combination of Abu Dhabi’s Al Yah (YahSat) and Bayanat AI, which operates the Thuraya fleet of satellites. Its latest, Thuraya 4, was launched on January 3rd […]

Rocket Lab on track in development of spacecraft constellation for SDA

Rocket Lab National Security LLC has successfully completed the company’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta (T2TL-Beta) program — this milestone marks […]

Spire to launch LEMUR satellites via SpaceX

Spire Global will be launching six LEMUR satellites aboard the SpaceX Transporter-12 mission, advancing IoT connectivity, weather forecasting, and maritime monitoring.  Two LEMUR 3 satellites, developed in collaboration with Myriota, […]

SIIS signs MOU with Pixxel to introduce hyperspectral satellite data in Korea

SIIS Co., Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pixxel, a U.S.-India-based space technology company that is building the world’s highest-resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation, to supply hyperspectral satellite […]