Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has confirmed that six radio frequency geolocation smallsats developed for HawkEye 360 have successfully communicated with ground control — the HawkEye 360 Cluster 8 and 9 […]
SmallSat Builds
All eyes on the ESA Arctic Weather Satellite
ESA’s new Arctic Weather Satellite has taken center stage at OHB’s facilities in Stockholm, Sweden, before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to California for a launch currently scheduled […]
SwRI to build spacecraft bus for in-space refueler servicer program
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will build, integrate and test a small demonstration spacecraft as part of a $25.5 million Space Mobility and Logistics (SML) prototyping project funded by the U.S. […]
FOSSA Systems explores satIoT with Microsoft Research
FOSSA Systems is working with Microsoft Research and is leveraging this collective expertise to explore the vast potential of low-power and low-data rate satellite IoT. Both companies have demonstrated efficient […]
Terran Orbital’s Tyvak International secures European Defense Agency contract for pioneering VLEO satellite project
Tyvak International SRL, a Torino, Italy-based subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) and a leading European provider of nano and microsatellites, has announced a secured service subcontract for the […]
Telesat + Government of Canada agree to billionC$ loan terms in support of Lightspeed
Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) has received a letter from Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry regarding an investment in Telesat Lightspeed. The letter states that, following several months of […]
FOSSA Systems opens a subsidiary in Portugal
FOSSA Systems has made the international leap with the firm’s first opening outside Spain — a subsidiary dedicated to R&D that will serve customers from its new Portugal location. A […]
Spire Global Space Services deal with HANCOM InSpace
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has signed an agreement with HANCOM InSpace (“Hancom”) for Sejong-2 and Sejong-3, two additional satellites, with Spire Space Services. Under this agreement, Spire will build […]
ESA: Radar journey to centre of Hera’s asteroid with Juventas CubeSat
A small, shoebox-sized spacecraft delivered to ESA’s Hera mission this week promises to make a giant leap forward in planetary science. Once deployed from the Hera spacecraft at the Didymos […]
Apex Completes 1st payload commissioning
Apex has downlinked a “Selfie” from Aries Serial Number (SN) 1 Call to Adventure Mission. The selfie demonstrates end-to-end capabilities of the Aries platform. Apex has released its “satellite selfie,” […]