Starfish Space has raised $29 million in a new funding round led by Shield Capital. Major participants in the round include new investors Point72 Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, Aero X […]
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Rheinmetall + ICEYE to provide satellite imagery to the Ukraine — plus — ICEYE + Aechelon Technology partner for SAR satellite and ML technology solutions
The strengthened cooperation between Rheinmetall and SAR satellite company ICEYE, announced in September 2024, is already bearing fruit — to meet Ukraine‘s urgent demands for SAR satellite reconnaissance capabilities, Rheinmetall […]
USSF’s Space Systems Command’s Tetra-1 satellite is mission complete
After helping more than 250 U.S. Space Force Guardians and operators experiment and train with various tactics, techniques, and procedures in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), the Tetra-1 satellite has completed […]
SmallSat Europe 2025 is big on speakers and exhibitors and is now receiving presentations
SmallSat Europe 2025 is ramping up with notable speakers and exhibitors and leading technical and business attendees. This event takes place in May 27-28, 2025, in RAI, Convention Centre / Amsterdam, […]
Forrester’s Digest: OneWeb ready to go live in Thailand
Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO system will be officially launched in Thailand in December and go fully ‘live’ in January for commercial users, according to The Bangkok Post. OneWeb and the nation’s […]
WISeKey subsidiary WISeSat.Space preps for a January 2025 launch of next-generation satellite
WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY) has announced that the firm’s subsidiary, WISeSat.Space, is preparing for the mid-January 2025 launch of the next-generation satellite. This launch represents a […]
Astranis to develop next-generation Resilient GPS satellites for U.S.S.F.’s Space Systems Command
Astranis has been selected as a prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) new Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program — Astranis is one of four awarded […]
Eutelsat America Corp. + OneWeb Technologies to offer Iridium Certus + STL® services to U.S. Gov’t
Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies Inc (EACOWT), operating in combination as a wholly owned, independent, U.S. proxy company and subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, have entered into a partnership agreement with Iridium Communications […]
HydRON: Satellites using lasers for faster data sharing
ESA has signed a contract for Element #1, the first phase of the HydRON Demonstration System — HydRON, which stands for High thRoughput Optical Network, is set to transform the […]
AST SpaceMobile completes the unfolding of their 1st Five commercial satellites in LEO
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS) has reported the successful unfolding of its first five commercial satellites, BlueBirds 1-5. With this significant post-launch technical activity now complete, ahead of […]