On June 23, 2025, D-Orbit launched Space Bound and Skytrail, the 18th and 19th commercial missions of ION Satellite Carrier (ION), the firm’s orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 […]
Smallsat Deployment
Launch Update: Italy ‘s IRIDE program launches their 1st Argotec-developed satellite constellation
Seven satellites developed by Argotec have been launched for the Italian Earth observation mission, IRIDE. The satellites form part of the Hawk for Earth Observation (HEO) constellation, which carries multispectral […]
Launch Update: York Space Systems + Space Development Agency (SDA)
York Space Systems (York) has successfully deployed and made contact with the Dragoon mission, a contract executed under an accelerated timeline for the Space Development Agency (SDA). The satellite launched […]
Launch Update: Technical University of Munich’s (TUM) quantum smallsat launched into space
The goal of TUM‘s QUICK³ is to make fast and secure communication possible. The QUICK³ nano satellite will test components for use in future quantum satellite systems. The satellite, developed […]
Forrester’s Digest: Airbus shapes new organization structure
Airbus Defence and Space states they are implementing a new organization structure to shape the company’s future competitiveness, with more than 2,000 jobs to go. The new organization came into […]
UK’s SatVu secures multi-million ESA contract to power climate and security intelligence
SatVu, has been awarded a contract worth up to €3 million by the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply advanced thermal data to the Copernicus Contributing Mission (CCM) program. Spanning […]
NGA’s new Luno A + Luno B delivery orders
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s latest delivery order awards for the agency’s Luno A and Luno B contracts, as part of NGA’s focus on unlocking the capacity and innovation of the […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile’s FM1 launch date slips
July 1st saw AST SpaceMobile write to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking for permission to ship the satellite from its Texas HQ to the Indian launch site and for […]
Xona Space Systems has launched their Pulsar-0 PNT satellite
Xona Space Systems has launched Pulsar-0, the first production-class satellite in the company’s LEO constellation that will bring accuracy and affordable resiliency to industries across defense, construction, agriculture, mining, critical […]
Rocket Lab to launch Electron mission for ESA’s next-generation navigation system
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected to launch a dedicated Electron mission for the European Space Agency (“ESA”) for the first time, to deploy the first pair of […]