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AAC Clyde Space wins strategic order for first phase of ESA-backed satellite swarm mission

June 19, 2025

AAC Clyde Space has won an order worth 0.12 million euros (approx. SEK 1.3 million) from University College Dublin for a mission study in the first phase of the development […]

Filed Under: AAC Clyde Space, ESA SysNova Challenge, European Space Agency (ESA), LEO, News, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Bus, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Contract, Smallsat Demo Mission, SmallSat Design, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Modeling, SmallSat Technologies, smallsats, University College Dublin Tagged With: Featured

Space Forge launches EU Expansion with new Portugal office

May 28, 2025

Space Forge has opened of a new office in Portugal, on the island of Santa Maria in the Azores, thereby establishing a satellite return location in mainland Europe and marking […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, ForgeStar™ Platform (Space Forge), Funding, In-Space Manufacturing, New Office, On-Orbit Demonstration, Orbital Demo, Portugal, Series A, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Demo Mission, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Space Forge

ISRO: SPADEX mission—successful demo of 2nd docking + power transfer

April 21, 2025

On April 20th, the ISRO successfully demo’d the docking of the SpaDex satellites (SDX 01 & SDX 02) . Subsequently, power transfer from SDX 02 to SDX 01 satellite, and […]

Filed Under: Automated Docking, ISRO, LEO, LEO Missions, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), News, Satellite Docking, SmallSat, Smallsat Demo Mission, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), smallsats, SpaDex Mission (ISRO)

Successful launch of Norway’s new satellite

March 9, 2025

Norway’s new national satellite, NorSat-4, built by Space Flight Laboratory, was launched on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 8:09 PM Norwegian time. During the night leading into Wednesday, the control […]

Filed Under: Automatic Identification System (AIS), Kongsberg Discovery, LEO, LEO Missions, LEO Payloads, News, NorSat-4 (SFL), Norwegian Space Agency, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Bus, Smallsat Demo Mission, SmallSat Design, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), SpaceX Transporter-12 Mission, SSO, Sun Synchronous (SSO), Vandenberg SFB

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J achieves historic 15 meter approach to space debris

December 12, 2024

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 […]

Filed Under: Active Debris Removal (ADR), ADRAS-J (Astroscale), Astroscale, Astroscale Japan, Debris Tracking, News, Orbital Debris, Orbital Space Debris, SmallSat, Smallsat Demo Mission, Smallsat Development, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, smallsats, Space Debris, Space Debris Awareness Spectrum Research, Space Debris Detection, Space Debris Mitigation, Space Debris Removal

Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 tech demo is set to launch in 2025

November 21, 2024

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has announced continued investment in its technology demonstrations with the upcoming launch of the LM 400, a new, mid-sized, common, multi-mission space vehicle. The LM 400 has […]

Filed Under: Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA), Firefly Aerospace, LEO / MEO / GEO, LM 400 (LMC), Lockheed Martin, Multi-Mission, News, Pony Express 2 (LMC), SmallSat, Smallsat Demo Mission, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Manufacturing, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, SmartSat™

True Anomaly’s multi-launch agreement with Firefly Aerospace to launch Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle for U.S.S.F.

October 24, 2024

Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, and space defense technology company True Anomaly, Inc., today announced a multi-launch agreement for three responsive launch missions aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket. […]

Filed Under: Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Alpha Rocket, Autonomous Orbital Vehicle, Firefly Aerospace, Jackal, Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV), LEO / MEO, Military, Military Smallsats, Multi-Launch Agreement, News, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Bus, Smallsat Calibration, Smallsat Components, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Contract, Smallsat Demo Mission, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Form Factors, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Manufacturing, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Modeling, Smallsat Payloads, Smallsat Propulsion, smallsats, Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, Tactically Responsive Space Challenge (TacRS), True Anomaly, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Force (USSF), United States Space Systems Command, Vandenberg SFB, VICTUS HAZE

Kepler enters Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Communications Services Project

October 7, 2024

Kepler Communications US Inc., a subsidiary of Kepler Communications, is partnering with NASA to exchange information and explore demonstration opportunities through a non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement under the agency’s Communications […]

Filed Under: , an Earth Observation (EO) satellite for the Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Agencies, Kepler Communications, Kepler Communications US Inc., NASA Communications Services Project, SmallSat, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Demo Mission, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Space Data Relay

Getting SSPICY with Starfish Space: NASA funds orbital debris inspection mission

September 25, 2024

Starfish Space has been awarded SBIR Phase III funding for a mission to inspect defunct satellites to increase opportunities to mitigate space debris. NASA is advancing an innovative approach to […]

Filed Under: Agencies, LEO, NASA, News, Satellite Deorbiting Systems, SmallSat, Smallsat Contract, Smallsat Demo Mission, Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Tracking, smallsats, SSPICY Mission (NASA + Starfish), Starfish Otter, Starfish Space

Celestia UK eScan technology successfully tracks the JoeySat smallsat

September 2, 2024

Celestia UK‘s eScan technology, developed under ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Core Competitiveness and Sunrise Partnership Project program, has successfully tracked and continuously received and processed a downlink signal from […]

Filed Under: ARTES Core Competitiveness (CC) Program, Celestia UK, Dundee Satellite Station, ESA ARTES, European Space Agency (ESA), Eutelsat OneWeb, JoeySat (Eutelsat OneWeb ESA), Orbital Demo, Proto-1 Gateway (Celestia UK), Smallsat In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD), Smallsat Tracking, United Kingdom (UK)

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