Climate change effects on the Earth’s water cycle and the availability of water on our planet are the missions of the first European Space Agency Scout mission. Launched from Vandenberg […]
Smallsat Missions
Spire Global ships 9 satellites to launch site
Included in the satellites is Spire’s next-generation Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder—a compact, space-ready sensor built to demonstrate global weather forecasting from space Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has now shipped nine […]
U-Space closes a 24 million euros series A to expand into the global smallsat constellation market
After an initial €7 million funding round in 2022, the French small satellite manufacturer U-Space has announced a new €24 million Series A round led by Blast, the French Ministry […]
ESA selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build spacecraft for the ESA-EC “IOD/IOV” program
ESA, through its European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) to build a large CubeSat platform for its in-orbit demonstration/in-orbit validation (IOD/IOV) program. Under the […]
Spacex launches Starlink smallsats Group 10-51 early on Sunday from the Cape
On Sunday, November 9th at 3:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy […]
Impulse Space’s LEO Express 3 mission updates
Impulse Space‘s LEO Express 3 will be the third flight for Mira, the company’s high-thrust, highly maneuverable spacecraft—this will be the first mission for the upgraded vehicle design. Building on […]
Sateliot launches a project with ESA for satIoT
Sateliot will test a pioneering system that allows its satellites to connect with IoT devices without relying on satellite navigation systems (GNSS) such as GPS. This breakthrough opens new opportunities […]
Voyager acquires ExoTerra
Voyager Technologies [NYSE: VOYG] recently acquired ExoTerra Resource, a developer of electric propulsion systems. ExoTerra’s proprietary technology delivers precise maneuvering, extended lifetimes and high efficiency delta-V – essential for spacecraft […]
GomSpace North America announces $1.5 million order from a leading global service provider
GomSpace North America, a subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB, has received a component purchase order valued at $1.5 million from a leading global service provider. The order includes advanced spacecraft […]
Sentinel-1D climbs to orbit via an Ariane 6
The Sentinel-1 mission, which provides radar vision for the Copernicus Earth observation program, has added the on-orbit arrival in SSO of the final first generation series of satellites, the Sentinel-1D, […]