A new contract for GomSpace—a smallsat company with a 75 satellite mission track record—has been received by the company, valued at 760,000 euros. The European Space Agency, ESA, is the […]
Smallsat Payloads
Launch schedule of the H3 F8 launch schedule with the MICHIBIKI No.5 payload
The launch schedule of MICHIBIKI No.5, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-5) that will be aboard the 8th H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F8: Flight No.8) is as follows… QZSS (Michibiki) has been […]
HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout smallsat begins launch preparations
The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) HydroGNSS mission, which will investigate the Earth’s water cycle, has landed in California and is ready to start preparations for launch. Changes in the global […]
INNOSPACE signs multi-launch service contract with Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS)
INNOSPACE (KS:462350) has signed a multi-launch service contract worth $5.8 million with Media Broadcast Satellite GmbH (“MBS”) in Germany. Under the agreement, INNOSPACE will carry out two HANBIT launch missions […]
Rocket Lab’s 2 Mars-bound spacecraft arrive in Florida ahead of their launch
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, in partnership with the […]
Forrester’s Digest: Kuiper will start in 5 countries in March 2026
Amazon’s broadband-by-satellite service Project Kuiper says it will have broadband coverage in five countries by March 2026. Ricky Freeman, president of Project Kuiper’s Kuiper Government Solutions division at Amazon, speaking […]
ReOrbit secured €45 million to manufacture sovereign satellites + connected systems for national security
ReOrbit recently closed their €45 million Series A funding round, the largest all-equity Series A round in Finland and one of the most significant deals overall in the European space […]
General Atomics + Kepler Communications demo air-to-space optical comms capability
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler Communications US, Inc. have successfully demo’d bi-directional, air-to-space, optical communications between the GA-EMS Optical Communication Terminal (OCT) mounted on an aircraft and a […]
Thales Alenia Space selects NanoAvionics for ESA-led urban heat monitoring constellation study
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has been selected by Thales Alenia Space to join a consortium studying the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FutureEO program mission, SIRIUS (Space Based Infra-Red Imager for Urban […]
Globalstar secures early government wins
Globalstar (NASDAQ: GSAT) has gained significant momentum in the government market through multiple recent contract awards and strategic partnerships. Leveraging the company’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, licensed spectrum […]