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Spire Global awarded contract by Lacuna Space for 6 satellites for dedicated IoT constellation

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire”) has been awarded a Space Services contract by Lacuna Space, wherein Spire will initially build and launch six satellites that will carry Lacuna Space’s […]

Zenno’s superconducting technology opens a universe of new possibilities in space 

Zenno Astronautics (Zenno) has celebrated the first space launch of Z01™, the company’s world-first, superconducting, magnetic torquer for fuel-free spacecraft attitude control — Zenno’s on-orbit validation of Z01 is the first-ever […]

Marble Imaging + Scanway Space developing a VHR Multispectral satellite constellation

Marble Imaging and Scanway Space have entered into a strategic partnership for the joint development of the multispectral payload for a constellation of smallsats for EO, owned by Marble Imaging. […]

Arcfield acquires Orion Space Solutions

Arcfield has completed the firm’s acquisition of Orion Space Solutions (Orion), a Colorado-based developer of end-to-end space mission capabilities and solutions. The acquisition of Orion enhances Arcfield’s space exploration and […]

Amazon confirms 100% success rate for Project Kuiper Protoflight mission

Amazon’s Project Kuiper has validated all systems and subsystems on board its prototype satellites and has also demo’d the first, two-way video call over Amazon’s end-to-end communications network. Within 30 […]

Square Peg Communications teams with ESA to test hybrid 5G networks between Earth + space

Square Peg Communications has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to implement an emulation environment that reliably tests a variety of scenarios across multiple satellite constellations as part […]

Spire Global has 11 smallsats launched via the SpaceX Transporter-9 Mission

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) successfully launched 11 satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, including ten satellites for Space Services customers and one for Spire’s […]