Impulse Space earlier this month upgraded Mira—the company’s high-thrust, highly maneuverable spacecraft for payload hosting and deployment that already has two successful missions. Mira has showcased responsive, record-setting maneuverability in […]
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Dawn to Provide Propulsion for Infinite Orbits’ Orbit Guard #3 Mission
Dawn Aerospace has been selected by Infinite Orbits to develop a SatDrive propulsion system for their upcoming Orbit Guard #3 mission. Orbit Guard™ servicers developed by Infinite Orbits are […]
Open Cosmos kicks off first rideshare mission for the European Commission’s IOD/IOV program
Open Cosmos has signed the first work order contract as part of the In-Orbit Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV) program funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe R&I Program. Open Cosmos […]
ThrustMe + Marble Imaging + Reflex Aerospace form strategic partnership for on-orbit demo in 2026
ThrustMe, Marble Imaging, and Reflex Aerospace have formed a strategic, three-way partnership for an in-orbit demonstration (IOD) of the JPT150, the world’s first low-power, iodine, Hall thruster system. The propulsion […]
Planet expands multi-year contract with the Columbian Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (IGAC)
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has committed to a multi-year contract expansion with the Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (IGAC), in partnership with Planet geospatial intelligence partner Procalculo. With this contract, […]
Rocket Lab completes CDR for SDA’s T2TL-Beta constellation
Rocket Lab National Security LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB), successfully completed the firm’s Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 […]
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 […]
ThrustMe celebrates the firm’s 100th propulsion system launched into space
ThrustMe has successfully launched its 100th propulsion system into space—this milestone was achieved aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 mission that launched to space on June 23rd. The launcher carried […]
ION-X achieves 1st firing in space of a European Ionic Liquid Propulsion System
ION-X has successfully performed the first-ever in-orbit firing of a European-developed ionic liquid electrospray thruster. This milestone marks only the second global demonstration of this advanced propulsion technology in space, […]
Impulse Space secures $300 million Series C
Impulse Space has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round—one of the largest venture rounds in the history of the space industry—the round, led by Linse Capital, brings […]