Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) has announced that MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA) will build 198 advanced satellites for the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) program. Telesat also announced that […]
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Germany’s DCUBED to be the first “disruptive enabling technology” demonstrating in-space manufacturing
DCUBED, the German NewSpace hardware manufacturer, announced it will demonstrate in-space manufacturing as part of a demonstration mission expected in Q1 2024. This will be the first time ever that […]
SCOUT awarded million$ by SpaceWERX
SCOUT Space Inc. has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Phase II STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) in the amount of $1.5 million, focused on “Robust Cross-Domain Optical Navigation with […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink V2 mini small sats delayed and rescheduled
SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket originally scheduled to launch 22 of the second-generation “V2” mini satellites, that are larger and have four times the bandwidth of the previous models, is now […]
RTX Trilogy: Contract to develop platform agnostic BLOS SATCOM solution / New large form factor CubeSat / DARPA award for AI to human values
Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a $36 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a platform-agnostic, Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (BLOS), SATCOM […]
Europe’s HyPrSpace and Precious Payload team up as a sort of SpaceX service
French rocket startup, HyPrSpace, and Precious Payload, a satellite launch provider, have teamed up to simplify the process for payload developers to reserve launches using HyPrSpace’s Orbital Baguette-1 (OB-1) rockets. […]
BlackSky signs on for 5 Rocket Lab launches
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed another block buy deal for five Electron launches with BlackSky (NYSE: BSKY), a leading provider of real-time, geospatial intelligence and global monitoring […]
ICEYE US receives 1st NASA Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program Task Order
ICEYE US Inc. has received the firm’s first Task Order under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with NASA, announced earlier this year. The Task Order enables NASA to acquire ICEYE’s […]
Umbra Space releases highest resolution commercial satellite image
Umbra has successfully produced a 16 cm. resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image — the highest-resolution commercial satellite image ever released. The company also announced that the company is now […]
Redwire selected by True Anomaly for SSA cameras + navigation tech
Redwire has been selected by True Anomaly to provide navigation technology and space situational awareness cameras for its Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle (AOV). Under the agreement, Redwire is providing SpectraCam […]