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 Sustainability). NanoAvionics will contribute its small satellite expertise, including the ...
SpaceX Starship 10 test run proves successful concluding with Starship landing “flat down in the Indian Ocean”
Starship’s tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. CT from Starbase, Texas, taking a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.The results were a significant step forward as every major ...
SpaceX launches NAOS an EO spacecraft for Luxembourg + smallsats from sunny California
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). Photos captured by Satnews. NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys ...
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KP Labs + Simera Sense to deliver integrated AI-powered optical payloads for future space missions
KP Labs and Simera Sense have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 39th Annual Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The agreement formalizes a growing collaboration between the two companies, whose complementary technologies — optical payloads ...
The Mission: Blue Origin’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter
Blue Origin designs and manufactures heavy-lift rockets, transporters, landers, and orbiters to explore the Red Planet efficiently and affordably. Built upon the company's existing and affordable Blue Ring platform, the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) is ready to support NASA’s Mars ...
Rocket Lab closes acquisition of Geost
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has completed the acquisition of Geost, LLC (“Geost”) from Lightridge Solutions, a portfolio company of ATL Partners. The acquisition, first announced on May 27, 2025, was completed for $275 million before closing adjustments, comprising approximately ...
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 GEO surveillance microsatellites. Equipped with the rendezvous solution patented by ...
EchoStar needs to act swiftly on launch plans
Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar has signed a $1.3 billion (€1.1bn) initial contract with Canada-based MDA Space to build 100 or so low Earth orbiting ‘MDA Aurora’ satellites for its proposed global Direct-to-Device scheme, addressing a potential “350 million Americans” and “more ...
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile update imminent
Texas-based AST SpaceMobile (AST) will hold its Q2 investors update later today (August 11th) at 5pm Eastern Time. Investors and analysts are keen to know more on AST’s launch and business plans. Some observers are suggesting that an Indian rocket ...
Arianespace ready for Tuesday launch of EUMETSAT’s Metop-SG A1 weather satellite
Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite — which hosts Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package — is set for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 13 August 2025 ...
L-1 UPDATE: ULA Vulcan USSF-106 mission progressing towards launch of ‘2 firsts’
On August 12, 2025 between 7:59 and 8:59 p.m. EDT (2359-0059 UTC ) a Vulcan Centaur VC4S rocket, with four solid rocket boosters, will launch USSF-106 directly to geosynchronous orbit for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command. This will ...
Oxford Space Systems deploys VHF isoflux helical antenna for Startical’s ECHOES project
Screenshot Oxford Space Systems has completed the in-space deployment of the company's large Very High Frequency (VHF) isoflux helical antenna on the IOD-2 mission for Startical's ECHOES project, marking a significant milestone in the advancement of space-based air traffic management ...
Australia’s Neumann Space appoints first U.S. based executive as VP Business Development to focus on U.S. and global expansion
Australian space technology company Neumann Space has announced the appointment of Mr. Jason Wallace as Vice President, Business Development, based in the United States. The appointment marks a significant milestone for Neumann Space, with Mr. Wallace becoming the company’s first ...
