Rocket Lab launches Synspective’s “Owl New World” mission with improved SAR capabilities
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 15th mission of the year and the first of 21 new launches for Synspective and 73rd launch overall. Photos captured by Satnews ...
“Every major objective of the flight test was achieved” as Starship aces its 11th test for SpaceX
On Monday, October 13, 2025, at 6:23 p.m. CT, Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its eleventh flight test. This was the final flight of the second-generation Starship and first generation Super Heavy booster, as well as the final ...
Rocket Lab secures multiple launches with JAXA
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a direct contract for two dedicated Electron launches with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – signifying the criticality of Electron to international space agencies requiring responsive launch and dedicated access to space ...
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Hughes + Gogo celebrate key FDX + HDX Aviation ESA milestones
The Hughes electronically steerable flat panel antenna. Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), together with Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO)i, is celebrating key milestones in the partnership to transform the in-flight connectivity (IFC) experience in the business jet market ...
Tele2 to launch satellite IoT connectivity with Skylo
Tele2, in partnership with Skylo, is launching a new Global Satellite IoT Connectivity service in Sweden—this launch makes Tele2 the first Swedish operator to offer a commercial 3GPP-based direct-to-device satellite IoT solution. The service ensures IoT devices stay connected even ...
Viasat awarded contract by USSF for Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) was recently selected for a prime contract award by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) for the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program Viasat is one of five awardees to receive an initial ...
SpaceX plans Starship’s 11th flight test hopefully on Monday
The eleventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, October 13. The launch window will open at 6:15 p.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which ...
EUMETSAT awards Spire Global €3 million contract renewal for satellite weather data
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been awarded a €3 million contract renewal by EUMETSAT—this renewal is part of a two-year operational contract starting August 14, 2025. Through the contract, the Company will continue to provide radio occultation (RO) data ...
Another Amazon KF-03 mission delay as SpaceX now targets Monday
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites to orbit from Florida on Aug. 11, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX is targeting Monday, October 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission to ...
Starlink targets India’s rural users
Parnil Urdhwareshe, Starlink’s India market director, speaking in New Delhi, said its upcoming satellite broadband service in India will remain underutilized unless rural users are brought on board, stressing that rural connectivity lies at the core of its global network ...
UK Space Agency funds space-based anti-aging solution project in space by LinkGevity
The UK Space Agency has awarded grant funding (amount unspecified) to startup LinkGevity to determine whether the firm's anti-ageing solution could work away from Earth. The firm has been backed to prepare its anti-necrotic therapeutic for deployment in space via ...
Semtech launches industry’s 1st single vendor Device-to-Cloud cellular + satIoT solution with Skylo
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC) and Skylo have expanded their partnership to deliver the industry's first, complete, device-to-cloud terrestrial and satellite IoT solution from a single partner. Global IoT deployments have long been hampered by a fundamental challenge: devices lose connectivity ...
L3Harris announces new variants of its VAMPIRE system
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has expanded its VAMPIRE™ system, demonstrating the company’s ability to swiftly respond to the U.S. Department of War and allied partners’ urgent need to defeat small unmanned autonomous systems accurately and affordably—the expanded family of systems ...
