Neuraspace and the Portuguese Air Force have announced their collaboration to enhance airspace safety and security as well as space sustainability. The partnership also marks the installation and use of Neuraspace’s first and fully operational optical telescope installed at Air Base No. 11, in Beja, Portugal. Neuraspace’s optical telescope is also part of the "AI fights Space Debris" project under Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan under funding from the European Commission

The West of Scotland Space Cluster, the newest addition to the UK’s thriving ecosystem of regional space clusters, has launched, ahead of Space-Comm Expo Scotland at SEC Glasgow 11-12 September. The region is a key hub in the Scottish space sector, operating at the forefront of a European revolution in spacecraft systems, payload manufacture, launch (upstream) and data analysis (downstream) activity

The Polaris Dawn crew successfully launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to expand commercial space exploration from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew, including Anna Menon, Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, and Sarah Gillis, will subsequently begin research to better understand the effects of spaceflight and space radiation on human health

Kuva Space has announced the successful completion of the Sunstorm CubeSat’s mission. After three years of operation, the Sunstorm satellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on September 4, 2024, at 10:30 EEST, marking the end of its mission that started under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) General Support Technology Programme (GSTP). 

ICEYE has signed the contract for the Greek National Satellite Space Project Axis 1.2 (radar program) for the Greek Space Agency and the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance, together with the European Space Agency. Axis 1.2 covers the Greek SAR Space Segment and includes radar imagery and the development of a Greek Observation System with two ICEYE SAR satellites, and their launches

Telespazio and Altec have announced a strategic collaboration to bring Starlink satellite internet technology to schools and municipal offices in the Argentinian province of Río Negro, in Patagonia. This collaboration will enable the implementation of the Starlink network with the ability to provide high-speed internet access in areas with limited or no infrastructure.

NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Agency's Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract with a maximum value of $476 million, cumulatively amongst all the selected contractors, and a performance period through Nov. 15, 2028.

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Senegalese Space Study Agency (ASES) have signed an agreement on International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) cooperation. The signature occurred on Thursday, September 5, during the opening ceremony of a two-day space conference held in Tunxi, east China's Anhui Province

Canopy Aerospace Inc. (Canopy) has announced its latest initiative in partnership with the U.S. Air Force on $2.8M in contracts. This effort, which is part of a broader push by the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to modernize its strategic weapons portfolio, addresses critical challenges in developing advanced Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) for hypersonic vehicles and weapon systems.

The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has completed the installation of the Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART), enhancing the East African country's role in radio astronomy. The announcement happened on the side of a week-long workshop by KSA, in collaboration with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), and the Electronic Research Foundation of New Zealand.