Scottish rocket manufacturer and orbital launch services provider Orbex, is to build and operate the first vertical satellite launch site on UK mainland, the company said. The project will make Orbex the first European launcher company to also manage a dedicated spaceport.

AstroAgency’s virtual networking event over Zoom, SpaceBar #58 took place on Thursday, 27th October, announcing an exciting new partnership with Spacewatch.Global. The cooperation will bring AstroAgency’s SpaceBar audience and SpaceWatch.Global’s readers/audience together. After the announcement, Kammy Brun, Strategy & Business Development VP at SkyFi, introduced us to the company’s on-demand,

Mengtian (“dreaming of the heavens”), the third module of China’s Tiangong space station has docked, completing its construction. The Long March 5B rocket that deployed the module is currently on its way back Earth, with an estimated uncontrolled re-entry this Saturday.

After over three years, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched to space again carrying US military payloads as part of the USSF-44 mission to a geosynchronous Earth orbit. Falcon Heavy consists of three modified Falcon 9 first stage boosters.

Next-generation satellite communication systems provider SatixFy Communications, has gone public by completing its business merger with Endurance Acquisition following stockholder approval and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Prior to the business combination, Endurance and SatixFy entered into an OTC (over-the-counter) Prepaid Forward Purchase Agreement.

Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat, and global communications company Viasat got approval from the Australian Government's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) for the planned combination of their businesses, Inmarsat said.

UK climate tech satellite company Satellite Vu, has hired industry veteran Camilla Taylor as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) ahead of their upcoming satellite launch, the company stated. Taylor has spent the last decade in CFO roles at what3words, and at electric mobility business Saietta Group PLC.

Darmstadt-based company Vyoma, will advance the procurement of its spacecraft integrated with debris-tracking cameras after a successfully closed Seed financing round during the summer, the firm said. With the help of the investment, the company will also be able to flight test its algorithms, and deploy a portfolio of services. The first spacecraft is planned to be launched in 2024.

Australian in-space transportation and logistics startup Space Machines Company (SMC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global launch services company Arianespace, to study the available options to ensure an optimal compatibility between the launchers and SMC’s OTV family.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Navigation Directorate is planning an in-orbit demonstration with new low Earth orbit (LEO) navigation satellites supplementing Europe’s 23 Galileo satellites. The LEO-PNT satellites will investigate a new multi-layer satellite navigation system-of-systems approach to deliver seamless Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT). ESA states that the technology could enable much more accurate, robust and available-to-all services.