Berlin, 2 December 2024 – Andrius Kubilius, former Prime Minister of Lithuania, has been taken office as the European Union’s Commissioner for Defence and Space. With a distinguished political...
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Novaspace has released the 17th edition of its Earth Observation Data and Services Market report, indicating that the Earth Observation (EO) Market is set for significant growth. Currently valued...
Berlin, 2 December 2024 – Andrius Kubilius, former Prime Minister of Lithuania, has been taken office as the European Union’s Commissioner for Defence and Space. With a distinguished political...
Novaspace has released the 17th edition of its Earth Observation Data and Services Market report, indicating that the Earth Observation (EO) Market is set for significant growth. Currently valued...
EnduroSat and ENPULSION have signed a contract that will see EnduroSat deliver 100 fully integrated electric propulsion systems to ENPULSION. EnduroSat will consequently deliver the first 30 in the...
ispace, inc. has announced that its Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander carrying the TENACIOUS micro rover and commercial payloads for lunar exploration has safely arrived in Florida and will...
The Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has suffered an explosive incident during the test of a potential engine the Agency was developing for its Epsilon S small rocket. The...
The Space Data Association has announced Prof. Dr. Thomas Schildknecht as the recipient of the 2024 T.S. Kelso Award. Consequently, SDA Board Member David Zamora presented the Award...
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. has received a $13.3 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) to build the TraCSS user interface. This contract...
The European Union, through the EU Horizon Program, has selected OQ Technology and its AMAZING-6G project among the 16 selected projects for Horizon's 2024 call. The projects will support...
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, and LatConnect60, a data and analytics company have announced a partnership to provide Global Navigation Satellite System...
Kongsberg Satellites Services (KSAT) has announced its collaboration with Starsite to host, maintain and operate a new Lunar site in Western Australia. Consequently, KSAT will build a 20-meter antenna...
Inversion, a company offering precision delivery on-demand from space to anywhere on Earth, has announced a $44 million Series A funding round. Spark Capital and Adjacent co-led the round,...
Ibadan, 26 November 2024. – Rivada has announced securing the necessary market access for its Outernet constellation across the Nordic region, including Finland, Sweden and Denmark, bringing the total...
ICEYE will lead a consortium for an industrial participation program in the Finnish Ministry of Defense F-35 program to develop advanced space and joint intelligence technologies, and Intelligence, Surveillance,...
ArianeGroup has signed two contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) to enable Europe to pass a further milestone in the ability to reuse space launchers. Following the success...
Ibadan, 25 November 2024. – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has successfully launched its 56th Electron mission, deploying five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) constellation operator...
Hungarian company C3S LLC and Estonian companies Spaceit OÜ and Golbriak Space OÜ have signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a satellite under the...
AFWERX, a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, has selected Infinite Orbits for a Direct-to-Phase II contract valued at 1.25 million dollars. The contract revolves around the development...
Revolv Space has announced that integration and testing of their space-qualified Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA) on DPhi Space's Clustergate-1 hosted payload platform is now complete, marking the final...
XPRIZE has announced the winners of its $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest competition at the G20 Social Summit. Team Limelight Rainforest earned the competition’s grand prize, taking home $5,000,000 for...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a joint statement regarding the continuation, expansion, and deepening of the cooperative relationship between the...
TRL Space has announced the start of the first phase of its LUMI (Lunar Mapper and Inspector) lunar mission to explore the Moon's South Pole. TRL Space made the...
Teledyne Space Imaging has announced its collaboration with SATLANTIS to develop commercial space Front-end Electronics (FEE) for the CIS125 TDI detector. The two companies penned their partnership agreement at...
Abuja, 19 November 2024. – The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), together with the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), is...
Deloitte has announced its decision to enable global expansion of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (Space ISAC) Watch Center with a new Watch Center Hub in Australia....
HyImpulse Technologies GmbH ("HyImpulse"), has announced the receipt of €11.8 million in new funding as a co-funded contract extension under ESA’s Boost! Program. This investment will accelerate the development...
Orion Space Solutions (Orion), a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, has received additional work from the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to support the Tetra-6...
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed contract extensions with Hyimpulse, Isar Aerospace, Orbex and Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) under its Boost! Program. Several first launches of new...
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST) in partnership with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed the development of a spaceflight-qualified robotics...
Ibadan, 19 November 2024 – ispace-US and Volta Space Technologies have reached an agreement for a strategic collaboration to leverage Volta’s optical laser power technologies and ispace-U.S.’s lunar transportation...
Comtech Telecommunications Corp has won a sole source contract from the U.S. Navy Information Warfare Systems Command for its U.S. sovereign software-defined SLM-5650B satellite communications modems, upgrade kits, firmware...
The Exploration Company (TEC) has raised $160 million in Series B funding co-led by Balderton Capital and Plural, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, NGP Capital, French Tech Souveraineté,...
Ubotica has announced a strategic partnership with Kongsberg NanoAvionics to deploy its SPACE:AI processing solutions, including CogniSAT-CRC (cloud removal and compression) technology across NanoAvionics’ satellite platforms as an optional...
Denmark has become the US-Led Artemis Accords' 48th signatory country following a signing ceremony on Wednesday 13 October 2024, in Denmark’s capital city, Copenhagen. Christina Egelund, the Danish Minister...
Quadsat and CUSP Technologies are partnering to deliver Quadsat satellite network emulation services as Quadsat is launching its global Service Partner Network to enable customers worldwide to efficiently and...
Fire Arrow has announced a partnership with NORR that will see the latter provide architectural and design services for Fire Arrow clients by leveraging Fire Arrow's network and expertise
Sierra Space has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the missile warning and tracking satellites it is developing for the Space Development Agency (SDA) under a prime contract....
Firefly Aerospace has closed an oversubscribed $175 million Series D round at a valuation of over $2 billion. RPM Ventures, a new investor, led the Series D round, with...
Beijing-based rocket manufacturer CAS Space, a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has successfully launched 15 satellites into orbit on Monday, aboard its Kinetica 1-Y5 rocket from the...
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has shared its financial results for the fiscal third quarter, which ended September 30 (Q4) 2024. The space launch company's revenue grew 55% year-on-year to...
The Czech Ministry of Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vast, the U.S.-based space habitation technologies company. The Memorandum, signed as part of Czech Space Week,...
SUHORA, an emerging company in satellite data solutions, has launched a subscription-based SaaS Platform, SPADE, to make satellite data more accessible for critical operations. During the launch, the Company...
ispace, inc., the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), the Kingdom of Thailand’s national space agency, and mu Space and Advanced Technology Co., Ltd (mu Space) a Thai...
Sequel to ICEYE's MoU with Ukraine's Ministry of Defense for EO data in the interest of Ukraine’s national security and defense, ICEYE and Rheinmetall have now partnered, with support...
KP-Labs has marked the first anniversary of its satellite launch as Intuition-1 completed 366 days of orbit yesterday, November 11, 2024. Over the past 366 days, it has orbited...
Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF-owned company and Saudi Arabia’s commercial satellite services provider, has announced its official membership in the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)...
The World Space Week Association (WSWA) has announced the theme for World Space Week 2025 as “Living in Space”, emphasizing the importance of sustainable space exploration and habitation practices....
Following the success of Ariane 6’s inaugural flight and a full analysis of the data collected, ArianeGroup and Arianespace announce that the European heavy-lift launcher will make its first...
Mapping the Dark Universe: Insights from ESA’s Euclid Mission In this interview from the Falling Walls Science Summit 2024, Torsten Kriening speaks with Dr. Valeria Pettorino, the project scientist...
Breakthroughs and Brilliance: Insights from the event Torsten Kriening gives an overview of the Falling Walls Science Summit 2024 held in Berlin, Germany. The summit ended on the 9th...
Ghana has officially launched its National Space Policy document intending to leverage space technology for economic growth, national security, and sustainable development. Accordingly, it has restructured the Ghana Space...
Azercosmos will host the "Space challenges in the fight against climate change: Summit of Space Leaders" as Azerbaijan prepares to hold the Presidency of the 29th Conference of the...
ICEYE and Carahsoft Technology Corp. have entered an agreement that will see the latter serve as ICEYE’s Master Government Aggregator. Carahsoft will consequently allow U.S. Government agencies to...
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. has disclosed its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, and provided a business update. The Company's cash position remained strong, with...
Marble Imaging has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) Space Solutions for a six-month ESA Kick-start project to develop Earth Observation (EO) solutions for the Blue...
GMV has announced the successful completion of its FASTNAV (Multi-range Navigation for Fast Moon Rovers) project. This initiative focused on developing, maturing, and demonstrating a navigation solution for rovers...
ONERA, ThrustMe, and Airbus Defence and Space have initiated the IPISC project (Iodine Propulsion Interaction with Satellites and Components), with support from ESA and CNES. The project aims to...
MDA Space has announced the appointment of Guillaume Lavoie as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective immediately. He will be joining MDA Space at a time of rapid expansion...
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has successfully launched its 54th Electron mission, deploying a single satellite to Low Earth Orbit for a confidential commercial customer. The ‘Changes in Attitudes, Changes...
The first human tissue samples from Oxford's Space Innovation Lab (SIL) have launched on their way to the International Space Station, where they will enable the study of the...
Sateliot has formalized a collaboration agreement with UNESCO Santiago- the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. The partnership involves the Sateliot Impact Challenge, a training program that...
Gilmour Space Technologies has received Australia's first orbital launch permit from the Australian Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic MP, and the Australian Space Agency for its maiden...
ispace, inc. has announced that it has changed its global management structure to streamline business development and advance sales activity. As a result, effective November 1, 2024, Takeshi Hakamada,...
EUMETSAT has begun the dissemination of data from the Lightning Imager instrument on the first of EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites towards its operational use.
The Australian Government's Department of Defence has cancelled its "current procurement activity" with Lockheed Martin Australia after deciding that it did not align with its 2024 National Defence Strategy....
Skyrora, In partnership with Viasat and CGI, has completed a successful static ground test of InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system. The InRange service intends to continuously...
The European Commission has awarded SpaceRISE Consortium the concession contract to develop, deploy and operate the European Union's secure connectivity satellite system: IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security...
ESA’s Proba-3 mission is about to depart to its launch site in India for its onward launch into orbit. The pair will fly to the Satish Dhawan Space Center,...
China has successfully launched a three-person crew on the Shenzhou-19 mission to the Tiangong Space Station from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center aboard a Long March-2F rocket. The spaceship...
Lockheed Martin has completed its previously announced acquisition of Terran Orbital and its subsidiary, Tyvak International. Lockheed Martin has also worked with Terran Orbital on projects including Space Development...
Colt Technology Services is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide a unique next-generation connectivity network with the necessary speed, security and performance to drive digital innovation and transformation....
Satlantis has announced a collaboration with Dotphoton to integrate the latter's Jetraw Core compression technology to enhance its GEISAT Precursor satellite. This advancement has tripled GEISAT's image acquisition capabilities...
Spire Global, Inc. has won a concept study contract from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop space-based capabilities for a wildfire early detection warning and active monitoring system. As...
Chile has joined 46 other member countries as it becomes the latest signatory to the US-Led Artemis Accords. The South American country signed the Accords during a ceremony by...
Mira Aerospace, a subsidiary of Space42, the UAE's first AI-powered SpaceTech company has announced the development of two advanced payloads in Earth Observation and Telecommunications. The payloads will subsequently...
Astra has announced it won a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) with a ceiling of up to $44 Million. The contract supports advancing and scaling the production...
Space Forge has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Voyager Space (Voyager) to explore new possibilities in space-based research and in-space manufacturing. The Agreement intends to facilitate a...
Two NASA sub-orbital research rockets are ready to launch on their mission to study the formation of vortices in the upper parts of the atmosphere. In the last few...
Azercosmos and Leaf Space have signed an agreement which has led to the successful installation of a 3.7-meter S/X band antenna at the Baku teleport of the Main Ground...
Kepler Communications US Inc., a subsidiary of Kepler Communications, has won a prime position on the Space Development Agency’s (SDA’s) Hybrid Acquisition for a proliferated Low-earth Orbit (HALO) contract....
The 329th ESA Council meeting was held in Paris on 23 and 24 October 2024 and witnessed critical discussions, decisions and initiatives surrounding Europe's political interests. The Council witnessed...
Muon Space has announced its selection by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (HALO) program. This selection recognizes Muon Space’s proven satellite...
CATALYST has launched INSIGHTS 2.0, a visualization platform to integrate and interpret data from multiple sources. Intending to reshape decision-making in critical sectors such as mining, wildfire management and...
The Council of Eurospace has announced the appointment of Marco Fuchs as President, succeeding Jean-Marc Nasr. Eurospace is the professional association of the European space industry, which promotes the...
Intelsat has reported that the anomaly it disclosed regarding the Intelsat 33e satellite has resulted in the total loss of the satellite. On 19 October, Intelsat announced a service...
Quadsat has worked with ALL.SPACE to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of its electronically steerable antenna (ESA) for use on LEO constellations. Conducted in the UK using Quadsat’s UAV-based solution,...
EMTECH SPACE, the prime contractor for the Hellenic Space Dawn (HSD) mission under the Greek CubeSat In-orbit Validation Program has selected the EnduroSat CubeSat platform as the key infrastructure...
Space Solar and Transition Labs have announced an agreement to provide Reykjavik Energy with electricity from the first-ever space-based solar power plant.
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2024) in Milan marked the 75th time that space professionals globally gathered in one place and united around a shared passion for space.
The European Space Agency is funding AROBS Polska and AROBS Engineering - both part of the AROBS Group, for the Close Proximity Operations Control Unit Development and Qualification" (CRIMSON)...
Ibadan, 22 October 2024. – OQ Technology has secured a convertible loan investment as part of its Series-B round from the Luxembourg Space Sector Development Fund (LSSD). The round...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 Launch Service Task Orders (LSTOs) totaling $733,566,001 to SpaceX. These...
ESA has signed a contract with OHB Italia SpA worth €63 million to begin preparatory work on the Agency’s proposed Ramses mission to the infamous asteroid Apophis. ESA Director...
The UK and New Zealand space agencies have signed a blueprint for the removal and servicing of operational satellites that are very close together or making contact with one...
Ibadan, 21 October 2024. – The UK Defence Secretary, John Healey MP, has signed a letter of intent enabling NATO allies to work closer on government and commercial space...
Welcome to the IAC 2024 from Milan. Our Morning Show with Dr. Emma Gatti and Torsten Kriening provides you with interesting insights and outlooks on today’s event. In-depth but...
Orbit Fab has announced multiple new strategic collaborations with key European space companies, seeking to revolutionize how satellites currently operate by driving innovation in space refuelling technology. The company...
Ibadan, 18 October 2024. – The U.S. Space Command has formally recognized Germany’s membership in Multinational Force-Operation Olympic Defender, starting October 11. The operation represents a growing commitment among...
ispace, inc. and HEX20Labs India Private Limited (HEX20) have reached an agreement for a future cubesat deployment into lunar orbit, the two companies announced at the International Astronautical Congress...
Welcome to the IAC 2024 from Milan. Our Morning Show with Dr. Emma Gatti and Torsten Kriening provides you with interesting insights and outlooks on today’s event. In-depth but...
TTTech Aerospace has announced that it is providing TTEthernet® networking and computing platforms to Thales Alenia Space for the International Habitation Module and Lunar View, towards the European contributions...
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