https://spacewatch.global/tag/maxar/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:29:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/maxar/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/satvu-brings-in-national-security-veteran-scott-herman-as-chief-technology-officer/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70685 SatVu has announced the appointment of Scott Herman as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as the company scales delivery of thermal intelligence for National Security, Economic, and Environmental Monitoring missions. Herman will subsequently lead SatVu’s technology and platform strategy, overseeing the evolution of its product development and analytics platform to support persistent, 24/7 day-and-night operational use by government and allied customers.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/09/oscs-traffic-coordination-system-tracss-welcomes-amazon-kuiper-as-latest-pilot-user/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67497 The Office of Space Commerce has announced that Amazon Kuiper has recently become a pilot user of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). Amazon Kuiper joins leading names like Iridium, OneWeb, SpaceX, Maxar, Planet, and Intelsat, among others. OSC’s Traffic Coordination System for Space is providing basic space situational awareness (SSA) data and services to civil and private space operators in support of spaceflight safety]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/noaas-office-of-space-commerce-announce-spacex-as-latest-tracss-beta-user/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66276 NOAA's OSC has announced SpaceX as the newest and tenth beta user of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). With SpaceX, TraCSS can now validate its on-demand conjunction screening and on-demand maneuver screening service at significant scale – a major milestone in OSC’s mission to enhance civil and commercial space safety]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/06/maxar-and-saab-forge-strategic-alliance-to-advance-european-space-based-defense-capabilities/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65673 In a move that underscores the tightening links between the transatlantic space and defense ecosystems, Maxar and Sweden’s Saab have entered into a strategic partnership to co-develop multi-domain battlespace solutions and strengthen Europe’s access to space-based capabilities. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/05/up42-and-maxar-to-broaden-global-access-to-maxars-geospatial-intelligence/ Thu, 01 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65123 UP42 and Maxar are collaborating to make Maxar’s very high-resolution satellite imagery and tasking products available in the UP42 platform, broadening global access to Maxar's commercial geospatial intelligence.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/anywaves-inaugurates-first-pilot-production-site-towards-global-expansion/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64650 Anywaves is launching its first in-house production of space antennas and New Space payloads through its pilot lines. This industrial milestone, marked by the inauguration of a 500 m² site, will support the company's international expansion, with additional production sites already planned worldwide. This comes after delivering its 1,000th product in the summer of 2024. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/anywaves-commemorates-delivery-of-its-1000th-product/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56270 Anywaves has announced the delivery of its 1,000th product, marking a major milestone in its journey as a pure manufacturer of space antennas. For the Company, the 1,000th delivery confirms Anywaves’ position as an indispensable leader in its sector as well as also the seriousness and reliability of its products.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/pixxel-appoints-william-mccombe-as-new-chief-financial-officer/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53462 Pixxel has announced the appointment of William McCombe as its new Chief Financial Officer. In this role,  McCombe will oversee Pixxel's accounting, financial planning, capital raising, treasury, legal and regulatory functions, all supporting the Company's mission to revolutionize earth observation through cutting-edge hyperspectral satellite technology]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/redwire-succesfully-deploys-rosa-on-ovzon-3-comsat/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 07:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53164 Redwire Corporation has announced that two 5-kW Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) have successfully deployed and are operating nominally in geosynchronous orbit on the Maxar Space Systems-built Ovzon 3 communications satellite. The satellite successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. Ovzon 3 represents the first-ever integration of Redwire’s ROSA technology with a commercial satellite following years of successful operations on the International Space Station (ISS) and on NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/spacewatchgl-opinion-eos-demand-is-growing-but-for-what/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51238 During the World Satellite Business Week 2023 in Paris, players in the Earth Observation (EO) sector gathered together to look to the future. The “Leading EO Businesses Sharing Strategic Views” panel brought forth Brian O’Toole, CEO of Blacksky, Dr. Minda Suchan, VP of Geointelligence at MDA, Eric Even, Head of Sales at Airbus, Jon Love, VP at Maxar, Massimiliano Vitale, SVP Operations at Planet, and Paolo Minciacchi, CEO of e-GEOS to discuss their positioning within in the EOs sector, and how they are approaching various markets.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/maxar-secures-dedicated-access-to-umbras-constellation/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 07:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46623 Maxar Technologies and Umbra have announced an agreement to provide Maxar with dedicated capacity from satellites in Umbra’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery constellation. As a result, the data will become available in Maxar’s portfolio of Earth Intelligence products and services.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/spacewatchgl-opinion-in-orbit-servicing-2/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39530 Although the sustainability of all future space activities depends on the development of In-Orbit Servicing (IoS), there is currently no official or universal definition of IoS, sometimes also referred to as in-space services and on-orbit services. The European Space Policy Institute’s In-Orbit Services report mentions that IoS operations comprise mainly three activities]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/03/maxar-delivers-platform-for-nasas-psyche-mission/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31498&preview=true&preview_id=31498 Maxar Technologies delivered the propulsion chassis to NASA for its Psyche mission, the company said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/sirius-sxm-7-suffers-malfunction-in-orbit/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29990&preview=true&preview_id=29990 Looks serious: Sirius XM’s newest satellite SXM-7, launched last December, experienced malfunctions during in-orbit testing, the company said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/momentus-founder-kokorich-replaced-by-dawn-harms/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29936&preview=true&preview_id=29936 Momentus founder Kokorich replaced by Dawn Harms]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/nasa-selects-17-u-s-companies-for-moon-technologies/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28016&preview=true&preview_id=28016 NASA selects 17 U.S. companies for Moon technologies]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/ariane-5-is-fully-assembled-for-arianespaces-july-28-launch/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24483&preview=true&preview_id=24483 The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s fifth mission of 2020 is now complete following integration of its three passengers at the Spaceport in French Guiana.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/e2mc-update-on-space-financing-rounds-in-june-2020/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23893 https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/blaine-spacewatchgl-oped-my-2019-in-a-review/ Sat, 28 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17875&preview=true&preview_id=17875 These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Blaine Curcio of Orbital Gateway Consulting.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/indias-pixxel-partners-with-italys-leaf-space-for-leaf-line-service-agreement/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16824 Pixxel, India’s first private earth imaging company announced their agreement with Leaf Space, a company delivering complete ground segment expertise for microsatellites. The announcement was made at the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington, DC, wherein Leaf Space will provide the ground segment support for the satellite to be launched in July 2020.]]>