Boo! ispace Partners With AMC on SCAR-E Lunar Mission
The mission to put AMC’s robot on the lunar surface is intended to prove out the company’s ability to extract resources in deep-space.
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Skyloom Enters the European Market With Joint Venture
The new venture, called Skyloom Europe, will establish a facility in northern Italy to manufacture optical communications terminals to support multi-orbit satellite networks.
The Increasing Allure of Polar Orbits: An Explainer
Military, commercial, and climatological interests have increasingly picked polar orbits for a variety of missions,
Sierra Space Enters the Delivery Business
Sierra Space won a $980,000 AFRL contract to study how its Ghost reentry spacecraft could provide point-to-point delivery services for the US government.
ULA’s Second Vulcan Certification Flight is Ready for Liftoff
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket is less than 24 hours away from trying to prove it’s got the right stuff to launch the nation’s big-ticket military payloads.
ESA’s To-Do List for an EO Boom
The strategy commits to utilizing commercial EO capabilities wherever possible, reaffirming ESA’s strong public-private relationship.
SDA Awards $1.9M for Deorbit Studies
Six companies will complete the studies this year to explore redundant, cost-effective contingency options for the SDA’s future satellite disposal needs.
Momentum Builds for Global Space Sustainability Policy
The European Space Policy Institute analyzed 15 different instruments that have been created since the turn of the millennium to demonstrate momentum growing in the international space sustainability movement.
Maxar Opens UK HQ for International Government Biz
Part of the team’s directive is to uncover ways to tailor Maxar’s data and analytics tools to fit the individual intelligence gathering needs of allied nations.
Rocket Lab Launches Five Kinéis IoT Satellites
Kinéis’ goal is to operate the first European constellation dedicated to global IoT, with 25 satellites on orbit by mid-2025.
Interstellar Lands ¥4.63B Japanese SBIR Contract
The SBIR grant is part of a Japanese government directive to achieve 30 domestic rocket launches per year by the early 2030s.
BlackSky Expands Non-Earth Imaging Capabilities with HEO Deal
Intel collected by non-Earth imaging (NEI) provides greater space domain awareness for defense and commercial assets on orbit.