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Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be manufactured in the UAE under a new joint venture between Space42 and Finnish space startup Iceye. The JV announced Dec. 9 builds...

constellr will play a key role in Germany’s fight against climate change. It has signed a new contract with the German Space Agency DLR to provide the agency’s community in...

Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded SES Space & Defense a blanket purchase agreement to deliver multi-orbit, multi-band satellite capabilities to United States European Command (USEUCOM). The purchase agreement announced Monday...

Hyperspectral imaging startup Pixxel secured $24 million in a Series B extension round, adding new investors M&G Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital Partners. The investment announced Monday brings Pixxel’s total...

AST SpaceMobile has signed a commercial agreement with its longtime investor Vodafone Group that lasts through 2034. This agreement establishes the framework for Vodafone to offer space-based cellular broadband connectivity...

Neuraspace has activated its second optical telescope to expand its ability to track satellites over the southern hemisphere. The new telescope in Chile complements an existing telescope installed in Portugal,...

Muon Space has received a SpaceWERX contract to advance space-based environmental monitoring capabilities. The award, announced Dec. 5, will support Muon Space’s development of a multi-mission, multispectral electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) instrument. ...

Thaicom has a made a key regulatory breakthrough in India. Its subsidiary Ipstar India has obtained an authorization to provide satellite services with Thaicom satellites in India from the Indian...

SpaceX completed the first shell of its direct-to-cell constellation this week, after recently receiving approval from the FCC for its service with T-Mobile.  SpaceX launched 20 Starlink satellites on Wednesday...

Arianespace‘s Vega C rocket returned to flight on Thursday, its first launch after a failure during its second mission two years ago. Vega C launched on December 5 from Europe’s...