E-letter: Briefs

Spire Global plans to sell its maritime business to Kpler in a $241 million deal that will pay off all of the company’s debt.  Kpler is a data and analytics...

Rocket Lab announced its first launch deal for the upcoming medium-lift Neutron rocket —  a multi-launch agreement with an unnamed commercial satellite constellation operator.  Rocket Lab announced the deal on...

Firefly Aerospace has raised $175 million in new venture capital that will help it boost production of a multi-mission orbital vehicle and its small lift rocket, and accelerate hardware qualification of...

Intellian Technologies debuted three new compact flat panel antennas for satellite broadband service on Eutelsat Group’s OneWeb constellation. These active electronically scanned array (ESA) user terminals announced Tuesday are for...

Eutelsat Group will partner with Clear Blue Technologies, a smart energy solutions provider, that will see the two companies work expand and improve connectivity solutions across Africa. Eutelsat said this collaboration...

The U.S. Space Force is seeking industry feedback by Dec. 2 to help the service determine an acquisition strategy for Commercial and Military Satellite Communications Operations Support (COSMOS) — a...

SpaceX launched the Koreasat-6A satellite for Korean satellite operator KT SAT on Monday. Koreasat-6A will deliver both broadcast and fixed satellite services to South Korea.  A Falcon 9 rocket launched...

Ovzon has won a new contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) that will see Ovzon deliver a resilient satellite communications solution to the organization. The solution will include...

Satellite and HAPS technologies will play an important role in reaching universal connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa, GSMA said in a new report on the mobile economy in the region.  The...

Vast, the U.S. space company, has signed an MoU with Czech Ministry of Transport which will see the two organizations explore ways to partner on future human spaceflight projects. This...