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Orbex is ramping up its preparations for the launch of its Prime Rocket, by adding significantly to its overall footprint. The company announced July 10 that it is extending its footprint by more than 30% across its Scottish and Danish design and production facilities. Prime is a 19-meter long rocket designed to launch small satellites...

Viasat is making key inroads in the European aviation arena as it starts to reap the benefits of its acquisition of Inmarsat. Through Inmarsat, it has signed a long-term contract to appoint ESSP (European Satellite Services Provider) as service provider for the Iris air traffic modernization program, as the final preparations for pre-commercial operations take...

Satellite technology company hiSky recently shared two updates to its technology, introducing the Falcon ASIC modem-on-chip which is ready for mass production, and FCC certification for its Smartellite Fixed KA terminal.  The Falcon ASIC modem-on-chip is designed to be integrated in hiSky’s next generation of Smartellite terminals and is op timized for mass production. The...

The government of Australia has awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for a pilot program for maritime domain awareness in the Pacific Islands, the company announced July 6. The pilot program will support the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) efforts to detect illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The contract was awarded by Australia’s Department...

Voyager Space signed an MoU with NewSpace India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to collaborate on spacecraft launch.  The MoU specifically deals with NSIL’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), to explore launch and deployment opportunities for small satellites. Voyager Space has previously flown...

Ground software as a service company Atlas Space Operations named John Williams as its new CEO, and opened a government-focused subsidiary, Freedom Space Technologies, the company announced this week.  Williams joins Atlas Space Operations from Viasat where he served as vice president of Real-Time Earth, Viasat’s ground station as a service business line, which Atlas...

Thales Alenia Space has a new initiative to support startups with a new industry accelerator called the Space Business Catalyst, announced July 4. There are two locations, based in Toulouse, France, and Turin, Italy, already hosting 10 startups from around the world.  Thales has a history of working with startups and has open collaborations with...

OneWeb has signed a distribution partnership agreement with Connecta Satellite Solutions as it looks to increase its presence in the United States and across the Caribbean. The two companies announced the partnership, July 5. Connecta will be selling a full suite of OneWeb-powered connectivity solutions to enterprise and government customers in these regions. These offerings...

EchoStar has seven new partnerships to develop and sell IoT solutions with API-K, Cyric, DalesLandNet, Dryad, Galaxy1, ProEsys, and Symes. These EchoStar customers will use its mobile IoT network to serve their own customers for applications such as outdoor personal geo-safety, soil moisture monitoring, ultra-early forest fire detection, utility metering, and pipeline monitoring. EchoStar Mobile...

Arianespace launched its final Ariane 5 mission on Wednesday evening from French Guiana, marking the end of an era for the workhorse rocket. With the final launch, Europe does not have heavy-lift capacity while it waits for the debut of its successor, Ariane 6.  “Ariane 5 is now taking its place in the annals of...