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Orbex and Arianespace have formed a new partnership as the two launch providers look at how possible future co-operation between the two companies could help their respective customer requirements. The two companies signed an MoU announced June 13 to look at how collaboration could work between the two European launch providers could work in the...

Firefly Aerospace is acquiring smallsat rideshare company Spaceflight for an undisclosed amount, and will end Spaceflight’s rideshare business after its current contracts. The company announced the deal last week on June 8, highlighting Spaceflight’s proven orbital transfer vehicles and experience in mission management as reasons for the acquisition. “We’re currently assessing the needs of our...

Kerry Wisnosky is joining Quantum Space as the startup’s president and CEO, the company announced Friday. He is now responsible for Quantum Space’s strategic direction moving forward as the company prepares for the inaugural launch of its Ranger multi-purpose vehicle in early 2025. Quantum Space was founded in 2021 and recently announced a $15 million...

SES is on the hunt for a new CEO after the company announced that CEO Steve Collar is stepping down. Collar had been in the role just over five years. SES announced the news on Monday, June 12, saying that Collar is leaving at the end of the month to pursue “other professional and personal...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has assigned 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) — six for each provider — under the fiscal 2023 NSSL Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract, SSC said on June. Under SSC’s newly announced assignments, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets will launch three Low-Earth...

HawkEye 360‘s Cluster 7 satellites have begun operation just under two months after launching into orbit on April 15 — a new record for the space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics firm, the company announced Thursday. Cluster 7 extends and improves HawkEye’s data collection in the 30MHz – 18 GHz frequency range. The company...

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery provider Capella Space has been awarded a five year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by NASA‘s Earth Science Division for high-resolution SAR imagery. The agreement will facilitate fixed price call-off contracts valued up to $7 million per call, effective for five years from the date of the agreement, Capella confirmed in...

SES Space & Defense will provide satellite-powered network connectivity to Amazon Web Services‘ (AWS) Modular Data Center serving the U.S. Department of Defense under a new agreement announced Thursday by the SES-owned subsidiary. AWS will use SES satellite connectivity to provide defense customers with access to low-latency, cloud-based applications and services securely in Denied, Disrupted,...

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $64 million contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to develop, implement and maintain the Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) Application Factory for the agency’s constellation of low-earth orbit satellites called the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). SAIC announced the contract award on Thursday. The PWSA...

York Space Systems has completed the acquisition of Emergent Space Technologies, a developer of mission software and Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) solutions for multi-spacecraft missions headquartered in Maryland with offices in Austin, Texas. York said that Emergent’s 20-year history in software development, integration, and testing will enhance the company’s mission software capabilities and its...