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L3Harris will supply the infrared payloads for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) FOO Fighter satellites. L3Harris received a contract from prime contractor Millennium Space Systems, the company announced May 2.  Under the deal, L3Harris will build eight infrared payloads. They will be manufactured in Wilmington, Massachusetts.  The SDA awarded Millennium, a Boeing company, potential $414...

Lockheed Martin has pulled back on its offer to acquire Terran Orbital, the company disclosed in filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2. According to the filing, Lockheed Martin withdrew its offer to acquire Terran Orbital for $1 per share on April 30. Lockheed made the bid in early March.  In response to...

Kuva Space has won a new contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) worth 1.8 million euros ($1.9 million) as it looks to build its business in Europe. As a result, it will participate in ESA’s Civil Security from Space (CSS) program to provide advanced hyperspectral situational awareness information for monitoring and mitigating civil security...

Iceye launched its Flood Insights and Flood Early Warning products to provide flood data to Canada. Satellite data provider Iceye, launched the products on May 2.  “By providing access to more comprehensive flood loss data, Iceye aims to support the ongoing development of the flood insurance market in Canada,” said Stephen Lathrope, SVP of Solutions...

The first two satellites in Maxar’s long-awaited WorldView Legion constellation launched on Thursday afternoon, a significant milestone for the program after years of delays.  SpaceX launched the satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force base in California. The mission lifted off at 11:37 a.m. PT. SpaceX confirmed deployment at 12:29 p.m. PT. ...

BAE Systems was selected by NASA to develop the Atmospheric Composition instrument (ACX) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite constellation. BAE Systems announced the contract on May 1. GeoXO is a constellation of three satellites that will succeed NOAA’s current GEO Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R). The mission...

Eutelsat has appointed Kevin Steen as the new president and CEO of Eutelsat America Corp (EAC). Steen will also continue in his existing role as president and CEO of OneWeb Technologies (OWT). EAC and OWT completed a combination earlier this year and will go to market as a single EAC entity. Eutelsat announced the appointment,...

Satellite imagery company Satellogic released a large dataset of high-resolution imagery to train foundational Earth observation (EO) AI models. Satellogic announced Wednesday it released the full dataset on Hugging Face as part of EarthView.  The dataset contains around 3 million 384 meter by 384 meter Satellogic images of unique locations spanning different land-use types, objects,...

Skylo Technologies has certified the Sony Semiconductor Israel ALT1250 chipset as part of the Skylo Certification Program, which means all devices with the chipset will support cellular and satellite connectivity. Devices equipped with the ALT1250 chipset can operate on Skylo’s satellite network. This will support connectivity for remote tracking and sensing, IoT devices, wearables, and...

The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Tuesday awarded a potential $414 million contract to Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems unit to build and deliver eight missile defense fire control satellites for launch in late 2026 as part of a demonstration effort. The firm fixed-price award is the first for Millennium with SDA and was made under the...