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Gogo Business Aviation hit a milestone with its Gogo Galileo global broadband service completing end-to-end connectivity using the HDX antenna on the Eutelsat OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network. The company announced the results of the testing on Thursday. Gogo received the prototype of the HDX antenna from Hughes Network Systems in February. Soon after,...

Spire Global set an agreement with Korean company Hancom InSpace to enhance its Sejong-1 satellite and to build and operate two additional satellites, Sejong-2 and Sejong-3. The company said that these satellites will be Korea’s first three-satellite remote sensing image data service constellation. Hancom InSpace is a former spin-off of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute,...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott launched the new Texas Space Commission this week to improve the state’s position in the national space industry. Abbott also announced inaugural members of the commission’s board of directors and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium (TARSEC) executive committee during an event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston...

Eutelsat won a new contract in the aviation connectivity arena. ALOFT AeroArchitects, the private Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) operator, has selected Eutelsat OneWeb to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband connectivity to improve the customer experience. Eutelsat announced the new deal on March 27. Under the agreement, ALOFT will equip a private BBJ aircraft with Eutelsat OneWeb’s...

Melanie Stricklan has joined Space Workforce 2030 as the first executive director of the initiative. Space Workforce 2030 is a strategic partnership between Space Foundation and The Aerospace Corporation that kicked off in 2022 as a workforce pledge to increase diversity.  Space Workforce 2030 brings together more than two dozen leading space companies including SpaceX,...

GMV won a 78.4 million euro ($85 million) contract to lead the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) mission to develop a five-satellite constellation in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT).  The contract includes the design and development of the payloads for the constellation, the launch services, the ground-segment-as-a-service (GSaaS), the development of test user...

Eutelsat is bringing the OneWeb constellation to more customers in Australia and New Zealand. It is targeting Australia’s northern and southern regions, maritime services in Australian waters, and commercial services in New Zealand with its latest deal. The company has announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement with Sat One, a satellite service provider to bring connectivity...

Mira Aerospace is collaborating with India-based aerospace and defense company VEDA Aeronautics to deliver high altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) solutions to the Indian market. Mira Aerospace is a joint venture between Bayanat and UAVOS to develop HAPS technology, based in the United Arab Emirates.  Mira Aerospace aims to pair its ApusNeo HAPS technology with VEDA...

MDA Space unveiled Aurora as the name of its new software-defined satellite product line on March 18. The Aurora product line will adopt several new features designed to improve flexibility and functionality for constellation performance.  Key features of the Aurora product line will include a modular of software-defined satellites with digital payload technologies tailored for...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is expanding across the United Kingdom, opening a new headquarters in Harwell, Oxfordshire, and regional offices in Scotland, Wales, and the Midlands. The aim is to give further support to the space sector across the United Kingdom. The UKSA made the announcement on March 25. The new headquarters at Harwell...