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Airbus has shipped the Eutelsat 36D Geostationary (GEO) communications satellite from Toulouse, France to Florida, on board the Airbus BelugaST plane. Its final stop is the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it will be launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 later this month.  Eutelsat 36D is based on the Eurostar Neo satellite...

Es’hailSat has renewed a deal with one of the largest sports and entertainment broadcasters in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region – beIN MEDIA GROUP (beIN). The Qatari satellite operator will provide satellite capacity, uplink, connectivity and operational support on Es’hail-2 satellite located at the 26 degrees East hotspot covering the MENA region....

Canadian manufacturer MDA has rebranded to MDA Space, a move the company said positions it to lead in a new era of space innovation. MDA Space announced the rebrand on March 7.  MDA Space has expanded its footprint in recent years and now has a workforce of more than 3,000 people across Canada, the United...

The founders of Astra Space are taking the company private to avoid bankruptcy, less than three years after going public during the SPAC boom of 2021. Astra announced March 7 that co-founders CEO Chris Kemp and CTO Dr. Adam London, are taking the company private to acquire all shares of Astra stock not already owned...

Slingshot Aerospace is coming to the United Kingdom and establishing a U.K. base to help win business with international government and commercial customers. Melissa Quinn will be the general manager of its international business. Quinn had been general manager of Slingshot Seradata, but is now taking on a more expanded role. The company announced these...

Viasat selected Rocket Lab to produce a spacecraft bus and mission operation support to Viasat’s hybrid space network. The demonstrations will advance Viasat’s portfolio of space relay communication services in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) space missions. It is scheduled to launch in early 2026. The spacecraft will support demonstrations that are part of Viasat’s work under...

ThinKom is introducing a new line of ThinAir GT aero antennas for special missions. This new line of airborne solutions is engineered to operate in electromagnetic interference. ThinKom announced March 5 that the ThinAir GT aims to extend capabilities of antenna performance and frequency bands for efficient communications on a range of aircraft types The...

Agile Space Industries received a small business innovation research (SBIR) phase II contract from SpaceWERX, a department of the U.S. Space Force and part of AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory.  SpaceWERX awarded Agile the contract for its Mobile Payload Processing Center (MPPC) which aims to increase mission effectiveness in remote locations. The MPPC...

Thaicom taps Astranis to build THAICOM-9, an Astranis MicroGEO satellite. Thaicom, an Asian satellite and space tech company, selected Astranis to build a MicroGEO satellite to provide Ka-band services over Asia at 119.5 degrees East.  The deal includes possible expansion of coverage to future satellites. The satellite will be launched in 2025. THAICOM-9 will be...

Planet Labs Federal, a subsidiary of Planet Labs, was awarded a contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific for vessel detection and monitoring over key areas in the Pacific.  The project will integrate both Planet’s SkySat data and PlanetScope data into the Department of Transportation’s SeaVision platform, a maritime situational awareness tool. The...