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Es’hailSat is to partner with Total Media Cast (TMC) to be able to provide digital satellite news gathering services (DSNG) and outdoor broadcast van (OBVAN) services in Qatar and across Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The two companies will work together in the leasing of the DSNG vehicle and equipment to end customers, with...

Voyager Space appoints Marshall Smith as CTO to lead technical strategy and to guide the Starlab team through the design, development, and operations of the commercial space station. Smith previously served as the company’s vice president of Exploration.  Smith has a deep background in space missions and spent 37 years at NASA where led systems...

Albedo raised a $35 million Series A-1 financing round announced on Tuesday, to launch the company’s first operational satellite to collect ultra-high resolution imagery. These funds bring Albedo’s total funding to $97 million.  Standard Investments led the round and new investors Booz Allen Ventures, Cubit Capital, and Bill Perkins joined the round as well. The...

Archer Aviation has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA as they look to boost the nascent advanced air mobility (AAM) market. The collaboration will kick off with an initial project focused on studying high-performance battery cells and safety testing targeted for AAM and space applications. The two organizations announced the collaboration Jan. 22. Archer...

Blue Origin has tapped Redwire Corporation to supply Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for the upcoming space mobility platform. Blue Origin announced the space logistics vehicle Blue Ring in October, and it’s designed to provide in-space services including hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, and logistics.  Redwire announced Monday it has been awarded a contract to...

Comtech Telecommunications received a $45 million investment from current shareholders White Hat Capital Partners and funds affiliated with investment manager Magnetar, the company announced Monday. Comtech said this investment gives the company greater financial flexibility. C​​omtech plans to apply the investment to a range of initiatives including working capital needs like repaying debt and also...

Sierra Space recently conducted a full-scale test of its expandable space station structure, the company announced on Monday, along with a video of the test. Sierra Space is building the LIFE habitat, which stands for large integrated flexible environment, with the intent it will be a commercial destination in space in the future. LIFE is...

Eutelsat continues to make progress as it looks to offer service providers a combination of Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) services. Paratus South Africa, a specialist connectivity provider, and Eutelsat OneWeb have partnered to enhance Paratus’ connectivity offering in South Africa. The two companies announced the new deal on Jan. 19. Paratus South...

AT&T, Google, and Vodafone have made a strategic investment in AST SpaceMobile to support the commercial roll-out of AST SpaceMobile’s network. Both AT&T and Google are new investors for the company.  The investment announced Jan. 19 is a mix of equity-linked capital and non-dilutive commercial payments. According to an announcement, the three companies jointly gave...

Lynk Global has started initial satellite-to-cell service in Papua New Guinea with the country’s state-owned telecoms company Telikom Limited.  The initial service will begin with SMS and is expected to expand in the future to include voice and mobile broadband, and to provide life-saving emergency alerts and SMS warnings for natural disasters. Telikom Limited said...