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President Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed an agreement on Thursday providing a legal and technical framework for U.S. commercial space launch vehicles to launch from Australia. According to the White House, the Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) protects sensitive U.S. launch technology and data in Australia and create the potential for new space-related...

The FCC is kicking off its new transparency initiative for satellite applicants and plans to have an open house to take questions next week on Nov. 1. This is part of a transparency initiative to give satellite applicants information to help them file and support industry engagement with the FCC.  Interested parties can participate in...

MDA selected SpaceX to launch its Chorus next-generation Earth observation constellation, planned for launch in the fourth quarter of 2025. The mission will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket, MDA announced Wednesday.  MDA CEO Mike Greenley said Chorus production is well underway. MDA announced the constellation in December 2021. It will build on the company’s...

NanoAvionics co-founder Vytenis Buzas is stepping down from his role as CEO, the company announced Oct. 24. The company’s Chief Sales Officer Žilvinas Kvedaravičius will take over as interim CEO, with Buzas on the board. NanoAvionics, which is owned by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, said the move positions the company for its next phase of...

Aalyria Technologies has a new MoU with HICO Investment Group with a plan to deploy up to 200 of its optical communications platforms on commercial ships worldwide. HICO Investment Group invests in innovative technologies in the maritime and logistics sectors. It was founded by Tim Hartnoll, the executive chairman of X-Press Feeders, a large container shipping...

Northrop Grumman completed a critical design review for a relay ground station that will support missile-warning satellites, the company announced last week.  The CDR is for the Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A), for a contract with the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific on behalf of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The ground...

Redwire will provide the onboard computer for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Comet Interceptor mission, which will be the first spacecraft to visit a long-period, dynamically new comet or interstellar object. OHB Italy is the prime contractor on the mission, and awarded Redwire’s Belgian subsidiary, Redwire Space NV, the contract.  The onboard computer, or the...

Revenue at Iridium Communications increased 7% in the third quarter of 2023 compared to the same time last year, but the company’s stock value dipped after the results were released on Oct. 19. Iridium did not have an update on its Qualcomm chip partnership, which one analyst noted is frustrating investors.  Iridium’s third quarter revenue...

Terran Orbital’s stock is at risk of being delisted if the company cannot raise its average share price over $1.  The New York Stock Exchange sent the satellite manufacturer official notice on Oct. 20 that it is not in compliance with requirements regarding share price. The average closing price of its stock was less than...

Intellian Technologies has signed an MoU with Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, to develop a next-generation terminal for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) service. GMDSS is an international maritime safety system that Inmarsat is a satellite provider for.  The companies did not share a target date for the new terminal’s availability, but...