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Eutelsat has signed a new deal in the maritime arena. Marlink, one of the biggest service providers in this area, has signed a multi-year multi-million commitment for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) high throughput Ku-band capacity on the Eutelsat 10B satellite covering Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as critical maritime routes. The two companies...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are working together to develop an in-orbit telemetry relay service to be demonstrated on the H3 launch vehicle. The relay service, InRange, will be a new in-orbit telemetry relay service for space launch vehicles using Inmarsat-Viasat’s global L-band network. The InRange service will be...

Energy company MAN Energy Solutions (MAN-ES) is a new Spire Global customer, and will use Spire’s AIS and weather data for a marine monitoring tool.  The company has an engineering portfolio that includes large-bore engines and turbomachinery. Spire announced Tuesday that MAN-ES will integrate Spire’s data into the PrimeServ Assist product, a monitoring and advisory...

Kymeta is launching a new version of its u8 terminal — the Osprey u8 HGL — a hybrid Geostationary/Low-Earth Orbit (GEO/LEO) terminal for military users on the move. The terminal is compatible with the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO network.  The Osprey u8 HGL is designed to be mounted on military vehicles and vessels for connectivity on-the-move,...

Arianespace launched a Vega mission on Sunday, launching an Earth observation satellite THEOS-2 for Thailand and weather satellite Formosat-7R/Triton for Taiwan. The mission also carried 10 additional cubesats, but Arianespace has not confirmed if two of those were successfully deployed.  The mission took off at 10:36 p.m. local time Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ...

Comtech was recently awarded a U.S. Army contract with a maximum ceiling value of $544 million to provide satellite communications and professional engineering services. The contract supports the Global Field Service Representative (GFSR) program, which provides communications and IT infrastructure support for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and NATO.  Under the contract, Comtech...

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched a competition on Monday for business ideas involving communications for the future lunar economy. ESA said the competition is looking for business ideas that use lunar communication and navigation services to address customer needs on Earth and on the Moon.  These prospective businesses would utilize ESA’s Moonlight Initiative, a...

Spanish company PLD Space launched its suborbital Miura-1 rocket for the first time on Saturday, Oct. 7, reaching a height of 46 km. While the rocket is designed to reach an apogee of 150 km and it only reached 46 km, PLD Space said it met the primary mission objectives related to engine thrust, trajectory...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman a $235 million contract for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) polar satellites 1 and 2 — a contract that brings the total value awarded thus far to more than $2.1 billion. “Work will be performed at Redondo Beach, California, and is...

Pale Blue, a Japanese space propulsion startup, has secured a further $7.5 million (1 billion yen) in funding, the company announced Oct. 5. The company also announced that it had has been selected by NEDO, a national research and development agency in Japan, for its Deep Tech Startups (DTSU) support program – DMP phase (Demonstration...