SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Koen Willems, ST Engineering iDirect Europe
Koen Willems leads the €65M European Protected Waveform — the secure communications layer for IRIS², Europe's sovereign connectivity constellation.
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FAA Grounds Blue Origin Following New Glenn Upper Stage Failure and Facility Anomaly
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an indefinite launch moratorium for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket following a primary mission failure on Sunday, April 19. While the mission successfully […]
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Viasat Completes ViaSat-3 Constellation with Successful Flight 3 Launch
Viasat, Inc. announced the successful launch and initial signal acquisition of its ViaSat-3 Flight 3 (F3) satellite on Wednesday, April 29. The mission, which lifted off at 10:13 a.m. EDT […]
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U.S. Commercial Service to Host “Future in Orbit” Networking Event at SpaceBR 2026
The U.S. Commercial Service in Brazil has announced “The Future in Orbit – Brazil’s Space Technology Networking Event,” a strategic business session designed to connect American space technology providers with […]
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GMV to Lead Mission Planning for ESA’s Next-Generation Copernicus Expansion
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to technology multinational GMV to lead the development and operational maintenance of mission planning functions (MPFs) for the Copernicus expansion missions. […]
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