Satellite Industry Intelligence Since 1983
The best of SatNews—essential reads, standout reporting, and hand-picked stories worth your time.
D-Orbit has signed a contract with Aistech Space for the launch and deployment of a 6U cubesat aboard ION Satellite Carrier (ION), D-Orbit’s orbital transportation vehicle. The smallsat, named Guardian, […]
Read More
AAC Clyde Space (“AAC”) has won a £4.6 million order for a full turn-key solution from Horizon Space Technologies that includes two new smallsat launches, operations and data delivery — […]
Read More
Xenesis, Inc., an innovator in the free-space optical communications (FSO) technology sector, has taken an additional step toward vertical integration in space tech by acquiring a minority interest in Assured Space […]
Read MoreD-Orbit has signed a launch service contract with Stellar Project, an Italian satellite component developer and manufacturer, for the launch and operations of Stellar Project’s LaserCube payload on D-Orbit’s upcoming […]
Read More
Launched on June 17, 2021, the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 (GPS III SV05) is the latest, next-generation, GPS III satellite, a warfighting system owned and operated by the U.S. […]
Read More
Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have signed a contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense, represented by TELEDIFE / Secretariat General of Defense, for the development of the SICRAL 3 […]
Read More
4iG Plc (“4iG” or “the Group”) has announced their first international transaction, which will allow the Group to continue building its telecommunications portfolio and expanding its space industry business. 4iG […]
Read MoreViasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) will integrate their In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the world’s first Link 16-capable LEO satellite, which the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory […]
Read More
The U.S. Space Force successfully launched a classified payload on June 15 for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) aboard a Minotaur I rocket at 9:35 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
Read More
Orbital Sidekick (OSK) has revealed information regarding their upcoming launch of the firm’s newest and most powerful hyperspectral imaging satellite — Aurora. Aurora leverages OSK’s previous experience collecting and analyzing […]
Read More
Satnews is a leading provider of satellite news, events, publications, research and other satellite industry information in both commercial and military enterprises worldwide.