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Two decades ago, few in the U.S. defense community considered using commercial satellite services for national security missions. Nor did they envision a future where thousands of small systems in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) would power telecommunications, provide missile tracking capabilities, and rapidly transmit space-based imagery. Over the past half decade, the tune at the Pentagon,…

Thales Alenia Space has won a contract to build six satellites for the Italian Earth observation (EO) constellation IRIDE. The contract, awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA), is for a batch of six small satellites with synthetic aperture radars (SAR) and one satellite based on optical technology. Thales announced the deal on Monday.  The…

During a conflict, the U.S. must be able to augment satellite capabilities on short notice – a strategy known as Tactically Responsive Space, or TacRS. Built by Millennium Space Systems, VICTUS NOX is the next TacRS mission, demonstrating that a small satellite can be a credible rapid-response to new on-orbit threats. “In a real-world conflict,…

In SpaceX’s more than two decades, the company has grown from a fledgling startup into the world’s leading launch provider. Today, SpaceX boasts a reported staff of about 10,000 people. The space company is also hiring for hundreds of open positions, from Starship engineers and supply chain managers to space suit designers, according to its…

Spire Global could be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange due to the average closing price of the company’s stock. Spire said in a March 24 press release that it received notice from the NYSE that it is not in compliance with a rule relating to share price. Spire said it intends to regain…