Tag: Satellite
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Satellogic and Portugal Signs $18MM USD Agreement for High-Resolution Satellites
Satellogic, a leader in high-performance Earth Observation (EO) platforms that deliver unique sovereign solutions and AI-first monitoring, announced an agreement with CEiiA, the Centre of Engineering and Product Development in Portugal, for the supply and in-orbit delivery of two NewSat Mark V 50cm-class imaging satellites. The agreement strengthens Portugal and Europe’s sovereign Earth observation capabilities by…
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Black Moon Energy Announces Robotic Lunar Mission to Advance Helium-3 Production
Black Moon Energy Corporation (“BMEC”), a Helium-3 production and supply company, announced plans to execute a robotic mission to the surface of the Moon to gather data and perform certain operations critical to de-risking a Helium-3 production operation. Helium-3 is extremely rare on Earth but plentiful on the Moon, and is an ideal fusion energy…
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Eutelsat Procures 340 OneWeb Low Earth Orbit Satellites From Airbus
Eutelsat has awarded Airbus Defence and Space a contract to build a further 340 OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Together with the previous batch of 100 satellites procured in December 2024, the total number of satellites ordered is up to 440. The satellites will be manufactured at Airbus Defence and Space’s Toulouse facility on…
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Okapi Orbits Expands Soteria Services for Space Traffic Coordination and Orbital Risk Management
Okapi Orbits, a provider of space traffic management and orbital safety solutions, highlights Okapi Soteria, the space situational awareness and traffic coordination service designed to support safe, compliant and sustainable satellite operations. Soteria addresses the practical challenges of collision avoidance, regulatory compliance and operational decision-making throughout a satellite’s mission lifecycle. Okapi Soteria is built to…
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U.S. FCC Approves Expansion of SpaceX’s Second-Generation Starlink Network
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved SpaceX’s request to deploy an additional 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites, a move that expands regulatory clearance for the company’s low-Earth-orbit broadband network as it seeks to enhance global internet coverage. The decision brings the total number of authorized Gen2 Starlink satellites to 15,000, roughly half of the…
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China Submits ITU Filings Covering Over 200,000 Proposed Satellites
China submitted filings covering more than 200,000 satellites in the final week of December 2025, setting a new record for proposed space constellations and underscoring the accelerating global competition for low-Earth orbit (LEO) and radio spectrum resources, according to data released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The filings were dominated by two proposed constellations,…
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HawkEye 360 Launches Cluster 13 and Establishes Initial Communications
HawkEye 360, the global leader in signals intelligence data and analytics, announced the successful launch of its latest satellite trio, Cluster 13, and confirmed initial communications with the satellites. Cluster 13, integrated via Exolaunch, launched into a sun-synchronous orbit as part of the Twilight rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. This successful deployment…
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Exolaunch Deploys 22 Satellites on SpaceX’s First Dawn-Dusk Rideshare
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration and deployment services, has successfully deployed 22 customer satellites on SpaceX‘s Twilight rideshare mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Launch occurred from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 05:44 PT (14:44 CET). As Exolaunch’s first mission of 2026 and 42nd overall, the launch highlights the…
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Opterus Research and Development Expands Space Services and Engineering Capabilities
Opterus Research and Development highlights the space services and technical capabilities, underscoring the company’s role in supporting government, defense and commercial space programs with applied research, engineering development and system-level integration. Opterus Research and Development is an established provider of mission-focused engineering solutions, delivering hardware, software and analytical support across the full lifecycle of space…
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Dhruva Space Announces Polar Access-1 Programme to Enable 10 Missions on ISRO’s PSLV-C62
Dhruva Space has announced Polar Access-1 (PA-1), its most integrated and infrastructure-led launch programme to date, through which the company is enabling 10 Space missions serving 6 Indian States and 2 Nations, aboard ISRO’s PSLV-DL-C62, launched at 10:17 am IST on Monday, 12 January 2026, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Polar Access by…