Satellites

The U.S. Space Force has assigned five future missions to SpaceX and two missions to United Launch Alliance (ULA).

Taiwan is gearing up to launch the first elements of a high-resolution Earth imaging system next month as it works to burnish its homegrown technology.

Astroscale, a Japanese space junk removal company, has partnered with Australia's High Earth Orbit Robotics (HEO) to develop space-monitoring technologies.

The U.S. Space Force’s next neighborhood watchdog spacecraft could be the first operational system capable of on-orbit refueling.

The European Space Agency has signed an accord with Thales Alenia Space to advances its effort to deploy a European quantum key distribution government service.

ESA is expanding its efforts to foster reusability in its launch systems, signing an agreement with Avio to work toward an upper stage that could be reused.

Katalyst Space won a $30 million Small Business Innovation Research contract from NASA to attempt to save a space telescope from reentering the atmosphere.

Deloitte is using its first internally funded satellite to game out on-orbit cyber attacks with a new system that could bolster the resiliency of current and future spacecraft.

The SpaceRise consortium looking to run the European Union’s future IRIS² satellite communications system has kicked off the competition for the ground segment.

The UK Space Agency on Sept. 25 said it is setting up the Satellite Gateway Services program to foster local businesses by acting as an anchor customer.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has spelled out a €35 billion ($40 billion) commitment for the military space sector through the end of the decade.

Airbus has signed an agreement with Arianespace to launch two German military communication satellites on Ariane 6 rockets.

U.S. Space Command is planning a second on-orbit demonstration with partner nation France.

Future U.S. Space Force program solicitations may include one or two extra spacecraft to serve as on-orbit testbeds or aggressor trainers.

The U.S. Space Force wants its next-generation space situational awareness satellites to have a refueling capability.

Spacecraft developer Quantum Space has acquired the “propulsion assets” of Phase Four.

Firefly Aerospace is looking at potential ways to secure a share of the space-based interceptor market emerging from the Pentagon’s Golden Dome effort.

The SDA and FAA are close to resolving an ongoing limitation on transmitting Link 16 data from space over the continental U.S., the acting director says.

As demand for satellites and accompanying launches continues to grow, the supply chain in the space industry is having a hard time keeping up.

Collins Aerospace has conducted an inflight demo of a new hybrid satellite communication phased array antenna.

Anduril Industries and Impulse Space plan to conduct a high-precision rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) mission in 2026, the companies announced Sept. 16.

AFK Sistema subsidiary Sputnix will design the spacecraft and Roscosmos will provide launch services.

Greece's €130 million ($152 million) program includes €60 million for seven optical satellites.

South Korean rocket provider Innospace says it has signed an agreement to conduct two satellite launches for Media Broadcast Satellite.

Space Norway and Airbus’ SSTL have signed an agreement to jointly pursue business for a new synthetic aperture radar satellite the companies are co-developing.