Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Arrays Labs has won a contract from Office of Naval Research to study the feasibility of using its formation-flying radar satellites to conduct AMTI missions.
Satellites

By P. Barry Butler
Cubesat projects are creating career paths for students while helping companies find engineers with experience in space technology and other disciplines.
Satellites

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

By Robert Wall
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.
Satellites

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

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

By Robert Wall
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.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
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.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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

By Vivienne Machi
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.
Satellites

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

By Robert Wall
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.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
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.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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

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

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

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

By Garrett Reim
Spacecraft developer Quantum Space has acquired the “propulsion assets” of Phase Four.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
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.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
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.
Satellites

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

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

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

Aviation Week Network Staff
AFK Sistema subsidiary Sputnix will design the spacecraft and Roscosmos will provide launch services.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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