Rocket Lab is back and scheduled to launch IoT 4 You on Sunday – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00
Rocket lab has rescheduled the IoT 4 you to Sunday, February 8/9 from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch site, Launch Complex 1, in New Zealand. The mission is the fourth of five dedicated Electron launches booked by Kinéis in a multi-launch contract that will see Rocket Lab deploy an entire constellation of 25 IoT satellites. The first three missions were successfully launched by Electron in June, September and November 2024.
Propulsion: changes in systems and choices for satellites – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00
Propulsion could be a $5 billion market, said moderator Jason Mello, CEO at The KMC Group LLC. The market for propulsion systems was transitioning into an industrial phase, with mass manufacture increasingly the norm. Some clients continued to favor chemical fuelling with Hydrazine as a propellant.
Building a Toolbox for National Security – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00
The panel reviewed the changes in warfare, the use of drones, and the adoption of security. Karl Fuchs, SVP of Technology, iDirect Government, stated that neither LEO nor GEO was dead. Assi Friedman, CTO, Innoflight, felt that LEO would remain important but non-LEO would stay relevant.
The new Administration is opening up space funding – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00
The Space Race for Capital session was a crowded and well attended panel at the SmallSat Symposium on February 5 at Mountain View. Meagan Crawford, Founder & Managing Partner, SpaceFund, explained that valuations came back into line in 2024. Noel Rimalovski, MD, GH Partners explained that some Venture Capital funds were often focussed just on the next 'Facebook' and not necessarily looking at Space.