SpaceX launches NASA’s TRACERS mission Wednesday from California – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-07-23 00:00
SpaceX launched NASA’s TRACERS mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Also on board this mission were SEOPS’ Epic Athena, Skykraft’s Skykraft 4, Maverick Space Systems’ REAL, Tyvak’s LIDE, and York Space Systems’ Bard. This was the 16th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission.
ThrustMe + Marble Imaging + Reflex Aerospace form strategic partnership for on-orbit demo in 2026 – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-07-23 00:00
ThrustMe, Marble Imaging, and Reflex Aerospace have formed a strategic, three-way partnership for an in-orbit demonstration (IOD) of the JPT150 Hall thruster system. The propulsion system will be integrated into MIRI, a high-performance Earth Observation (EO) satellite developed by Reflex Aerospace for Marble Imaging. The partnership represents a significant commercial collaboration between three European companies in the small satellite constellation market.
DeepSat selects Redwire’s AI-powered digital engineering systems for precursor mission in VLEO – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-07-23 00:00
Redwire has been awarded the first phase of a multi-phase contract by DeepSat, an Earth Observation (EO) startup. The contract represents DeepSat’s first step toward deploying a VLEO constellation designed to serve customer missions. Under this initial contract phase, Redwire will leverage its Acorn 2.0 Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS) software.
Viasat expands global IoT capabilities with IoT Nano – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-07-23 00:00
Viasat launched its next generation IoT Nano connectivity service to deliver powerful, two-way messaging connectivity across the globe. With IoT Nano, businesses can effectively monitor and control fixed and mobile assets across industries like agriculture, transport, utilities, mining, and environmental monitoring. Viasat’s IoT Nano service will help lower costs in some cases by optimizing power usage.
Airbus and OQ Technology conduct world’s 1st demo of LEO 5G NTN connecting to a flying drone – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-07-23 00:00
Airbus and OQ Technology conducted the world’s first flight demonstration of a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connection to user terminals mounted on a test drone. The demonstration proved the immense potential of 5G/6G NTN standards-based communication from space to flying users.