Australia’s 1st orbital testbed to advance Space Machines Company project + Space mission – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-09-23 00:00 Defence Trailblazer and the University of Adelaide have built Australia’s first orbital robotics testbed at its state-of-the-art space simulation ...

Firefly Aerospace adds UAE’s Rashid 2 Rover to Blue Ghost mission to the far side of the moon – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-27 00:00 The Rashid 2 Rover will join Firefly’s second lunar mission in 2026 in addition to payloads from Australia, the European Space Agency, and NASA. ...

IM-2 lands on the Moon but its status is uncertain – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-06 00:00 Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission landed on the Moon on March 6 shortly after 11:30 a.m. EST. The lander, nicknamed Athena, was meant to touch down on the plateau atop the mountain Mons ...

K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-13 00:00 K2 Space announces $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. Since its inception, K2 Space has ...

U.S. Space System Command + Japan launch first bilateral space effort – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-06 00:00 Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle on February 2. This is the first bilateral, U.S. Japan cooperative space effort ...

Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™ arrives at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base ready for launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00 Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™-3′ arrival at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin spacecraft integration. The hybrid 3D printed satellite ...

Forrester’s Digest: Falklands unhappy over OneWeb – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-03 00:00 Falkland Islands government ‘wants its money back’ from an agreement which it entered into with local telco SURE. SURE is part of Bahrain’s Batelco Group and SURE’s coverage extends to the ...

ESA picks Kepler-led group to develop LEO optical data relay network Original Publication Date: 2024-10-16 09:00 European Space Agency awards group 36 million euro ($39 million) contract. Group led by Kepler Communications, a Canadian small satellite operator. Three-year contract covers early ...

D-Orbit raises 150 million euros in two-part Series C round Original Publication Date: 2024-09-27 08:00 Italian space logistics firm D-Orbit has raised 150 million euros ($168 million) in a two-part Series C funding round. Japan’s Marubeni Corp. Led the Series C round. The funds will enable ...

China launches first satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation Original Publication Date: 2024-08-06 09:52 China launches first batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails communications megaconstellation. Long March 6A rocket lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north ...