Viasat demos 1st satellite SMS messages on Android smartphone in Mexico – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-10-21 00:00 Viasat completed an in-country, first-of-its-kind, direct-to-device (D2D) demonstration in Mexico. The demonstration showcased smartphones sending and receiving messages ...

Amazon’s KF-03 mission possible delay with prohibitive weather conditions on Thursday for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-10-08 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 ...

Rocket Lab + Synspective sign another 10-launch contract – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-09-30 00:00 Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has secured a second, multi-launch contract with Synspective, a leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics company. The ...

Space Norway signs new launch agreement with SpaceX – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-09-15 00:00 Space Norway has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of the new communications satellite, THOR 8, into GEO. The mission will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2027. The ...

Rocket Lab to launch secretive Jake 4 customer soon – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-27 00:00 Rocket Lab’s HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) is a modified Electron rocket for suborbital hypersonic testing. It is a liquid-fueled launch vehicle designed to ...

UK’s SatVu secures multi-million ESA contract to power climate and security intelligence – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-08 00:00 SatVu awarded a contract worth up to €3 million by the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply advanced thermal data to the Copernicus Contributing ...

Rocket Lab’s Electron sends The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3) soaring – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-06-11 00:00 Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) successfully launched its 66th Electron to deploy the latest satellite to orbit for Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. ...

Ovzon receives $5.7 million renewal order from European customer – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-21 00:00 Ovzon has received a 12-month order for renewal of services from an existing European customer. The order is for Ovzon’s SATCOM-as-a-Service including an exclusive ...

SpaceX welcomes and celebrates successfully rescuing NASA’s stranded astronauts – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-18 00:00 Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after their SpaceX capsule spectacularly splashed down off the coast of Florida. Wilmore ...

Successful Rocket Lab launch completes deployment of full Kinéis Constellation in less than a year – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-17 00:00 Rocket Lab launches five satellites for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) constellation operator Kinéis. Rocket Lab founder and CEO Sir Peter ...