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Galaxia buys Simera Sense HyperScape100 hyperspectral imager
Canadian firm Galaxia acquired a HyperScape100 hyperspectral payload from Belgium's Simera Sense for its Earth observation lineup.
SES extends multi-orbit satellite deal with Peruvian Navy
SES will deliver combined GEO and LEO satellite connectivity to the Peruvian Navy's bases, aircraft, and vessels.
Sierra Space secures national security, commercial payloads for Dream Chaser debut
Sierra Space signed undisclosed national security and commercial customers to fly payloads on Dream Chaser's first mission.
Astroscale selects Isar Aerospace to launch ADRAS-J2 debris removal mission
Astroscale Japan picked Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket to launch ADRAS-J2, its bid to capture and remove a large piece of orbital debris.
Kymeta lands $20M DoD order for 100+ Osprey u8 satcom terminals
Kymeta secured a $20 million DoD order for more than 100 Osprey u8 multi-orbit satcom terminals.
Intuitive Machines books order for two IM 300 satellites from new customer
Intuitive Machines will build two modular IM 300 spacecraft for an undisclosed new commercial customer.
OHB wins nearly €1 billion SES contract for IRIS2 satellites
OHB will build all 18 IRIS2 medium Earth orbit satellite platforms under a contract worth almost €1 billion from SES.
All.Space wins DIU award to scale Hydra terminal production
The Defense Innovation Unit tapped All.Space's Hydra satcom terminal for its 10ⁿ rapid-manufacturing program.
NorthStar to lead ESA consortium on uncontrolled reentry forecasting
ESA picked NorthStar Earth & Space to lead a study improving predictions of when and where uncontrolled satellites will fall.
Lonestar hires Ares Shield to defend data-center satellites
Lonestar hired Polish startup Ares Shield to defend its orbital data-center satellites, in a deal worth up to $6 million.
EUMETSAT renews Spire weather-data contract at 4 million euros
EUMETSAT renewed and expanded its Spire Global radio-occultation weather-data contract to 4 million euros for one year.
GalaxySpace delivers China's first turnkey satellite export to Southeast Asia
GalaxySpace built, launched, and delivered a full satellite package to Thailand's GISTDA, a first for a Chinese commercial space firm.
Aethero signs power deal with Star Catcher's orbital energy grid
Aethero will draw on-demand power from Star Catcher's orbital power-beaming network for its in-space compute hardware, per a joint release.
Draper selects Proteus Space for multi-year on-orbit mission deal
Draper picked Proteus Space to handle spacecraft design, launch integration and operations for an advanced on-orbit mission.
Portal Space Systems buys dedicated Falcon 9 for Supernova debut
Portal Space Systems purchased a whole Falcon 9 for its first Supernova spacecraft and will resell the excess capacity as rideshare.
VinSpace signs SpaceX launch deal for Vietnam's first satellites
Vietnam's VinSpace signed a SpaceX Transporter rideshare contract to launch its first satellites in 2027.
Intuitive Machines to build NASA's EAGLE-VSWIR Earth-science satellite
Intuitive Machines will supply the IM 300 platform and operations for NASA JPL's EAGLE-VSWIR Earth-science mission, launching in 2028.
Viasat picks Rocket Lab to build small GEO satellite for Space Force
Viasat picked Rocket Lab to build the satellite bus for its Space Force PTS-G anti-jam GEO satellite.
Space Kinetic wins $50M Space Force award, its largest to date
Space Kinetic landed a $50 million Space Force OTA to develop Whirlwind, a thrusterless satellite-flinging maneuver system.
Intuitive Machines wins $600 million contract for three GEO satellites
Intuitive Machines signed a $600 million-plus deal with an undisclosed customer for three geostationary satellites.
EarthDaily wins Canadian government contract for AI border monitoring
EarthDaily will lead a Canadian defense research project testing daily satellite imagery and AI for border situational awareness.
Impulse Space wins $28M Space Force deal for two more Victus Salo missions
Space Force added Victus Salo 2 and 3 to Impulse Space's responsive-space contract, expanding the award to $62.8 million total.
BlackSky wins seven-figure international imagery contract
BlackSky converted a pilot program into a seven-figure, multiyear international imagery contract.
Firefly Aerospace extends Lockheed Martin launch agreement through 2031
Firefly and Lockheed Martin extended their multi-launch deal to up to 25 Alpha flights through 2031, on the upgraded Alpha Block II rocket.
Kepler books first dedicated Rocket Lab Neutron launch for 2028
Kepler signed its first dedicated launch vehicle mission, booking a Rocket Lab Neutron flight from Virginia no earlier than 2028.
Skyroot signs three-launch deal with HEX20 for Vikram missions
Skyroot Aerospace will fly three dedicated Vikram missions carrying HEX20's Nila-3, MAYA-V and DINK-N satellites starting late 2027.
Redwire's SpaceMD books dedicated SpaceX Starfall mission for 2028
SpaceMD will fly up to 32 PIL-BOX pharmaceutical experiment packages on a dedicated late-2028 Starfall mission.
K2 Space wins $22.9 million Space Force laser comms contract
The Space Force awarded K2 Space $22.9 million to build and test laser communications terminals on two satellites by 2028.
Blue Origin's Air Force rocket-cargo study contract grows to $13 million
The Air Force Research Laboratory added $11.7 million to Blue Origin's REGAL contract to study rocket-based cargo delivery.
Rocket Lab signs third iQPS launch deal for three more Electron missions
Rocket Lab will fly three more iQPS SAR satellites on Electron starting late 2027, its third contract with iQPS this year.
Aalyria wins ESA contract to build deep-space network hub
Aalyria will build ESA's DTN network-operations center at Goonhilly, plugging deep-space links into LunaNet, per Payload.
Sphinx Defense wins $287 million Space Force contract for ESS mission planning software
Sphinx Defense won a $287 million Space Force award for ESS mission planning software, per SpaceNews.
Frequency Electronics wins $18 million in satellite program contracts
Frequency Electronics won $18 million in contracts, including an $11 million first-time award for a proliferated satellite program.
BQP wins first federal contract, a SpaceWERX space-tracking AI award
BosonQ Psi Federal's quantum-assisted AI software aims to classify unidentified orbital objects faster for the Space Force.
Loft Orbital orders 10 Airbus buses, 1 Apex Nova bus with option for 9 more
Loft Orbital bought 10 Airbus Longbow buses and an Apex Nova bus, with options on 9 more, per Payload.
Slingshot Aerospace wins $69.2M Space Force AI training contract
Slingshot's largest contract yet funds AI-powered mission-rehearsal training for Space Force Guardians.
ispace books 500 kg of SpaceX Starship lunar cargo space
ispace reserved 500 kg of Starship cargo capacity for a lunar mission targeting no earlier than 2030, a roughly $50 million deal.
D-Orbit signs launch-services contract with ArkEdge Space
D-Orbit will fly ArkEdge Space demo satellites on its ION carrier from 2027, per SpaceNews.
Loft Orbital awards MaiaSpace multi-launch contract
Per Andrew Parsonson on Bluesky, Loft Orbital signed MaiaSpace for multiple launches starting 2028.
Beyond Gravity signs deal for 27 Ariane 6 payload fairings
Beyond Gravity will supply 27 payload fairings for Ariane 6 flights 16 through 42, its largest Swiss launch-vehicle contract yet.
Simera Sense to supply imagers for Canary Islands EO constellation
Per SpaceNews, Simera Sense won a deal to supply eight multispectral imagers for a new regional EO constellation.
Firefly wins $13 million NASA JPL subcontract for Mars mission aeroshell
Firefly Aerospace will build the aeroshell for NASA JPL's SkyFall Mars helicopter mission under a $13 million subcontract.
Martin Materials Solutions wins $7.1M Pentagon coverglass production award
A Defense Production Act grant expands U.S. manufacturing of radiation-resistant satellite solar cell cover glass.
Austria selects R-Space to build second military satellite
Austria's Ministry of Defence picked R-Space to build Aurora, a laser-comms and quantum-encryption demonstration satellite due in 2027.
ICEYE wins Iberdrola pilot deal to monitor grid amid extreme weather
Iberdrola picked ICEYE for a 12-month satellite grid-monitoring pilot.
MDA Space wins Mitsubishi Electric subcontract for Japan's next-gen milsatcom
MDA Space will build the digital payload and antennas for Japan's next-generation defence communications satellite.
Lite Coms wins $22 million satcom contract for operational readiness
Lite Coms won a $22 million satcom contract for an undisclosed government customer's operational readiness.
SI Imaging Services signs satellite-leasing deal with an undisclosed overseas customer
Per ZDNet Korea: a Sat-aaS contract on the 25 cm SpaceEye-T, worth tens of millions of dollars, customer undisclosed.
ESA and European Commission sign in-space servicing pact; Thales Alenia wins EROSS SC
An ISOS joint declaration at ILA Berlin, plus six Horizon Europe projects launched, led by a EUR 12M servicing-spacecraft award.
BlackSky wins NRO contract modification to accelerate AROS broad-area imaging satellites
The mod funds a path to a flight-ready broad-area mapping system in 2028; NRO puts total contract value above $150M, per Defense Daily.
Blue Origin, Boeing, Umbra revealed as Space Force SB-AMTI vendors
Blue Origin, Boeing and Umbra signed SB-AMTI contracts June 2, growing the Space Force's tracking-satellite vendor pool to 12 companies.
Delta Air Lines picks Amazon Leo over Starlink for in-flight WiFi
Delta will equip 500 aircraft with Amazon Leo satellite WiFi starting in 2028, passing over SpaceX's Starlink for the deal.