ASD Eurospace CEOs say Europe lacks the industrial model to match its space capabilities
Per ASD Eurospace President Marco Fuchs: Europe needs "strong and determined institutional customers" to anchor a stable space market.
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Open Cosmos selected as approved provider for UK's £8bn TacSys framework
Open Cosmos becomes an approved provider on the UK's £8 billion TacSys defence-communications framework.
NASA consolidates launch programs into single procurement office
NASA is merging its launch programs into one office weighing block buys of launch services, per SpaceNews.
Vantor wins Navy contract to support Indo-Pacific maritime awareness
Vantor's Maritime Sentry will feed SAR and optical imagery into the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness.
Blue Origin wins $700M NASA Mars Telecommunications Network contract
NASA picked Blue Origin over Rocket Lab to build and operate a $700 million Mars telecom orbiter due by December 2028.
ESA signs first European Launcher Challenge contracts worth €543.6 million
ESA awarded Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and PLD Space a combined €543.6 million to fly alternatives to Ariane 6.
Spire, Muon Space, Weather Stream win NOAA microwave-sounder awards
NOAA's TMATE program awarded Spire, Muon Space, and Weather Stream a combined $46.5 million to build new microwave sounding instruments.
LeoLabs wins $20.68M Space Force OTA for Scout-S radar
LeoLabs will deliver a modified Scout-S radar system for the Space Force under a $20.68 million prototype award.
India moves to hand Kulasekarapattinam spaceport to private operators
India has begun transferring operation and maintenance of the Rs 986 crore Kulasekarapattinam launch facility to private companies.
SpaceWERX awards $562.5 million across 11 STRATFI startups
SpaceWERX named 11 STRATFI awardees at the Fed Supernova conference, matching $562.5 million in Space Force and private funding.
Agile Space Industries · Antares Nuclear · EO Solutions · Hydrosat · Kall Morris · Method Security · Muon Space · Scout Space · Sedaro · Star Catcher · ThinkOrbital2 sources →
Space Force awards five satellite firms $60 million for network tests
Amazon Leo, Lockheed, Northrop, Rocket Lab and York Space each get $12M to test linking to Space Force's satellite network.
HawkEye 360 wins NRO's first operational commercial RF contract
HawkEye 360 became the first commercial RF provider to reach an operational NRO contract after completing three BAA test phases.
CNES seeks industry partner for mass-producible satellite telescope
CNES issued an RFI for a compact, diamond-machined optical telescope meant to scale past 1,000 units for constellations.
Firefly wins NASA payload-processing contract for Vandenberg missions
NASA added Firefly to its Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract, letting it compete for payload-processing task orders at Vandenberg.
Firefly, D-Orbit and Katalyst win Pentagon deorbit-as-a-service study awards
SDA and DIU tapped Firefly, D-Orbit and Katalyst for a combined $8.4 million to design commercial satellite-deorbit services.
Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA radio-occultation data contracts
NOAA awarded Spire $3.7 million and PlanetiQ $2.7 million for GNSS radio-occultation weather data through early December.
Firefly's SciTec wins $94 million Space Force radar contract
SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace subsidiary, won a $93.7 million Space Force contract to modernize ground-based radar.
Golden Dome program launches digital hub for commercial engagement
Golden Dome opened a public web portal letting companies submit concepts and access unclassified program data before formal solicitations.
Voyager Technologies wins Space Force space-to-space comms deal
Voyager Technologies won a Space Force contract to develop space-to-space communications; value undisclosed.
EU Commission signs deal expanding IRIS2 constellation to 348 satellites
The European Commission and SpaceRISE concluded a deal adding 66 satellites to IRIS2, taking the program to EUR15.6 billion.
European Commission · SES · Eutelsat · Hispasat · Airbus Defence and Space · Thales Alenia Space · OHB5 sources →
Rocket Lab wins $266 million Space Force contract for HASTE launches
Space Systems Command awarded Rocket Lab $266 million for 12 HASTE suborbital launches from Alaska, with an option for six more.
NRO awards Capella, ICEYE and Umbra new commercial radar-imagery contracts
The NRO awarded Capella Space, ICEYE U.S. and Umbra new contracts to expand government use of commercial SAR imagery.
Telesat signs $2.3 billion Canadian Arctic military satcom contract
Telesat signed a firm $2.3 billion CAD contract for Canada's Arctic military connectivity, expanding Lightspeed by 69 satellites.
Telesat wins C$2.3 billion Arctic satcom contract from Canada
Canada awarded Telesat a C$2.3 billion Arctic military satcom contract, expanding Lightspeed by 69 satellites to 225 total.
Spire wins $3 million NOAA extension for hyperspectral sounder data
NOAA extended its evaluation of Spire's Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder data with a $3 million contract add-on.
Rocket Lab wins $397 million Space Force contract for AMTI Flatellites
Rocket Lab and STR split $615 million to build airborne-target-tracking satellites for the Space Force's SB-AMTI program.
Space Force picks 15 firms for $981 million space test and training contract
Rocket Lab, Firefly, Redwire, Sierra Space, Viasat and York join legacy primes competing for NITE-STAR training-range task orders.
Amentum · BAE Systems · Boeing · CACI · Firefly Aerospace · L3Harris · Lockheed Martin Space · Northrop Grumman · Pacific Crest Alliance · Parsons Government Services · Redwire · Rocket Lab · Sierra Space · Viasat · York Space Systems · Space Systems Command2 sources →
Hisdesat contracts Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to build SpainSat NG III
Spain's satellite operator signed the industrial contract for a replacement secure-comms satellite after SpainSat NG II's total loss.
Planet Labs wins Scottish government contract for farmland monitoring
Scotland's government picked Planet, via reseller Computacenter, for a one-year, seven-figure satellite-monitoring deal.
SpaceX wins $1.6 billion Space Force order for 18 Falcon 9 launches
The Space Force ordered 18 Falcon 9 launches through 2027 for missile-tracking, targeting and comms satellites, worth $1.6B.
All Points wins $250 million Space Force satellite-processing contract
All Points Logistics will build a new satellite processing center at Vandenberg, the largest Space Force award of its kind to date.
OHB Italia to lead Italy's PRISMA second-generation satellite build
OHB Italia, Thales Alenia Space and Leonardo will build Italy's next hyperspectral satellite, tripling ground resolution to 10 meters.
ESA opens tender to repurpose Gateway's Lunar Link comms module
ESA is soliciting feasibility studies to turn its Gateway-built Lunar Link payload into a standalone lunar comms satellite.
AMOS wins ONERA contract to build French space-surveillance telescope
Belgium's AMOS will build PROVIDENCE, a 2.5-metre telescope giving France's Air and Space Force LEO object-tracking down to 10 cm.
Space Force triples NSSL Lane 1 launch contract ceiling to $17 billion
Space Force raised the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 launch contract ceiling from $5.6 billion to $17 billion for its seven-provider vendor pool.
Space Force · SpaceX · United Launch Alliance · Blue Origin · Rocket Lab · Stoke Space · Impulse Space · Relativity Space3 sources →
Arianespace CEO urges EU, Germany to buy Ariane 6 in blocks
Per Hartpunkt: David Cavaillolès says a 10-20-launch block order would 'completely change' Ariane 6's supply chain planning.
SpaceX in early talks to supply Pentagon AI computing power
Per the Wall Street Journal, the multi-billion-dollar computing deal is still being negotiated and could fall apart.
Defense Innovation Unit opens commercial contest for space-based power beaming
DIU's solicitation seeks commercial proposals to beam electrical power to and from orbit, aiming for a 2030 capability.
UK Space Agency misses deadline to award debris-removal contract
The UK Space Agency missed its deadline to award a GBP75.6 million debris-removal contract to Astroscale or ClearSpace.
L3Harris and Sierra Space win $1.75 billion SDA missile-tracking award
The Space Development Agency awarded the two companies a combined $1.75 billion to build 36 Tranche 3 missile-tracking satellites.
Space Force adds Relativity, Impulse Space to NSSL Lane 1
Space Force added Relativity Space and Impulse Space to its NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 launch-services pool.
Space Force awards Pulse Space $40 million for laser power tech
Pulse Space won a $40 million Space Force contract to mature laser-based power and data transmission between spacecraft.
Space Force completes reorganization into nine acquisition portfolios
Space Force finished restructuring procurement around nine mission-focused portfolios instead of individual programs, per SpaceNews.
NASA finds Umbra SAR data misses geolocation accuracy spec
NASA's CSDA program found Umbra's SAR data underperforms on geolocation accuracy and radiometric calibration versus reference systems.
BlackSky wins US R&D contracts for Gen-3 AI target-recognition analytics
BlackSky says it won multiple US R&D contracts to add AI target-recognition and damage detection to its Gen-3 imagery.
SES wins 5-year Space Systems Command Ku-band deal
SES Space & Defense won a 5-year blanket purchase agreement to supply the US Space Force with managed Ku-band connectivity.
NASA releases draft RFP for Commercial LEO Destinations space stations
NASA issued a draft RFP for Commercial LEO Destinations, planning to fund at least two station builders in early development.
NASA awards $590 million across four lunar lander missions
Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines split nearly $600 million in new NASA lunar lander task orders.
GAO flags cost overruns, schedule risk in Space Force satellites
A GAO assessment found cost overruns and schedule slips across several Space Force missile-warning and satcom programs.
Airbus wins ESA contract to build Aeolus-2 wind-sensing satellite
ESA and EUMETSAT contract Airbus to build a successor to the Aeolus wind-lidar satellite as an operational service.
Space Force fields L3Harris's Meadowlands satellite-jamming system
The Space Force operationally accepted L3Harris's mobile counter-communications jammer.
MDA Space wins C$688 million CSA contract to build RADARSAT replenishment satellite
The award covers build, launch, commissioning and ground upgrades for a CHORUS-based SAR satellite, per SpaceQ.
Parsons wins $245 million Navy contract for satellite ground systems
Parsons' ground-systems unit won a five-year, $245 million Navy IDIQ to keep running NRL's Blossom Point tracking facility.
NASA adds three European firms to CSDA data program
Per SpaceNews, NASA added three European Earth-observation firms to its CSDA commercial-data contract.
Norway's NVE selects ICEYE for nationwide flood monitoring
ICEYE will provide always-on SAR flood tracking across mainland Norway and Svalbard under a one-year government contract.
Portugal orders two more ICEYE SAR satellites for its air force
Portugal is expanding its sovereign SAR constellation from one satellite to four, all built by ICEYE.
DR Congo orders its first Earth observation satellite, RDC-SAT 1, from SPACEBEL
The Belgian firm calls it the first made-in-Belgium commercial satellite; RTBF reports a hyperspectral instrument aboard.
Calian, Kepler and MDA Space win CSA studies for Canada's next-gen EO ground segment
Three contracts of up to C$804,000 each, C$2.4M total, for RADARSAT+ ground-segment concept studies, per SpaceQ.
Starlink wins $8.2 million Louisiana BEAD grant for 10,635 rural locations
ConnectLA signed an $8.2 million BEAD deal with Starlink for 10,635 rural locations too costly to reach with fiber.
ESA awards Thales Alenia Space €700 million contract for Sentinel-1 NG
Thales Alenia Space will build two next-generation Sentinel-1 radar satellites, with Airbus supplying the SAR instruments.
SpaceX wins $4.16 billion Space Force airborne-tracking satellite contract
Space Systems Command awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion for the initial phase of its SB-AMTI airborne-threat-tracking satellite program.
SpaceX wins $2.29 billion Space Force contract for data network backbone
Space Systems Command awarded SpaceX $2.29 billion to build the backbone of its new military Space Data Network.