Raytheon Technologies has secured a contract valued at over US$250 million from the US Space Development Agency (SDA) to build a constellation of seven low Earth orbit (LEO) missile-tracking satellites. The SDA will use the constellation to warn of, track, and target...
On 21 February, Rivada Space Networks GmbH contracted American manufacturer Terran Orbital to produce 300 satellites in the 500 kg range for a planned LEO secure data-relay constellation. Rivada Space Networks is the German subsidiary of US company Rivada Networks,...
US startup SpaceLink may be forced to file for insolvency, after its Australian parent company Electro Optic Systems Holdings (EOS) announced that it would no longer fund the satellite optical data-relay constellation subsidiary. In a statement on 31 October, EOS said...
Globalstar, one of the original LEO constellation operators, will be used by Apple to allow iPhone users to send emergency messages via satellite from remote locations. The partnership, which makes Apple Globalstar’s biggest customer, was made public shortly after an...
BAE Systems plans to launch a multi-sensor satellite cluster dubbed Azalea into low Earth orbit (LEO) in 2024. The constellation, known as “Azalea” will consist of four satellites which are collectively able to gather, analyse and communicate SAR...
The Norweigan government, through Space Norway, has ordered its first 300 kg MicroSAR satellite from British company Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to start work on a radar satellite system for maritime surveillance. The order, announced by SSTL on 26 August,...
