There were a number of launch and spacecraft orders this month.
Courtesy: Starfish Space
- NASA is going to fund a Starship Space debris inspection mission launching in late 2026
- In a blow for Europe’s (late and expensive) Ariane 6, Eutelsat signs multi-launch agreement for Japan’s H3
- Astranis small GEO comsats will be US military Ka-band communications compatible under a US$13.2 million deal
- Satellite imagery firm Planet Labs will provide Earth-observation data and services to the German Space Agency DLR as part of a three year deal for an undisclosed sum
- Impulse Space will transport Space Network Services satellites to geostationary orbit after signing a contract with the French startup
- Interstellar, a Japanese space infrastructure company, secured a government grant worth up to ¥4.63B (US$32.5m)
