L3Harris Technologies plans to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for US$4.7 billion. Based in California, Aerojet Rocketdyne manufactures rocket engines and propulsion systems for the defence and space industries, including the RS-25 engines for NASA’s Space Launch System...
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...
Prospective French in-space transportation company, Exotrail, has signed an agreement with upcoming German launch provider Isar Aerospace. The contract covers several launches to low Earth (LEO) and geostationary transfer orbits (GTO) on Isar’s in-development...
New space company York Space Systems and Ball Aerospace have each won construction and operation contracts from the Space Development Agency (SDA), an agency within the USA’s Space Force. Colorado based York Space was awarded a US$200 million contract from the...
French new-space company Unseenlabs has ordered another six 6U-CubeSats from nanosatellite manufacturer and operator GomSpace, to expand its growing fleet. The six new satellites, which will be modelled on an upgraded platform jointly developed with Unseenlabs, will...
Fundraising in the world of newspace has continued for companies in the USA and China during August. Xona Space Systems American newspace company Xona Space Systems (Xona) announced that it had completed a round of fundraising on 3 August. The company raised...
