Astrocast/Hiber Swiss satellite-IoT provider Astrocast SA revealed plans on 30 May to purchase European compatriot and fellow IoT services provider Hiber Global, of the Netherlands. Astrocast is currently working towards a second IPO, on the Euronext Growth Paris...
While the ELSa-D docking test mission is not going to plan in orbit due to thruster issues, its owner/developer Astroscale did have something to smile about. It has received US$16 milion (€15 million) in funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate an...
A French start-up Gama has contracted NanoAvionics to build its first satellite, GAMA ALPHA, a solar sail demonstration mission. The announcement released on 26 May outlines that it will be based on NanoAvionics’ 6U CubeSat platform and is planned to launch in...
While its competitors seem determined to add ever more numbers to their proposed or under construction satellite constellations, satellite operator Telesat has bucked the trend and reduced the size of its planned Telesat Lightspeed ensemble. Its original plan was to...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, USA at 1835 GMT on 25 May 2022. Transporter-5 is the fifth “Transporter” rideshare mission from SpaceX. The reusable B1061 first stage, on its eighth flight, successfully...
A Chinese rocket, Long March 2C (CZ-2C), has been launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China at 1030 GMT on 20 May 2022, according to reports by Xinhua. The vehicle reportedly carried three “communication test satellites”, as yet unnamed, to lower Earth...
