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Satellites

Radio astronomers are looking to the future as satellite mega-constellations light up the sky

There are plenty of astronomers who worry that the thousands of satellites that are being launched into low Earth orbit… Read More

Xplore says it’s brought in $16.2M so far for ‘Space as a Service’ satellite program

In a recap of its first five years of existence, Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore reports that it’s received $16.2 million in… Read More

Starlink satellites in orbit

SpaceX’s falling Starlink satellites highlight concerns about the future of orbital traffic

SpaceX says that most of the satellites it launched last week for its Starlink broadband internet constellation are doomed to… Read More

Starlink satellites with Venus and the Pleiades

Astronomers set up a new center to address issues raised by SpaceX and Amazon satellite networks

The International Astronomical Union is heading up the creation of a new center to deal with the complications created by… Read More

Xplore makes a deal to use OrbAstro’s satellite platforms for space missions

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. to use its standardized satellite platform for a variety… Read More

Mangata raises $33M for hybrid satellite network with connections to Seattle tech community

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Mangata Networks, a Phoenix-based startup with links to the Seattle area, has closed a $33 million investment… Read More

Rajeev Badyal

In a new video, Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights satellite broadband for folks off the beaten track

Amazon’s Project Kuiper hasn’t yet launched a single satellite, but in a video released this week, it’s talking up what… Read More

RBC Signals teams up with Inmarsat to boost Internet of Things connectivity

Redmond-based RBC Signals has made a strategic agreement with one of the world’s biggest satellite operators, Inmarsat, to put more… Read More

Thanks to new satellites, BlackSky picks up the pace for updating space imagery

BlackSky says it has set a new standard for refreshing its satellite views of spots on Earth after adding six… Read More

Kymeta antenna tested with OneWeb satellite service

Kymeta and OneWeb move ahead with flat panel terminal for satellite internet service

Kymeta Corp., the antenna venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has signed onto a joint development agreement with OneWeb… Read More

Rocket Lab launch

Rocket Lab launches two more Earth observation satellites for BlackSky — and tracks a falling rocket

BlackSky’s Earth-watching constellation has grown by two satellites, thanks to Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle and Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.’s logistical… Read More

Astra rocket in Alaska

Astra Space joins broadband internet race with proposal to launch 13,000 satellites

Make room for yet another competitor in the market to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space,… Read More

Amazon schedules first Kuiper satellite launches for 2022 using ABL’s RS1 rocket

Amazon plans to launch the first two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation by late 2022, using… Read More

Project Kuiper coverage

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Verizon join forces on satellite and cellular connectivity

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Verizon Communications say they’ll collaborate on connectivity solutions that capitalize on Kuiper’s future broadband satellite constellation… Read More

Otter space tug at work

Founded by Blue Origin veterans, Starfish Space raises $7M for satellite servicing tug

Kent, Wash.-based Starfish Space says it’s raised $7 million to boost its drive to develop a space tug capable of… Read More

Xplore platform

Xplore wins $2M contract from Pentagon initiative to speed up satellite development

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore says it has received a $2 million contract from National Security Innovation Capital, a hardware development accelerator… Read More

Sherpa-LTE1 in orbit

RBC Signals strikes deal to hook up ground stations with Spaceflight Inc.’s orbital tugs

Two Seattle-area space companies have forged an alliance to facilitate space-to-ground communications for orbital transfer vehicles. Under the terms of… Read More

Sherpa-ES

Spaceflight Inc. unveils a new breed of orbital tug that’s built for far-out missions

When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends a robotic lander to the moon’s south pole, perhaps as early as next… Read More

BlackSky NYSE graphic

Beyond satellites: Now that it’s gone public, BlackSky will boldly go into new markets

As a private venture, BlackSky made a name for itself providing satellite imagery and data analysis primarily for military and… Read More

BlackSky Global satellites

BlackSky satellite data venture glides into first day of public trading after SPAC deal

BlackSky, the geospatial data analysis company that got its start in Seattle, eased into its first day of public trading… Read More

Paul Allen-backed effort completes groundbreaking atlas of Earth’s coral reefs to aid conservation

After four years of collaboration, an international team of researchers and institutions has produced the Allen Coral Atlas, the first… Read More

Atlas V launch for Amazon

Amazon fires back at SpaceX in regulatory war of words over satellite constellations

Amazon laid out out a laundry list of SpaceX’s regulatory tussles today in a letter sent to the Federal Communications… Read More

Kymeta-OneWeb test rig

Kymeta teams up with OneWeb to test mobile satellite broadband service

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has joined forces with OneWeb to… Read More

Musk and Bezos

Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and… Read More

Project Kuiper antenna design

Facebook’s satellite connectivity team switches over to Amazon’s Project Kuiper

Facebook has struck a deal to have more than a dozen of its wireless internet experts move over to Amazon… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster landing

SpaceX launches 88 spacecraft into orbit — including two of Spaceflight’s orbital tugs

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent dozens of satellites into orbit today with a launch that featured an unusual on-the-ground touchdown… Read More

Clean-room workers with satellite

LeoStella delivers first Loft Orbital satellite for SpaceX’s jam-packed rideshare mission

SpaceX is getting set to launch scores of satellites for its Transporter-2 rideshare mission, and one of those satellites marks… Read More

Tony Frego at Spaceflight Inc. clean room

Inside look: Spaceflight ships out Sherpa orbital tugs to give 36 spacecraft a ride

AUBURN, Wash. — A pair of space tugs are beginning their journey from Spaceflight Inc.’s clean room, south of Seattle,… Read More

LeoStella satellite assembly

Inside the satellite factory: How LeoStella uses software to track spacecraft hardware

TUKWILA, Wash. — LeoStella’s satellite factory has tons of hardware spread out over 22,000 square feet of space, but the… Read More

Telesat Phase 1 LEO satellite

Microsoft and Ball Aerospace enlist the cloud to speed up Space Force’s data flow

How will Pentagon planners cope with the torrents of data that are expected to rain down from a constellation of… Read More

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