August 2025

  • Airbus-built CO3D Constellation Successfully Launched to Map Our Planet in 3D
  • Hanwha Aerospace to Receive Full Technology Transfer for South Korea’s Homegrown Space Rocket Nuri
  • GovSat Orders a Defence Telecommunications Satellite from Thales Alenia Space
  • Astroscale U.S. Signs Space Act Agreement with NASA to Advance National Security On-Orbit Servicing Capabilities

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Eutelsat and Station Satcom Expand Long-standing Partnership, Integrating LEO Capacity to Deliver Global Maritime Connectivity

30 July 2025 – Eutelsat and longtime partner Station Satcom, a leader in maritime communications headquartered in India, have signed a new agreement to deliver Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO connectivity services to the global maritime sector. The deal marks a significant strategic expansion for Station Satcom, which will integrate OneWeb’s LEO capabilities into its portfolio to…

Viasat Selected to Deliver Next-Generation Encryption for US Government Cloud Data Centers

30 July 2025 – Viasat announced it was selected by the U.S. Government to build a next-generation Ethernet Data Encryptor (EDE) solution as part of a sole-source multi-million dollar Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award. Under this award, Viasat will design and develop this new high-assurance (formerly Type 1), high-speed EDE to meet the most stringent…

Astroscale’s New Patent Transforms Space Debris Removal

29 July 2025 – As low Earth orbit becomes increasingly congested with aging satellites and fragmented debris, and new satellites are launched at an accelerating pace, Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, announces a major step forward: the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,234,043…

Arianespace Successfully Launches CO3D and MicroCarb Satellites

26 July 2025 – Arianespace successfully launched Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite. This mission, called “VV27” was performed using an Arianespace operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The main passengers, the four satellites composing the CO3D constellation, were placed into Sun-synchronous orbit…

Thales Alenia Space Signs a Contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to Develop the First Human Outpost on the Lunar Surface

25 July 2025 – Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to perform the preliminary design phase, including development of critical enabling technologies, of the pressurized Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module for the lunar surface. Planned for launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2033, the MPH module will be…