Category Archives: Industry news

Infinite Orbits and Arianespace Sign MoU to Advance European Direct-to-GEO Launch Capabilities

7 July 2026 – Infinite Orbits and Arianespace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a framework for future collaboration on multiple direct-to-geostationary orbit (GEO) launch services. Announced during the French NewSpace Summit, the partnership brings together Arianespace’s decades of launch heritage with Infinite Orbits’ next-generation in-orbit servicing capabilities. The collaboration reflects the…

SES Space & Defense Wins BPA to Deliver Flexible Satellite Connections

7 July 2026 – SES’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SES Space & Defense, won a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to provide reliable and secure managed satellite services. This deal enables the Department of War (DoW) to quickly order global Ku-band connectivity, helping people stay connected and protected, even…

Gilat Receives $11 Million in U.S. Department of War Orders, Reinforcing Role in Mission-Critical Defense Connectivity

7 July 2026 – Gilat Satellite Networks, a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, today announced that Gilat DataPath has received orders totaling $11 million to supply field services and custom SATCOM terminals to the U.S. Department of War. Deliveries are expected over the next 12 months. The orders add to Gilat…

Neo Space Group Strengthens Next-Generation Aviation Connectivity with Deployment of Hughes JUPITER™ 3 Gateway Infrastructure for NSG SATCOM

6 July 2026 – Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, today announced the successful deployment of three advanced ground gateway systems in collaboration with Hughes Network Systems, LLC (an EchoStar company), leveraging the JUPITER™ 3 ground system to support next-generation in-flight connectivity (IFC) services powered by…

CGWIC Successfully Launches the Eleventh Batch of Satellites of Spacesail Constellation by LM-6A Launch Vehicle

4 July 2026 – At 17:30, July 4th, 2026 BJT, Long March 6A (LM-6A) Launch Vehicle blasted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), successfully sending the thirteenth batch of 18 satellites of Spacesail Constellation into the predetermined orbit. The launch services for the abovementioned satellites of Spacesail Constellation are prime-contracted by China Great Wall…

Airbus Awarded Aeolus-2 Wind Sensing Satellite Contract

2 July 2026 – Airbus Defence and Space has signed the initial contract for the design and build of the Aeolus-2 wind sensing satellite from the European Space Agency (ESA) at a ceremony at ESA’s UK headquarters ECSAT at Harwell. Aeolus-2 will follow the first Aeolus wind sensing satellite built by Airbus and launched in…

Mitsubishi Electric Awarded Subsidy to Develop Full Digital Payload under JAXA’s Space Strategy Fund

1 July 2026 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a subsidy for the Development of Internationally Competitive Full Digital Payload under the Development and Demonstration of Technologies for Internationally Competitive Communications Payloads, which is being financed by the 2nd phase of the Space Strategy Fund1 managed by the Japan Aerospace…

SES, Sharp to Collaborate on Japan MEO Satellite Services

30 June 2026 – SES and Sharp Corporation plan to collaborate on work to combine SES’s medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite network with Sharp’s advanced communication technologies and user terminals to enable high-availability satellite communications services in Japan. As part of this collaboration, Sharp is advancing the development of a new compact MEO user terminal,…

Thales Alenia Space Awarded Contract by Es’hailSat to Build Cutting-edge Telecommunications Satellite

30 June 2026 – Thales Alenia Space announces the signing of a contract with Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, to develop a new generation software-defined satellite based on the Space INSPIRE (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) platform by Thales Alenia Space. Named Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni, this satellite will offer high-speed broadband connectivity services across Europe, Africa, Central Asia…

SKY Perfect JSAT Starts Data Provision from JAXA’s “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4) Advanced Radar Satellite

30 June 2026 – SKY Perfect JSAT announces that it will begin providing observation data from the advanced radar satellite “DAICHI-4” (“ALOS-4”), operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), from late July. SKY Perfect JSAT will not only provide observation data from ALOS-4 directly to end users but also integrate it into its infrastructure…