Satellite News

Bangladesh has signed a US$250 million deal with French-Italian firm Thales Alenia Space to build the country’s first communications satellite, officials said.

One year since Philae made its historic landing on a comet, mission teams remain hopeful for renewed contact with the lander, while also looking ahead to next year’s grand finale: making a controlled impact of the Rosetta orbiter on the comet.

Iceye announced a US$2.8 million Series A funding round led by True Ventures, with participation from Lifeline Ventures and Founder.org. In September, ICEYE also secured EUR2.5 million in R&D funding from SME Instrument within EU Horizon 2020. Iceye provides quick-response imagery from space with microsatellites equipped with imaging radar technology.