Satellite News

MDA Ltd. announced that it is receiving C$269 million from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the next phase of the Canadarm3 programme.

Astroscale Ltd., the U.K. and European subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. announced that the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Astroscale Ltd., to lead a collision avoidance study that’s part of the Collision Risk Estimation and Automated Mitigation (CREAM) activities in ESA’s Space Safety Program.

Virgin Orbit and European in-space manufacturing tech start-up Space Forge have announced an agreement to launch the first satellite developed in Wales in summer 2022.

Satellogic Inc. announced it has shipped five satellites to be launched in early Q2 from Cape Canaveral. The launch will be part of SpaceX’s Transporter-4 mission onboard a Falcon 9 rocket under SpaceX’s rideshare programme.