Satellite News

Planet Labs PBC unveiled details about plans for Pelican, its next-generation satellite constellation, which was previously announced at Planet Explore 2021.

NASA awarded nearly US$280 million worth of contracts to private firms to begin developing near-Earth space communication services that may support future missions, the agency said last week.

Aphelion Aerospace announced reached a major milestone in developing the company’s commercial launch services with the completion of critical propulsion system testing.

IHI AEROSPACE Co., Ltd (IA) received order for launching the small SAR satellites owned by Institute for Q-Shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (‘iQPS’). IA and iQPS signed the contract for launch service of QPS-SAR-3 and QPS-SAR-4 (*2) on 18 April 2022.