Satellite News

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems (OSS) have been awarded UK National Space Technology Programme funding to develop an innovative and stowage-efficient Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload.

Airbus Defence and Space has completed construction of the Cheops satellite (Characterising Exoplanet Satellite). The European Space Agency (ESA) recently gave the green light at the Qualification and Acceptance Review.

York Space Systems announced its S-CLASS spacecraft platform has officially been shipped to the launch site for the company’s inaugural mission.

The U.S. Air Force is tracking at least 270 debris fragments created by an Indian anti-satellite missile test, but the debris field posed no immediate threat to the International Space Station or most other satellites in low Earth orbit, U.S. military officials said.

India successfully tested an indigenously-developed anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile, shooting down a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite. The announcement about the test was made in a national broadcast by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said the action was not directed against any country and the satellite was a pre-determined target orbiting at an altitude of 300 km.

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has been awarded the prime contract to develop the next generation cluster of formation-flying microsatellites for HawkEye 360 Inc.

Vector has announced its GalacticSky division has achieved a major milestone on its path to launch its first GalacticSky software-defined satellite, GSky-1.

Thales Alenia Space said it is taking 3D printing into series production to make components for telecom satellites built on the company’s new all-electric Spacebus Neo platform.