SES announced that its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites was successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, on December 17 2024 at 5:26 pm local time.

Today, NASA announced completion of the first round of human-in-the-loop testing for the Intuitive Machines Moon RACER lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) at the agency’s Johnson Space Center.

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for project establishment to create a basic capability for satellite launches from SSC’s Esrange Space Center.

ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for high-fidelity Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions, today announced that it has closed a $65M extension of the company’s earlier growth funding round of $93M, announced in April 2024.

Ovzon has received an initial 12-month order for Ovzon 3, valued at 185 MSEK (17 MUSD), from its partner, Swedish Space Corporation (SSC).

Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build the extension of its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.

ThinKom Solutions, Inc. (ThinKom) and SNC have successfully integrated the ThinAir® GT 2517 on SNC’s RAPCON-X aircraft to support SNC’s contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) service programs.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has successfully delivered its second Pioneer spacecraft to Vandenberg Space Force Base and completed production and testing of a third for Varda Space Industries, Inc. (“Varda”), the world's first orbital pharmaceutical processing and hypersonic Earth re-entry logistics company.

Quadsat has worked with NATO NCIA to perform a measurement campaign to verify US Space Force’s Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) compliance.

Satcube, a fast-growing European technology company that develops lightweight terminals to provide high-speed satellite broadband connectivity, announces that it has received a major purchase order via the EU SatCom Market amounting to 1 MEUR.

On December 16 2024 at 7:52 p.m. ET, the seventh Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-designed and -built Global Positioning System (GPS) III space vehicle, GPS III SV07, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, into orbit 12,550 miles above earth.

Space42 (ADX: SPACE42), the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, announced that it has signed an AED 18.7 billion (USD 5.1 billion) contract with the UAE Government to provide critical, secure communication services for a further 17 years beyond 2026 until 2043.

SpaceRISE, the consortium comprising Eutelsat, Hispasat and SES, has signed the agreement with the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) that will see the consortium design, deliver and operate the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) for a period of 12 years.

Leading Belgian technology services provider neXat has been appointed to a European Union consortium set up to provide infrastructure to support greater satellite communications capacity for governments across the continent.

Deimos, an Indra company, has joined the GEORyder consortium. GeoRyder is led by Infinite Orbits, a NewSpace in orbit services company focused on GEO orbit, and supported by the EU under the Horizon Grant.

AAC Clyde Space has won a EUR 0.6 M (approx. SEK 6.6 M) order for Sirius computers, GNSS receivers and related services.