Dawn Aerospace partners with Orbital Transports to expand US business
New Zealand-based Dawn Aerospace, which is developing green bi-propellant satellite propulsion systems, has signed an MoU with Chicago-based turnkey satellite solutions company Orbital Transports.
With this partnership, Dawn's propulsion systems will...
Australian startup Myriota closes US$15m Series A funding round
Myriota, an Australian startup aiming to provide nanosatellite internet of things (IoT) connectivity, has just closed a US$15 million Series A funding round.
The round was led by Australian VC firms Main...
New Zealand invests $3m into space research projects, $26m into MethaneSAT
New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) has set up a Str Catalyst: Strategic Space Fund, which has recently invested NZ$500,000 (approximately US$300,000) into each of six space research...
Capricorn Space secures licences to establish ground stations in Australia
Melbourne-based Capricorn Space, a ground segment operator and service provider founded in early 2018, has secured licences from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to establish ground infrastructure in Australia.
Initial...
RBC Signals signs agreement with Taiwan-based ODYSSEUS Space
RBC Signals, a 'Global Ground Station Network' that aggregates the unused capacity of existing satellite ground stations around the world, and ODYSSEUS Space today announced a collaboration to enhance RBC Signals’ global ground...
Gilmour Space, RUAG Space sign supply agreement
Gilmour Space Technologies has signed a long-term collaboration and supply agreement with global launch industry supplier, RUAG Space, according to a press release.
The agreement, the first of its kind in Australia,...
Interview: Aliena & NuSpace on constellation management and Singapore’s space industry
Aliena and NuSpace are two new Singapore space startups, both having spun off from research institutions in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) respectively. Aliena was...
Black Sky Aerospace to help the UK’s Raptor Aerospace conduct launch tests in Australia
Queensland-based launch provider, Black Sky Aerospace, is facilitating UK company Raptor Aerospace's rocket motor test and sounding rocket launch campaign, to be conducted in Australia's Beyond the Blue sub-orbital launch facility....
Odysseus Space to collaborate with Taiwanese university on pulse plasma thruster
Taiwanese company Odysseus Space has just announced a collaboration with Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to develop a Pulse Plasma Thruster (PPT) propulsion system for small satellites, known as ARGO.
This...
Australian govt awards AU$1.235m defence contract to Saber Astronautics
Australia’s Department of Defence has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a Phase II Defence Innovation Hub contract to advance the capability in detecting degraded electronic signals, according to the company's...