Rocket Lab conducts final launch of 2019, deploys 7 sats
On 6 December 2019, at 8:18 am UTC, launch provider Rocket Lab conducted its 10th mission - and the final one of 2019 - from its launch site at New...
Australian startup Inovor Technologies wins US$1.7m defence contract
Australian Newspace startup Inovor Technologies, which provides a host of nanosatellite solutions, has won a defence contract worth AU$2.5m (US$1.7m).
Under the contract, Inovor will deliver a satellite bus from its existing...
Indian gvt starts New Space company, confirms Chandrayaan-3
The Indian government has announced the incorporation of a new state-owned company, New Space India Limited (NSIL), to commercially exploit the R&D work of India's space agency ISRO.
The new...
Singapore’s Infinite Orbits wins NewSpace Pitch at APSCC2019
Last week, during the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC)'s annual Satellite Conference and Exhibition (APSCC2019), Singapore/UK startup Infinite Orbits clinched the top prize at the event's first ever NewSpace Pitch Competition....
Space BD to facilitate Crest Astra’s 1st nanosat launch
Japan-based Space BD has been selected to broker the launch of the first nanosatellite developed by Crest Astra, a Japanese startup planning to develop and commercialize nanosatellites and launchers.
The launch of...
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...
NanoAvionics to build nanosat for Singapore’s CaLeMPSat Research Mission
Nanosatellite mission integrator NanoAvionics has received a contract to build a 12U nanosatellite bus for the Singaporean research mission “Cathode-Less Micro Propulsion Satellite” (CaLeMPSat). The satellite bus is targeted to be...
The ALE-2 “shooting star” satellite to launch on Rocket Lab’s Electron
Tokyo-based NewSpace company ALE will be launching its
second satellite, ALE-2, with Rocket Lab’s Electron on 25 November. ALE-2 will attempt
to realize the company’s aim of producing man-made shooting stars, with the
hope...
Saber Astronautics secures a US$1.4m contract with Australia’s Department of Defence
Australia’s Department of Defence has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a Defence Innovation Hub contract for an intelligent data fusion network to process a large number of space objects.
The...
Singapore’s Addvalue delivers data relay system to Capella Space
Singapore's Addvalue has delivered the first flight model of its Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) terminal to startup Capella Space, which will fit the terminal aboard a LEO SAR satellite slated...