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Reflex Aerospace and Umbra Partners to Deliver SAR Satellite for Europe
Reflex Aerospace and Umbra are proud to announce an agreement to collaborate on providing turnkey, cutting-edge synthetic aperture radar (SAR) solutions to Europe. As established in the plans, Umbra will customize and build its world-class, high-performance SAR solutions for integration by Reflex into a dedicated satellite bus hosting the payload. The satellite solution will utilize a…
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Phemotron Systems CEO Femi Ishola on Building Africa’s Satellite Ecosystem
In this week’s episode, On Orbit interviews Femi Ishola, founder and CEO of Phemotron Systems, winner of the 2025 Startup Space competition at SATELLITE. Ishola is from Lagos, Nigeria, and has worked and studied all over the world including in Japan, Australia, and the U.S. Now he is taking his global experience developing space systems…
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SpaceX pushed “sniper” theory with the feds far more than is publicly known
The rocket was there. And then it decidedly was not. Shortly after sunrise on a late summer morning nearly nine years ago at SpaceX’s sole operational launch pad, engineers neared the end of a static fire test. These were still early days for their operation of a Falcon 9 rocket that used super-chilled liquid propellants,…
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Lockheed Martin Transfers Orion Artemis II Spacecraft to NASA for Crewed Lunar Mission
Lockheed Martin has completed assembly and testing of NASA’s Orion Artemis II spacecraft, transferring possession to NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team. This milestone is a significant step for NASA and the Artemis industry team, as they prepare to launch a crew of four astronauts to further the agency’s mission in establishing a human presence…
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Industry Leader and Longtime Hughes CEO Pradman Kaul Dies
Industry leader and former Hughes Network Systems President and CEO Pradman Kaul has died, Hughes announced on May 4. Kaul was a longtime leader in the satellite industry. He joined Hughes in 1973 and became president of the company in 2000. He spent nearly 50 years with Hughes before retiring in 2022. “Pradman was a role…
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Phase Four: Pioneering Next-Generation In-Space Propulsion Systems
Phase Four, Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, is at the forefront of developing advanced in-space propulsion systems. The company’s mission is to provide versatile electric propulsion solutions for a variety of satellites, fuels, and mission types, ensuring constellation operators have the broadest set of options to perform their missions. Phase Four’s focus…
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Aerospacelab Secures Contract with JAXA through Mitsui Bussan Aerospace
Aerospacelab, in partnership with Mitsui Bussan Aerospace (MBA), has announced its selection by the Japan Exploration Agency (JAXA) to supply the platform that will host JAXA’s SAMRAI payload as part of a demonstration mission. This contract represents an important step in showcasing innovative international satellite solutions. This first partnership with both MBA and JAXA highlights…
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Trump’s Proposed NASA Budget Looks to Cut Funding by 24%
President Trump’s budget proposal for NASA looks to cut funding for the agency by 24%, while increasing funding for human space exploration and slashing space science funding. The Trump-Vance Administration released toplines of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2026 on May 2. The budget request for NASA is $18.8 billion — that is $6 billion…
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Terran Orbital Selected by US Space Force for $237M Contract to Develop New Space Technology
Terran Orbital Corporation, a leading manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced it has been selected by the U.S. Space Force as one of 12 companies awarded a position on the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract. This 10-year, $237 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, administered by Space…
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Eutelsat Appoints Orange Exec Jean-François Fallacher as CEO, Replacing Eva Berneke
Eutelsat Group has appointed Orange France CEO Jean-François Fallacher to lead the satellite operator as CEO, replacing Eva Berneke. Eutelsat announced the change on Monday morning after a board decision on May 4. Fallacher will take the helm on June 1. Fallacher has served as executive vice president and CEO of Orange, the French multinational…