Satellites News
Latest Satellites news and analysis — 52 articles tagged Satellites on The Robotics Media.
- Rocket Lab Lands $397M Space Force Deal For SB-AMTI Flatellite Constellation — — Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) won a $397M SB-AMTI contract to develop, launch and operate multiple Flatellite spacecraft on its upcoming Neutron rocket, j...
- MDA Space Wins $474M To Add 27 AURORA Satellites To Telesat Lightspeed — — MDA Space (TSX/NYSE: MDA) added $474M to its Telesat Lightspeed contract to build 27 more AURORA satellites and embed military Ka-band spectrum, as op...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 17-52, B1081 Flies 26th Time From Vandenberg — — SpaceX added another 24 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to low Earth orbit on Friday night, with Falcon 9 booster B1081 flying for a 26th time a...
- Rocket Lab Books Three More Electron Launches for Japan's iQPS SAR Constellation — — Rocket Lab has signed its third multi-launch deal with Japanese SAR operator iQPS in under a year, bringing total booked Electron missions to 18 and c...
- K2 Space Bags $500M Series D At $6.8B Valuation To Scale Big Satellites — — K2 Space's $500M Series D, co-led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ, values the El Segundo satellite maker at $6.8B as it lines up to ship 100 large, high...
- SpaceX Launches NROL-95 Spy Satellite For NRO On Falcon 9 — — A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted a classified NRO payload from Cape Canaveral at 3:10 a.m. EDT on July 30, marking the third NSSL Phase 2 mission delivered fo...
- Rocket Lab Wins Record $266M US Space Force Contract For 12+ Suborbital Launches — — Rocket Lab was awarded a $266 million multi-launch contract on July 27 by the US Space Force to execute 12 suborbital launches (with an option for six...
- Wildfire Forces NASA To Evacuate Madrid Deep Space Network Site — — NASA evacuated its Madrid Deep Space Network complex on July 24, 2026 as Spanish wildfires burned through Robledo de Chavela. Ops shifted to Goldstone...
- SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 Deploys First V3 Starlink Batch, Splashes Down — — Starship lifted off from Starbase on July 24, deployed 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites and made controlled splashdowns of both the Super Hea...
- SpaceX Launches Northrop's Robotic Servicing Vehicle On Decade-Long Mission — — A SpaceX Falcon 9 lofted Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods on July 21, kicking off a decade-long DARPA-backe...
- Northrop Grumman Lifts 2026 Outlook On Record $105B Backlog — — Northrop Grumman raised its 2026 sales and EPS guidance after a Q2 with $20B in awards, a record $105B backlog and revenue growth across all four segm...
- SpaceX Launches Northrop Grumman Robotic Servicing Satellite On Decade-Long GEO Mission — — A Falcon 9 lifted Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods from Cape Canaveral on July 21, opening a decade-long ca...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Aborts Starlink Launch at Vandenberg After Engine Ignition — — SpaceX scrubbed the Starlink 17-39 mission on Monday after its Falcon 9's nine Merlin engines ignited and shut down during a rare post-ignition abort...
- Eight NATO Allies Launch HALO Mega-Constellation To Link Sovereign Satellites — — Denmark, Canada, Finland, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey unveiled HALO at NATO's Ankara summit - a plan to network their military...
- Infineon Debuts RIC70115 Rad-Hard GaN HEMT Driver For Satellite Power Systems — — Infineon has introduced the RIC70115, a MIL-PRF-38535 qualified radiation-hardened gallium nitride HEMT driver aimed at LEO constellations and deep-sp...
- Skyroot Set To Launch Vikram-1, India's First Private Orbital Rocket — — Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace attempts India's first private orbital launch on July 18, sending its four-stage Vikram-1 rocket up on Mission Aagam...
- SpaceX To Launch SDA's Third Tranche 1 Batch From Vandenberg — — SpaceX will loft 21 York-built communications satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer on July 16 from Vandenberg, addi...
- Isar Aerospace Signs 10-Year Nova Scotia Spectrum Deal With Maritime Launch — — Isar Aerospace and Maritime Launch Services signed a 10-year facilities agreement to build a dedicated Spectrum launch complex at Spaceport Nova Scoti...
- SpaceX Ignites All 33 Engines on Booster 20 Ahead of Starship Flight 13 — — SpaceX completed a full-duration, 33-engine static fire of Super Heavy Booster 20 at Starbase on July 10, clearing the last major ground test before S...
- Space Force Adds Impulse Space and Relativity Federal to $5.6B NSSL Lane 1 — — The U.S. Space Force added Impulse Space and Relativity Federal to its $5.6 billion NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 launch programme on July 7, opening the door t...