At the Australian launch site in Koonibba, HyImpulse, a German manufacturer and system provider of commercial launch vehicles for satellite transport, successfully test-launched the 12-meter-long and 2.5-ton single-stage rocket “SR75”.

.Lockheed Martin Space has dropped, at least for now, its bid to purchase Terran Orbital, leaving Terran alone to confront its $2.4-billion RivadaSpace question. ITU Radiocommunication.spaceintelreport.com/lockheed-drops…

.Space Development Agency is today's center stage for space lasercom, but Euro govt/industry R&D on GEO space-space, LEO-GEO et al is flourishing. European Space Agency CNES UK Space Agency TNO Research MBRYONICS AAC Clyde Space Cailabs SSC - Swedish Space Corporation TESAT #MPBCommunications spaceintelreport.com/in-the-shadow-…

We are pleased to announce we have completed the sale of our Maritime, Energy and Government connectivity businesses to FMC GlobalSat. We will continue to innovate and grow within inflight connectivity as well as inflight and maritime entertainment. shorturl.at/pqsK6

Germany wants redesign of 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether #Iris2 secure comms constellation; industry has doubts too about co-investment; SES-Intelsat capex plan is telling. Christophe GRUDLER European Space Agency. spaceintelreport.com/germany-questi…

.Satellogic: High-priced bond issue staves off near-term cash crunch; new high-volume sat production facility in Netherlands to be sold to reduce spending; relocating to US this year for USG business. spaceintelreport.com/satellogic-sec…

We just keep going!

RFA ONE's first stage arrived safely in SaxaVord and has been lifted onto the launch pad. The RFA UK team is currently working hard to prepare it for our first hot fire campaign.

Who's as excited as we are? 🙋‍♂️

.Boeing Space-owned #MillenniumSpaceSystems , up to now out of the Space Development Agency winner's circle, wins $413M, 8-satellite contract for missile-tracking. Launch aboard a single rocket planned for lat 2026. bit.ly/3JI0vei

.SES' purchase of @Intelsat -combined 100+ GEO sats, MEO constellation and @EutelsatOneWeb tie-in- driven by synergies & Starlink and Project Kuiper. Effects on 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether #Iris2 secure comms constellation are not good. European Space Agency Boeing Space bit.ly/3UFobX2

Any Earth observation capability, especially if that is a value driver, will become a strategic differentiator.

Citadel, the most successful hedge fund in history, built proprietary weather models in-house for exclusive insights. This is another example!

Congrats Spire!

.SpaceX successful launch of 2 Galileo GNSS sats occurred in the dead of night EU time, which is just how 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether 🇪🇺 EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme European Space Agency would have liked it. bit.ly/4aRfwXp

Founder of OrienSpace, Bu Xiangwei, plans to ramp up launches, aiming for over 10 by 2026 starting with 2 this year. Gravity-1 satellite launches to increase for cash flow balance, aiming to lead the industry by 2026. Source:m.weibo.cn/status/ObHTJph…

Mind blowing that there are many more private Chinese companies trying to build Falcon 9-class (or EELV-Medium+ class) rockets today than private companies of *everywhere else* on the globe combined...
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📢 NEWS: Pics or it didn't happen. Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission. #ShowtheWayADRASJ

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Orbital launch this year by Rocket Factory Augsburg from UK's SaxaVord Spaceport UK now looking credible as licenses fall into place. UK Space Agency European Space Agency DLR_de, despite no-show for SaxaVord's bond issue.bit.ly/3Qlwp3Z

.yahsat & Bayanat.AI shareholders OK merger creating co w/ GEO FSS, MSS sats, AI-powered geospatial analytics, radar sats on order & ambitions in IoT. Combined 2023 rev: $762M, $174M net income. Former SES CEO to head merged co, to be named Space42

.OHB: Double-digit revenue, profit increases in 2023, but backlog down as European Space Agency contracts from late-2022 ministerial conference are slow in coming; concern about when/what/whether on 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether #Iris2 . spaceintelreport.com/ohb-2023-reven…

📢 NEWS: ADRAS-J's legacy continues! Astroscale Japan has been selected for Phase II of JAXA's Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration.

ADRAS-J2 will be tasked with removing a rocket upper stage from orbit, addressing the critical space debris issue.

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Starlink now available in Micronesia!

.ArianeGroup's #MaiaSpace launcher startup explains its unusual, and controversial, service contract with the French government. CNES Bpifrance European Space Agency Deutsche Raumfahrtagentur Agenzia Spaziale ITA Orbex Space Rocket Factory Augsburg Isar Aerospace PLD Space. spaceintelreport.com/arianegroup-ow…