Aerospacelab has announced the acquisition of AMOS, a company known for its opto-mechanical systems widely used in astronomy, space and other industries. The acquisition marks a significant milestone for the two aerospace companies, jointly entering a new era in advanced space technologies and opening new markets respectively. Read more ..read more

Voyager Space (Voyager), has announced the appointment of Neeraj Gupta as the company's Chief Strategy Officer. As CSO, Neeraj will lead the development and execution of comprehensive strategic initiatives to drive innovation, market expansion, and sustainable growth. Neeraj was a key player in establishing the company in 2021 and helped secure the second-largest Series A capital raise in aerospace history: $1.4 billion. Read more ..read more

Space Systems Command (SSC) and its mission partners have successfully launched the United States Space Force (USSF)-62 Weather System Follow–on–Microwave (WSF-M) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in northern Santa Barbara County, California. This mission brings new capabilities to the US and its allies by placing the first satellite of two new generations of operational environmental monitoring satellites into orbit. Read more ..read more

What is one of the main reasons behind orbital cluttering and debris? A conversation of our Dr Emma Gatti with Dr Luca Rossettini, co-founder and CEO of D-Orbit (plus, the many reasons for Luca to go to Space Symposium, including its night parties..;) Read more ..read more

After a behemoth month of space-tech investment in February ($1.7b), global venture investment in space-tech fell back to earth in March with only $93.96m invested. Europe held three of the four largest investments this month: Multiverse Computing in Spain (€25m), Mbryonics in Ireland (€17.5m), and Blackwave in Germany ($6.6m), with South Africa’s Simera Sense (€13.5m) rounding out the top-four. Read more ..read more

The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, through its Space Safari Program Office, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and SpaceWERX, is awarding contracts to two separate space industry vendors, Rocket Lab and True Anomaly. The vendors will exercise a realistic threat response scenario in an on-orbit space domain awareness (SDA) demonstration called VICTUS HAZE. Read more ..read more

The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) has announced its new executive committee, with Iboss boss Joerg Kreisel elected as President. The Association also elected Jon Beam, CEO of Rogue Space Systems Corporation, as Vice President, Dr Brien Flewelling, Director of Strategic Program Development at ExoAnalytic Solutions, as Secretary, and Joseph Anderson, Vice President of Space Logistics, LLC, as Treasurer. Read more ..read more

Astroscale Japan Inc. has announced that its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J), has achieved a major technical milestone: completion of the rendezvous phase of its mission and the beginning of the proximity approach. This success is underscored by starting Angles-Only Navigation, a navigation method to estimate relative position and velocity through the servicer’s onboard cameras. Read more ..read more

We made it back to the Denver Office of Astroscale US to meet with the team and to record this interview of Dr Emma Gatti with Ron Lopez, President of Astroscale US. Astroscale has exciting updates about its expansion in the United States, with offices in Denver and Washington D.C., and changes in its board structure. They are collaborating with the government on many more contracts and are looking forward to many more commercial space opportunities. Read more ..read more

Big focus on the defense sector, says Adam Biskner, President of Space Systems at Redwire Space. In lieu of budget cuts and changing market trends, Defence products will be at the forefront of Redwire Space's products. There was a quick highlight about : SabreSat, more information can be found here:  Read more ..read more