• Civil Commercial

  Maxar studies Legion spacecraft for NOAA weather mission

  Under a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration six-month study contract, Maxar Technologies will explore the application of its WorldView Legion constellation to weather observation from low Earth orbit.

• Commercial Launch

  BlackSky launching two satellites on June Starlink mission

• Commercial Launch

  Virgin Orbit moving ahead with U.K. launch plans

• Military Policy & Politics

  Op-ed | To deter attacks on satellites, U.S. needs a strategy to identify bad actors

• Commercial

  Chinese private launch firms advance with methane engines, launch preparations and new funding

• Civil Military

  Bipartisan group of senators wants to hear the FCC’s side of the Ligado story

• Commercial Military

  Space Force thinking about NASA-style partnerships with private companies

• Commercial

  Astronomers warn about effects of other satellite megaconstellations

• Commercial Coronavirus

  Asia-Pacific satellite operators still assessing pandemic’s market impacts

• Commercial

  Momentus signs contract with OrbAstro for SpaceX rideshare flight

• Civil Commercial

  Raytheon wins NOAA study contract for geostationary imager

• Commercial Launch

  SpaceX launches eighth Starlink mission, first VisorSat satellite

• Civil

  SOFIA preparing to resume flights after being grounded by pandemic

• Military

  DoD reviewing new data on pandemic impact on space industry suppliers

• Military

  GAO flags concerns about procurement of DoD’s early warning satellites

• Civil

  Work on JWST ramps up again

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