Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced the extension of their strategic partnership with AXA Climate, a company that provides consulting services to the agri-food, industrial, financial and public sectors to help them successfully adapt to climate change and biodiversity loss, in a regenerative way.

Network Innovations, (NI) and Rivada Space Networks (RSN) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to bring innovative connectivity solutions to the Government and Enterprise markets.

Forsway, a provider of innovative, cost-efficient solutions and equipment for enabling satellite broadband connectivity in underserved regions, today announced it will feature demonstrations of its Forsway Xtend Multicast FRM (Forsway Reliable Multicast) solution at CABSAT 2023, Dubai.

Arianespace and ClearSpace signed a launch contract for ClearSpace-1, the first active debris removal mission that will capture and deorbit a derelict space debris of 112 kg.

Astroscale U.S. Inc., the market leader in securing long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits and Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, are collaborating to offer NASA a sustainable solution for its Hubble Reboost efforts.

CesiumAstro, an industry leader in active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, announced today that the Honorable William “Mac” Thornberry, former U.S. Representative to the 13th Congressional District of Texas, joined the company as a Strategic Advisor and will provide counsel on issues related to U.S. national security.

Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, are pleased that the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has today announced the conclusion of its Phase II review, which confirmed its provisional findings that the transaction does not raise competition concerns, and allows Viasat’s proposed acquisition of Inmarsat to proceed without remedies.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems (OSS) have confirmed a partnership to build and launch an OSS Wrapped Rib antenna mounted to an SSTL CarbSAR satellite. The In Orbit Demonstration mission advances both companies’ abilities, with OSS gaining space heritage, and SSTL building its ability to integrate capability from new suppliers.

BeetleSat, formerly NSLComm, a fast-growing satellite technology company building the world’s first global LEO constellation optimized for premium point-to-point communications, today announced the appointment of Dawn Harms to the BeetleSat Board of Directors.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today successfully completed the first of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites for NASA.

Airbus’ latest next generation geostationary Eurostar Neo satellite Arabsat BADR-8 has been shipped to Cape Canaveral, ready for launch.

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) ("Momentus" or the "Company"), a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, successfully achieved the first orbital raise of its Vigoride-5 spacecraft using its pioneering Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) that uses distilled water as propellant.

SD Government, the satellite communications provider for global governments and Florida-based R4 Integration, Inc. (R4), specialists in airborne and ground systems engineering, have combined expertise to develop a new, fully customizable Roll-on/Roll-off (RO/RO) Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) satellite communications (SATCOM) capability for all variants of the C-130 aircraft.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, is preparing for the first of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of storm monitoring satellites for NASA.

Inmarsat has welcomed Gatehouse Satcom, an embedded software specialist offering network emulation solutions for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), as the latest company to join its Velaris Partner Network, building on over 20 years of close collaboration.

Orbex has announced that construction has begun at Sutherland Spaceport (formerly known as Space Hub Sutherland) in Scotland, making this the first vertical launch spaceport to be built on the UK mainland.