ATLAS Space Operations, the leading Ground Software as a Service™ provider, is pleased to announce John Williams as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces the creation of the Space Business Catalyst, a unique industry accelerator dedicated to the space sector to coincide with the Assises du New Space opening in Paris on July 5.

Rivada Space Networks has joined the #Astra Carta initiative to accelerate space sustainability. Launched by the Sustainable Markets organization, Astra Carta brings to reality a vision for space sustainability outlined by His Majesty King Charles III, when he was The Prince of Wales, at the UK Government’s Summit for Space Sustainability in 2022.

Pale Blue has been selected to demonstrate the KIR-X, next generation water Hybrid Thruster under JAXA’s Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4.

Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, announced its JUPITER™ 3 ultra high-density satellite has arrived in Cape Canaveral, FL, for its upcoming launch. JUPITER 3, also known as EchoStar XXIV, was built by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, CA, and is engineered to deliver gigabytes of connectivity to customers across North and South America.

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) is the prime contractor for the European scientific satellite Euclid that has been successfully launched to explore dark energy and the mysteries of dark matter, thus contributing to understand some of the secrets of the universe.

AAC Clyde Space has won a GBP 1.25 M (approx. SEK 16.1 M) order from the NewSpace company Kawa Space for a 6U EPIC LINK satellite and payload. The satellite is planned for delivery during the fourth quarter of 2024.

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, and Space Norway, announced that the first of the two satellites for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it signed a launch agreement with Lockheed Martin to support a technology demonstration mission that will launch aboard Firefly’s Alpha vehicle.

Momentum, a leading provider of enterprise connectivity solutions in remote areas throughout North and South America, announced an enhanced agreement that will enable Momentum to use OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency satellite fleet, on top of Eutelsat’s ADVANCE global connectivity solution.

European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut, Meganne Christian, has joined the UK Space Agency in a new role that will support the thriving UK space sector.

Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term sustainability across all orbits, has announced it will open the Orbitarium, a learning center dedicated to space sustainability and housed within the new Astroscale headquarters in Sumida-ku, Tokyo.

MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced a two-year contract with up to three optional years with the Government of Canada through the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to help counter illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing in the Indo-Pacific region.

Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) announces the opening of its newly renovated office in Nairobi, Kenya. The 276SqM East African hub in Nairobi is Avanti’s third site in Africa, following the successful establishment of offices in Lagos and South Africa.

Rohde & Schwarz, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, will conduct a broad range of NB-IoT over NTN tests that address the many challenges inherent to satellite-based non-terrestrial networks that use geosynchronous orbit (GSO) and geostationary orbit (GEO) constellations.

The World Teleport Association (WTA) announced that Speedcast, a leading communications and IT services provider, has achieved Tier 3 certification of its Macaé Teleport outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under WTA’s Teleport Certification Program.