NASA and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Sunday plans for the space centre to provide an airlock for Gateway, humanity’s first space station that will orbit the Moon.

UK-based orbital launch services company, Orbex, has today announced the appointment of two tech and space sector stalwarts as its new CEO and Executive Chair.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) marked the beginning of a new era of space capabilities with the successful launch of its next generation Vulcan rocket on Jan. 8 at 2:18 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Rivada Space Networks, a global network company launching a constellation of 600 low-earth-orbit satellites (LEO) to enable secure, global connectivity for governments and enterprises, is partnering with Wiseband, an Emirati satellite services company, to bring secure connectivity solutions to the Middle East region.

Skylo Technologies, the leading non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider, is thrilled to announce the MediaTek MT6825 as the first NTN-enabled chipset to receive official certification for use on the Skylo network.

Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, today announced Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen has been appointed to the company’s advisory board.

MBRYONICS, an innovative Satellite Communications and Photonics equipment provider, has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the optical terminal, including the space telescope, the pointing, acquisition and tracking system and the optical amplifiers, as part of theSpace-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) program.

Skylo, the global leader in non-terrestrial networks, today announced that it will interconnect its NTN satellite network with FocusPoint's PULSE platform enabling FocusPoint's IoT monitoring and emergency escalation service.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a technology company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets and Rancher Government Solutions (RGS), the leading provider of enterprise Kubernetes management solutions to the U.S. Government, announced today a strategic partnership to enable customers to seamlessly deploy and scale virtual ground systems using Kratos’ software-based OpenSpace® Platform.

Ovzons proprietary developed satellite Ovzon 3 has now successfully been launched from SpaceX Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida, USA. Ovzon 3 will enter into service by mid-year 2024, when it has reached its orbital position.

Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) (the “Company” or “Sidus”), a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company, today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has granted Sidus a Tier 1 remote sensing license to include Panchromatic (PAN) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) imaging capabilities.

EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) (“EchoStar”) announced today the completion of its acquisition of DISH Network Corporation (“DISH Network”) on December 31, 2023.

Due to continuous unfavorable weather conditions, Ovzon’s revolutionary geostationary communications satellite is now targeted to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida no earlier than early January 2024.

Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) (the “Company” or “Sidus”), a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company, announced that it has completed environmental testing of LizzieSat ahead of its upcoming launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission.

Pale Blue Inc. (Pale Blue) signed an individual contract with TOKYO KEIKI INC. (TOKYO KEIKI), and has initiated a collaboration to manufacture and assemble the subsystems of prototype mass-production model of its propulsion system as part of Deep Tech Startups (“DTSU”) support program – DMP phase (Demonstration development for Mass Production) by NEDO, a national research and development agency in Japan.

Blue Origin successfully completed its 24th New Shepard flight and 13th payload mission from Launch Site One in West Texas on December 19th 2023