Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to conduct a trade study on its capabilities to rapidly launch Firefly’s Elytra vehicles and support missions beyond Geosynchronous Orbit, referred to as xGEO.

Astrobotic announced the addition of four distinguished space industry leaders to its team.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Launch Complex 2 in Wallops, Virginia.

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, has been selected to power in-flight connectivity onboard 40 additional aircraft by Korean Air, South Korea’s flag carrier.

Antaris™, the leading software platform for space missions, announced that it is partnering with Aalyria, the leader in advanced software-defined and optical networking communications, to integrate Aalyria's Spacetime network orchestration technology with Antaris TrueTwin™.

Intelsat announced a strategic advance in its service capabilities through an expanded partnership with Eutelsat Group related to that company’s OneWeb low-earth orbit (LEO) constellation.

ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has been awarded the Industrial IoT Innovation Award 2024 by the Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) for its satellite IoT solution.

Leading IoT innovator, Appliot, and Saudi Arabia-based satellite service provider, Saudi Net Link, have agreed to partner to deliver IoT services across the Kingdom.

Marlink, the leading smart networks and digital solutions company, has installed a complete hybrid network solution for the new French expedition cruise company, Exploris, onboard Exploris One during the vessel’s refit in Valparaiso, Chile.

Hanwha Phasor, a UK-based satellite communications company, has announced it will release its land antenna, for mobile communications, the Phasor L3300B, to the market in Q3 of 2024.

Neuraspace, a European-born global leader in space traffic management (STM), announced that Kongsberg NanoAvionics (“NanoAvionics”) has selected Neuraspace’s space traffic management (STM) solution, based on artificial intelligence for its own end-to-end small satellite mission services.

Quadsat has been announced as the winner of the World Teleport Association’s Teleport Technology of the Year Award.

Airbus has been awarded a contract to design and build the GRACE-C twin spacecraft by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL (Pasadena, California).

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed a contract with European Space Agency to deliver an end to end solution for the LEO-PNT (Low Earth Orbit Positioning Navigation and Timing) orbit demonstrator.

Startical, the company created by ENAIRE, Europe's fourth-largest air navigation services provider, and Indra, a technological company and one of the world’s leading providers of air traffic systems, will use a satellite produced by Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a leading small satellite company and mission integrator, to test the systems of its future constellation of over 270 satellites set to provide air traffic services from space.

The Satcoms Innovation Group has announced the winners of the 2024 SIG Awards.