The Space Data Association (SDA) has received the recommendation to achieve Permanent Observer Status at the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS).

Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, made its inaugural flight from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 16:00 local time on 9 July (+4 20:00 time BST, +5 21:00 time CEST).

NorthStar Earth & Space (“NorthStar”) a private enterprise headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in McLean, Virginia and Luxembourg has fully validated its unique end-to-end Concept of Operations (CONOPS) using its dedicated space-based imagery system.

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in mission critical space solutions and high reliability components for the next generation space economy, announced it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement (SCA) with in-space propulsion leader Phase Four to build and deliver advanced thruster technology designed for reliable, high-volume production to meet the surge in demand across national security space programs.

Requtech AB, a leader in satellite communication technology, is happy to announce a strategic partnership with Network Innovations US & UK Government, a global provider of communication solutions.

AAC Clyde Space has won its first order for the Cyclops Earth observation satellite constellation by entering into a pre-commercial agreement valued at GBP 612,000 (approx. SEK 8.3 M) with the Scottish Government.

Scout Space Inc., a leading in-space observation service provider focused on space security and comprehensive Space Domain Awareness (SDA), has announced its selection to join the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) Consortium.

Space-Comm Expo Scotland has unveiled a world class lineup of keynote speakers from across government, aerospace, defence and academia for the inaugural event taking place at the SEC Glasgow September 11-12.

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, was awarded a CA $1.41 million contract by the Government of Canada (GoC) for the provision of global automatic identification system (AIS) ship tracking data.

ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth Observation, and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to further strengthen their cooperation in remote sensing of the Earth in the interest of Ukraine's national security and defence.

Ovzon’s proprietary satellite Ovzon 3 has reached its orbital position in the geostationary arc. After a few weeks of final in-orbit testing, the satellite is now ready for commercial service.

Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it successfully launched its Alpha Flight 5 (FLTA005) rocket and completed the payload deployment sequence as part of the company’s Venture-Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 (VCLS Demo 2) contract with NASA.

Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime contract for the next generation secure military satellite system which includes geostationary satellites as well as ground segment, launch and operation for 15 years.

AAC Clyde Space ("AAC Clyde Space") has entered into a share sale and purchase agreement, whereby AAC Clyde Space acquires 100 percent of the outstanding shares in Spacemetric AB ("Spacemetric") for a consideration amounting to approximately MSEK 16 and possible earn-outs based on certain milestones of up to a total of approximately MSEK 9 (the "Transaction").

Globe has expanded its partnership with satellite-direct-to-phone (sat2phone) company Lynk Global, the world’s leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone service provider, launching a live customer pilot program to assess the potential of satellite-direct-to-phone communication services in remote places in the Philippines.

After road transport from Airbus in Friedrichshafen to Bremen on 2 July, the Airbus-built Sentinel-2C satellite, the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, is about to be shipped to the European spaceport in French Guiana.