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NewOrbit secures launch slot for first commercial mission to carry customer payloads to Very Low Earth Orbit

September 10th, 2026 Posted in News

NewOrbit confirms it has secured a Q3 2028 launch slot for its first satellite NEO-1 NEO-1 is the first commercial mission on which any payload developer can fly, test and validate technology in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), doubling their performa...

New industrial leadership for UKspace

September 9th, 2026 Posted in News

Ben Stern and Sharon Parker-Lines take over with ambitions to drive sector growth In his new role as Chair of UKspace, Ben Stern has issued a call for action, saying “It is a privilege to take on the role of Chair of UKspace at a defining moment f...

New space strategy will bolster UK defences against threats from space

September 8th, 2026 Posted in News

New national space strategy brings together UK’s plans for growth, defence, and national security to help reindustrialise the UK Government will design a resilient, integrated national satellite communications system to boost our security and defe...

UK Government selects Open Cosmos as approved provider for £8bn sovereign communications framework

September 2nd, 2026 Posted in News

Oxfordshire-based space company, Open Cosmos, has been selected by the British Government Commercial Agency (GCA) as an officially certified and vetted partner to provide satellite connectivity via its low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, Connecte...

Teledyne team members who worked on H4RG 10 imaging sensor

Teledyne surpasses 1,000 scientific imaging sensors in space with launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

August 31st, 2026 Posted in News

Teledyne detector technologies aboard NASA’s flagship astrophysics mission will support investigations into dark energy, exoplanets, and the evolution of the Universe Teledyne Space Imaging, a leading supplier of space-qualified imaging sens...

RFI: Future UK space regulatory sandboxes and innovative regulatory tools

August 20th, 2026 Posted in News

The UK Space Agency is inviting ideas to help identify priorities for future regulatory sandboxes and other innovative regulatory tools/approaches. This builds on the UK government’s implementation of the Space Regulatory Review (SRR) and ou...

Jaltek joins the Norautron Group

August 7th, 2026 Posted in News

Jaltek Ltd has been acquired by Norautron AS, marking an exciting new chapter for its business. Headquartered in Horten, Norway, with branches in Norway, Sweden, Poland, China and Malaysia, Norautron is an international provider of advanced electr...

Intuitive Machines completes acquisition of Goonhilly and COMSAT

August 3rd, 2026 Posted in News

Following its announcement on 14 May 2026 regarding its proposed acquisition by Intuitive Machines, Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (“Goonhilly”) is pleased to confirm that the transaction has now completed, following the satisfaction of required cond...

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