RT @SpaceX: Falcon 9 completes its 500th mission

RT @TMFAssociates: This explains the discrepancy between Bloomberg reporting that SpaceX was planning a primary raise and the WSJ reporting….

RT @IsraelMFA: 🇮🇱📡 Lift-off!. Israel’s first national communications satellite, Dror 1, just launched aboard a @SpaceX Falcon 9. Built by….

.@ArianeGroup CEO on the limits of @esa Launcher Challenge competition & comparing US v European govt support for large rockets. @USSpaceForceCMD @defis_eu.

RT @SpireGlobal: Today, we’re launching Aircraft Exposure Analytics, a new capability within Spire Aviation's Flight Report. It combines….

RT @RocketLab: We’ve signed an agreement with @BollingerShip to complete the build-out of our 400ft landing platform for Neutron missions t….

French @Armee_de_lair prefers @defis_eu Iris2 orbit, OneWeb's 1,200km, over @Starlink's 550 km because fewer sats & fewer threats to them.

At @AssisesNEWSPACE conference, French Industry Minister @FerracciMarc assures startups they have not been forgotten in focus on @Eutelsat recapitalization and Iris2 development.

RT @VardaSpace: Today we’re announcing two pieces of news: 1) We raised $187 million Series C led by @NatCapCentral and @ShrugCap. 2) We’re….

RT @EutelsatGroup: The United Kingdom is set to participate in the contemplated capital increase alongside our core shareholders. With the….

RT @Maxar: Maxar has been awarded $205M in new contracts to support sovereign defense and intelligence capabilities for three customers in….

RT @Telesat: Congratulations @MDA_space! This achievement in direct radiating array (DRA) technology is critical for dynamic capacity alloc….

.@jaumesanpera Sateliot contracts w/ @alenspace of Spain for five more IoT sats, to launch 2026. Four Sateliot Alén-built sats launched in 2024. Sateliot envisions >100 sats for its constellation.

.@hisdesat & Spanish MoD contract w/ @AirbusSpace to build two 2nd-gen Paz radar sats, to succeed first Paz, in orbit since 2018, also by Airbus. Paz-2 sats to have >25cm resolution, to launch starting mid-2031.

.@esa blesses 5 of 12 Launcher Challenge bidders, leaves 7 others to their fates. Now the hard part begins as agency seeks to marry technical/market potential with political reality. @CNES @DLR_SpaceAgency @aee_gob @spacegovuk.

Antenna diagnostics startup Anyfields raises EUR 1M ($1.2M) to roll out streamlined antenna testing/validation kit for smallsat operators, plans 1st deliveries this year. @onera_fr @esa @CNES.

RT @defis_eu: 🚀 Open Preliminary Market Consultation on satellite communication user terminals for IRIS² - submit your feedback by 15 Septe….

US space assocations urge Congress not to scrap @CommerceinSpace space situational awareness program, whose budget was eliminated in @WhiteHouse proposal. @aiaa @csf_space @SDAspacedata @GSOA_SAT @sling_shot_aero @SIA_satellite.

.@Globalstar announces contract w/ @SpaceX to launch second and final batch of 17-sat order from @MDA_space of replacement mobile comms sat. 1st batch launches this year. Final batch in 2026.

.@esa downselects 5 launcher startups from the 12 that submitted European Launcher Challenge bids. They'll be considered for funding at esa's Nov council: @isaraerospace & @rfa_space of Germany; @ArianeGroup's @MaiaSpaceOff of France; @PLD_Space of Spain and @orbexspace of UK.