AST SpaceMobile shares rose more than 8% to $49.76 Aug. 12 after the direct-to-smartphone operator said it has secured all the funding needed to deploy 45–60 satellites, enough to provide continuous coverage in the United States and other key markets.
A Pixxel-led consortium, including SatSure, PierSight, and Dhruva Space, won a contract to build India’s first indigenous commercial Earth Observation satellite constellation with a zero-cost bid, investing Rs 1,200 crore privately.
ICEYE has announced the launch of its latest imaging mode, Scan Wide, which customers the largest scene size available in its portfolio. Scan Wide supports multi-frame tasking, enabling customers to capture 120,000 km2 in a single acquisition.
LeoLabs, a space tracking company based in California, announced Aug. 11 it has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to evaluate whether its commercial radar data can be used in the agency’s spacecraft collision avoidance process.
