Open Cosmos is announcing that its latest two satellites, MANTIS and PLATERO, have successfully reached orbit following the launch of the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, US.

The launches mark a significant milestone for Open Cosmos. Both satellites will join MENUT launched earlier this year as part of the OpenConstellation, a global, …

Object Computing, Inc., a technology firm based in St. Louis, MO., has announced a partnership with Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, to harness the power of geospatial data insights for enterprise businesses across industries.

Planet owns and operates the largest commercial fleet of Earth observation satellites in history, with hundreds …

Neuraspace, a provider of space traffic management (STM) has partnered with Arcsec, a provider of star trackers to develop a new way to detect space debris.
Neuraspace will harness Arcsec’s space-based star trackers for detection and characterisation of space debris and resident space objects. Arcsec’s trackers use optical sensors onboard their satellites to determine spacecraft attitude. …

The European Union is in the final stages of completing a deal with SpaceX to launch four Galileo navigation satellites in 2024.

In press briefings during the European Space Summit in Seville, Spain, Nov. 7, Thierry Breton, commissioner for the internal market for the European Commission, said he was “finalizing the discussions” for a pair of …

Mobile communications company Ligado Networks has sued the U.S. government for its unlawful taking of Ligado’s constitutionally protected, exclusively licensed spectrum without compensation.
Backed by a multiyear misinformation and disparagement campaign against Ligado to conceal these activities, the U.S. government misappropriated Ligado’s exclusively licensed spectrum to support previously undisclosed Defense Department systems that have been using Ligado’s spectrum …