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Rocket Lab lands three dedicated Electron launches for iQPS, adds JAXA missions from New Zealand as stock rallies

Rocket Lab has signed a multi-launch deal with iQPS for three dedicated Electron missions to deploy the company's Earth-imaging constellation, and has won JAXA missions set to launch from its New Zealand Launch Complex 1. The flurry of contracts has coincided with a sharp uptick in Rocket Lab's share price.

2025-10-10T03:04:45.536829-07:00

CNBC

Verizon inks commercial deal with AST SpaceMobile to bring direct‑to‑cell service to U.S. customers

2025-10-08T05:00:29.254802-07:00

Airbus

Airbus GSF: services demand to jump 10% in 2025 and reach $311bn by 2044 as digital connectivity and APAC lead growth

2025-10-09T07:32:41.376992-07:00

Space.com

SpaceX delays KF-03 Kuiper launch to Oct. 11; 24 Amazon satellites moved to Cape Canaveral evening window

2025-10-09T09:29:35.715597-07:00

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WestJet fits 100th Boeing 737 with TELUS Starlink, creating world’s largest Starlink‑enabled 737 fleet WestJet has equipped its 100th Boeing 737 with TELUS‑delivered Starlink in‑flight Wi‑Fi, creating the world’s largest fleet of Starlink‑enabled 737s. The rollout marks a major connectivity milestone for the carrier’s narrowbody operations and expands high‑speed satellite broadband across its fleet.

2025-10-13T07:21:03.539358-07:00

WestJet fits 100th Boeing 737 with TELUS Starlink, creating world’s largest Starlink‑enabled 737 fleet

SpaceNews.com

Momentus and Solstar team up to deliver communications, transport and infrastructure in LEO Momentus and Solstar have formed a partnership to provide integrated communications, orbital transportation and on‑orbit infrastructure services in low‑Earth orbit. The tie-up pairs Momentus’s in‑space transport and logistics capabilities with Solstar’s satellite communications expertise to serve commercial and government LEO customers.

2025-10-13T05:08:35.468238-07:00

Momentus and Solstar team up to deliver communications, transport and infrastructure in LEO

AINonline

Gogo expands business-aviation connectivity with multi-orbit 'Gogo Ultimate', low-cost 'Essential', STCs and $35,000 C1 rebate Gogo launched 'Gogo Ultimate'—a multi-orbit, multi-band global connectivity package with built‑in network redundancy for business aviation—and 'Essential', a lower‑cost ATG service for North America. The rollout includes new STCs, network upgrades and a $35,000 rebate for C1 LRU replacement units.

2025-10-13T04:40:45.659692-07:00

Gogo expands business-aviation connectivity with multi-orbit 'Gogo Ultimate', low-cost 'Essential', STCs and $35,000 C1 rebate

SpaceWatch Global

Solestial, EnduroSat Sign Deal for Radiation‑Hardened Silicon Solar Modules for SmallSats Solestial Inc has signed a sales agreement with EnduroSat AD for distribution of Solestial’s radiation‑hardened silicon solar power modules tailored to smallsat platforms. The deal supplies space‑qualified, compact solar arrays intended to support longer LEO missions and higher‑power payloads for commercial constellations.

2025-10-13T01:08:00.524827-07:00

Solestial, EnduroSat Sign Deal for Radiation‑Hardened Silicon Solar Modules for SmallSats

Bloomberg

Viasat to Spend $2B+ on New Satellite Capacity to Counter SpaceX Starlink in In‑Flight Wi‑Fi Market

2025-10-12T21:28:30.117150-07:00

satnews

EUMETSAT renews €3M, two‑year radio‑occultation contract with Spire Global EUMETSAT has awarded Spire Global a €3 million renewal to a two‑year operational contract starting 14 August 2025 for continued delivery of radio occultation (RO) data. The RO observations will feed EUMETSAT's operational weather and atmospheric monitoring services and support numerical weather prediction models across Europe.

2025-10-12T20:08:36.685383-07:00

EUMETSAT renews €3M, two‑year radio‑occultation contract with Spire Global

SpaceNews.com

Orienspace's Gravity‑1 Y2 sea launch places three satellites — remote‑sensing plus two debris imagers Chinese commercial launch startup Orienspace successfully flew its Gravity‑1 Y2 solid rocket from a barge off Haiyang in the Yellow Sea, placing three satellites into their planned orbits on Oct. 11. Payloads included an Earth remote‑sensing satellite and two craft built to image orbital debris.

2025-10-11T07:34:46.567404-07:00

Orienspace's Gravity‑1 Y2 sea launch places three satellites — remote‑sensing plus two debris imagers

Via Satellite

Amazon's Project Kuiper signs MoU with Uzbekistan to expand high‑speed internet Amazon's Project Kuiper has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Digital Technologies to expand high‑speed internet access across the country. The government‑level agreement signals Kuiper's formal entry into Uzbekistan and opens a path for future LEO broadband deployments there.

2025-10-10T12:07:36.935774-07:00

Amazon's Project Kuiper signs MoU with Uzbekistan to expand high‑speed internet

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