• Incremental HTS Ku-band capacity addressing demand in mobile connectivity
• Substantial firm commitments from leading in-flight connectivity service providers
• Ensuring service continuity for customers on EUTELSAT 10A

Paris, 23 November 2022 – Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has announced that the EUTELSAT 10B satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by American space launch provider SpaceX using a Falcon 9 expendable rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 21.57 pm Eastern time on November 22^nd(corresponding to 2.57 am UTC and 3.57 am CET on November 23^rd). The separation of the all-electric satellite occurred after a 37-minute flight and the spacecraft systems checkout was then successfully completed over a period of approximately 3 hours.

PARIS (ESA PR) — The European Space Agency has chosen 17 new astronaut candidates from more than 22,500 applicants from across its Member States. In this new 2022 class of ESA astronauts are five career astronauts, 11 members of an astronaut reserve and one astronaut with a disability. 

HOUSTON (NASA PR) — NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 2:20 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 26, to launch the company’s 26th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.

WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — In addition to funding emerging technologies that have potential to support its missions, NASA also invests in commercially viable ideas that could bolster the aerospace market and encourage U.S. economic growth. New awards will support 12 small businesses in developing early-stage, high-risk technology concepts that could be commercialized in areas like climate resilience, low-cost solar cells, and active debris remediation.

In 2022, the NASA Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program piloted this new opportunity for U.S. small businesses to receive funding for technology concepts with strong commercial relevance, called SBIR Ignite. The 2022 round of awards will distribute nearly $2 million among 12 selected companies. For nine of these companies, this is their first time working with the NASA SBIR program.

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a memorandum Oct. 31 that aims to cement the Department of the Air Force’s space acquisition top priorities, philosophy, and tenets.

The document highlights DAF’s need to prioritize driving speed into acquisitions, building resilient space architectures, and integrating the space architecture with other domains to give warfighters a strategic advantage against potential adversaries.

At the occasion of the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level held in Paris on 22-23 November 2022, and in view of Article 12 on space transportation and launcher exploitation proposed in the draft Council Resolution on ‘ESA Accelerating the Use of Space in Europe’, to be adopted by the Ministers of ESA Member States at said occasion, we concur on the following:

SatixFy Communications (NYS: SATX) saw its shares decline sharply after a massive runup last week.

Shares of the Florida-based supplier of satellite antennas, payloads and modems opened at $11.51 on Monday, Nov. 14. They soared to a high of $79.21 on Friday before closing for the week at $42.85. On Monday, the stock closed at $31.15.

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 17, 2022 (Momentus PR) — Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, today announced that its Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida, for its second demonstration mission targeted to launch aboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission in December.

The Vigoride OSV will undergo final flight preparations and be integrated with the Falcon 9 launch vehicle over the coming weeks. The priorities of this mission include hosting a customer payload for Caltech, delivering a CubeSat to orbit for Qosmosys, and testing Vigoride’s performance in space.

The satellite bus offers the capabilities of a larger satellite, with up to double the payload capacity of conventional 16Us, while offering all the benefits of a nanosatellite

VIENNA, Va. (Spire Global PR) — Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, revealed a next-generation 16U satellite bus design at Space Tech Expo Europe. The satellite bus is tailored for customers with missions that require larger payloads and more power, volume, and data capabilities than a conventional 16U, such as Earth observation and space domain awareness missions.

The third time was not a charm for ABL Space System on Monday.

On the eve of ESA’s Ministerial meeting, a group of 21 European companies issued a call on Monday for open competition in the procurement of the launches — a move that could break a monopoly held by Arianespace.

SpaceX will launch a private mission to land on the moon for a Japanese company, China will send a new crew to its space station, and ABL Space Systems hopes the third time is a charm for its RS1 rocket as a busy month comes to a close.