This year’s Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah was the largest and best attended in history. But, is it about to get a lot larger as the space industry grows around the world? And what underrepresented country could boost attendee numbers the most? Let’s take a look.

Greetings from Logan, Utah! At this week’s Small Satellite conference, DCubed announced the first in-space manufacturing mission, Endurosat, and Vyoma unveiled Europe’s first in-orbit space situational awareness (SSA) mission, Blue Canyon and KSAT were among multiple companies showcasing new products, Comat announced it was doubling its production capacity, and much more.

Greetings from the just completed Small Satellite conference in Utah. In this edition of SmallSat Briefs, Rocket Factory Augsburg announced another fundraising round, Spire Global won a satellite contract, a Spanish company acquired Ecliptic Enterprises, Lockheed Martin opened a new small satellite manufacturing facility, Extrotrail launched US subsidiaries, and other news from the conference.

Welcome to S-SPACⁱ! In this week’s edition, Rocket Lab announced a five-launch deal with BlackSky as it reported higher earnings, Virgin Galactic is on the eve of launching its first space tourists after lowering expectations on future earnings, Astra Space laid off a quarter of its employees as it pivoted to producing rocket engines, Planet Labs conducted layoffs of its own, and Momentus unveiled its first satellite bus.

Greetings from the 37th Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah! Momentus and LeoStella have unveiled new satellite buses, NearSpace Launch and SEOPS have partnered to develop a new space tug, Pale Blue and Flight Works won contracts, Interstellar Technologies will use gas from cow manure to power its new launch vehicle, and much more.

Welcome to this week’s Launch Roundup! We were on vacation last week, so we’ve got some catching up to do. On August 10, Russia will launch its first spacecraft to land on the Moon since the Soviet Union did so 47 years ago. Last week, Northrop Grumman launched the second version of the Antares rocket for the final time and announced a slip in the maiden flight of its replacement.

Firefly Aerospace will work with Xtenti to conduct a responsive space demonstration for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) next year, Firefly announced on Tuesday (August 8).

LeoStella has introduced a larger version of its small satellite bus the company says is ideally suited for customers seeking to win contracts from the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency (SDA).

A United Kingdom House of Commons report published this month criticized the government’s approval of new spaceports and satellite launches as being excessively slow and bureaucratic, and it urged rapid action to streamline regulations to secure the nation’s status in the booming launch industry.

Boeing revealed on Thursday (July 27) that the company has lost an additional quarter billion dollars on its troubled CST-100 Starliner program, raising total losses on the crew transport to nearly $1.5 billion.

Welcome to Biz Briefs! In this edition, L3Harris completed its $4.7 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin won a contract to develop a nuclear thermal powered spacecraft, NASA awarded 11 Tipping Point contracts for lunar technologies, HawkEye 360 and Impulse Space completed funding rounds, Kleos Space declared bankruptcy, and much more.

In addition to this week’s Launch Roundup, we thought we would look at how China’s leading launch provider is facing competition while SpaceX has consolidated its hold on the US market.