Eclipse Space’s demonstration satellite will use a bus of less than 100 kilograms.

Eclipse Space is led by Derek Huerta, the former manager of satellite payload engineering at SpaceX.

Eclipse Space’s first hardware will include a phased-array prototype and a telemetry, tracking, and command radio.

Eclipse Space is a new company founded in Redmond, Washington, by former SpaceX veterans who helped build and scale the Starlink constellation.

Eclipse Space plans to develop operational satellites with dual-band S-band phased-array antennas, E-band return links, V-band inter-satellite links, and 8 kilowatts of power.

GomSpace will deliver proprietary satellite platform kits over several consecutive quarters under the follow-on order.

GomSpace generated revenue of 441.8 MSEK for fiscal year 2025.

GomSpace has a long-term strategic supply agreement with Danish electronics contract manufacturer NECAS.

The NanoMind A3200 runs an integrated software environment backed by a specialized Software Development Kit and an Attitude and Orbit Control System framework.

GomSpace will deliver the hardware in phased tranches across the remaining quarters of 2026 and early 2027.

The GomSpace follow-on order is valued at approximately 34 million Swedish Krona.

GomSpace’s platform kits support spacecraft form factors from 1U CubeSats to 12U and micro-payload configurations.

On June 30, 2026, GomSpace Group AB secured a follow-on order from an existing customer in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

GomSpace’s platform kits are modular, flight-proven nanosatellite and microsatellite bus kits.

GomSpace’s platform kits include mechanical frames, electrical power management subsystems, deployable solar arrays, and high-data-rate communication transceivers.

GomSpace’s platform kits integrate the NanoMind A3200 onboard flight computer and Attitude Determination and Control Subsystems.

GomSpace’s order backlog expanded into 2026 to 410 MSEK.

HotSat-2 launched in March before the start of commercial operations.

SatVu has obtained contracts and strategic investment from organizations active in defense, intelligence, and commercial services.

HotSat-2 provides independent information on whether an infrastructure asset is operational, its level of utilization, and how that utilization changes over time.

SatVu’s thermal intelligence data can be integrated into existing geospatial workflows.

HotSat-2 moved SatVu from technology demonstration to operational satellite thermal intelligence services.

SatVu says thermal intelligence can support urban planning and evaluation of heat-island mitigation strategies.

SatVu has begun commercial operations for HotSat-2.

SatVu has an announced agreement with Kongsberg to integrate SatVu thermal data into Kongsberg’s geospatial and intelligence services.

HotSat-2 monitored activity at Sasol’s large synthetic fuels plant in Secunda, South Africa.

SatVu provides customers with operational thermal imagery through its platform, APIs, and enterprise services.

HotSat-2 thermal imagery detected activity at one of Cuba’s main refining plants in Santiago de Cuba two days before the authorities made an official announcement.

AMSR3 adds five new observation channels sensitive to snow and upper-atmosphere water vapor.

AMSR3 data are intended to improve estimates of heavy precipitation and typhoon tracks.

The Japan Meteorological Agency and other national meteorological services will progressively integrate AMSR3 products into numerical weather prediction systems.

JAXA began distributing standard products from the AMSR3 microwave radiometer on 30 June.

The AMSR3 microwave radiometer is installed on the GOSAT-GW satellite, also known as Ibuki GW.

AMSR3’s new frequency bands are expected to provide more accurate information in coastal areas.

AMSR3 was designed to succeed the AMSR2 instrument, which has operated since 2012 beyond its nominal lifetime.

JAXA plans to integrate AMSR3 data into the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation system, or GSMaP.

MARMOTSat will fly on SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base no earlier than July 2026.

Exolaunch is a European company that specializes in launch integration services and rideshare mission management for commercial and institutional satellites.

The Canadian Space Agency awarded Exolaunch launch integration services for the MARMOTSat satellite.

NASA has previously tested asteroid deflection with the DART mission using a kinetic impactor.

JAXA expects navigation techniques from the Torifune encounter to help develop a model for quickly characterizing asteroids.

JAXA expects the Torifune navigation techniques to help develop a model for quickly obtaining data on asteroid characteristics.

Hayabusa2 created an artificial crater on Ryugu and collected images and material samples during its stay near the asteroid.

The Torifune flyby is intended to demonstrate high-precision orbital navigation and technologies for controlled asteroid trajectory modification.

NASA has already tested asteroid deflection with the DART mission using a kinetic impactor.

JAXA extended Hayabusa2’s mission after its original objective was completed.

The Torifune flyby is intended to demonstrate high-precision orbital navigation techniques and technologies for controlled asteroid trajectory modification.

Hayabusa2 will pass Torifune at about 5.3 kilometers per second.

JAXA extended the Hayabusa2 mission after its initial objective was completed.

The EU SST Partnership now involves 19 EU member states.