Mauro Facchini said Copernicus gives Europe state-of-the-art Earth observation capabilities and that its success depends on turning its products into operational tools.

SEBIT is INNOSPACE’s new multipurpose suborbital launch vehicle.

INNOSPACE’s SEBIT program expands the company’s activities beyond the HANBIT orbital launcher family into the suborbital services market.

INNOSPACE will use the Alcântara Space Center’s infrastructure for the SEBIT test campaign.

ALADA is a Brazilian public company dedicated to the development of aerospace projects.

ALADA acts as an intermediary between the Brazilian government and industrial operators seeking to use the Alcântara Space Center.

INNOSPACE signed an agreement with ALADA to conduct the first test flight of SEBIT in Brazil.

SEBIT is designed for technology demonstrations, qualification of space components, payload validation, and suborbital research missions.

INNOSPACE plans to conduct SEBIT’s first test flight in the second half of 2026.

Soojong Kim is the CEO of INNOSPACE.

Arkadia Space designed, developed, and manufactured the propulsion-system components in-house.

Arkadia Space and Reflex Aerospace have agreed to fly a hydrogen peroxide spacecraft propulsion system on a commercial low-Earth orbit mission scheduled for the second quarter of 2027.

Reflex Aerospace will integrate a chemical propulsion system on one of its satellite platforms for the first time.

Arkadia Space’s propulsion solution is based on the DARK propulsion module launched in 2025 on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission with D-Orbit.

DARK validated the propulsion system in real operating conditions and reduced technical risk for later commercial applications.

The mission will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-20 shared ride mission.

The agreement adds a European, in-orbit validated propulsion option for satellite builders in Europe.

The development program aims to complete the satellite’s design, integration, and qualification in about 12 months.

The DARK module validated the full propulsion system in real operating conditions.

Arkadia Space’s propulsion approach is based on results from DARK, a propulsion module launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission in 2025 with D-Orbit.

Arkadia Space will provide a complete hydrogen peroxide-based propulsion system for Reflex Aerospace’s satellite mission.

Reflex Aerospace selected Arkadia Space in part because Arkadia Space is a European supplier not subject to ITAR regulations.

Reflex Aerospace selected Arkadia Space partly because the company is a European supplier not subject to ITAR regulations.

The Reflex Aerospace satellite in the mission will have a launch mass of about 200 kilograms.

The Arkadia Space and Reflex Aerospace mission is planned for SpaceX’s Transporter-20 rideshare flight.

The Arkadia Space and Reflex Aerospace agreement expands the commercial use of Arkadia Space’s propulsion technology.

Arkadia Space and Reflex Aerospace have agreed to integrate a hydrogen peroxide spacecraft propulsion system into a commercial low-Earth orbit mission scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2027.

The satellite development program for the Arkadia Space and Reflex Aerospace mission is expected to complete design, integration, and qualification in about 12 months.

Arkadia Space’s propulsion system includes TRITON 5N monopropellant thrusters, 7-liter propellant tanks, and flight electronics.

Arkadia Space will provide a complete hydrogen peroxide-based propulsion system for orbital maneuvers and end-of-mission satellite deorbiting.

The Arkadia Space propulsion system is already validated in orbit.

The Reflex Aerospace satellite in the Arkadia Space agreement will have a launch mass of about 200 kilograms.

Arkadia Space designed, developed, and manufactured the propulsion system’s components in-house.

Reflex Aerospace chose an ITAR-free European supplier to preserve supply-chain autonomy and support the mission schedule.

Jeremy Hansen flew around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission as the first Canadian to do so.

The Government of Canada will keep Jeremy Hansen as a public ambassador for the space program.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Col. Jeremy Hansen will leave the agency this September and transition out of his active astronaut role.

Jeremy Hansen led mission training during his career as an astronaut.

The Royal Canadian Air Force is enabling Jeremy Hansen’s transition into a reservist role.

Jeremy Hansen will continue to serve as a reservist with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Jeremy Hansen completed 32 years of military service and 17 years with the Canadian Space Agency before his planned transition.

Jeremy Hansen was selected as a Canadian Space Agency astronaut in 2009 after flying CF-18 fighter jets for the military.

Blue Canyon Technologies was acquired by Raytheon Technologies, now RTX Corporation, in 2021.

The Space Development Agency program office acknowledged delays across multiple transport and tracking layer satellites in 2024.

Blue Canyon Technologies components appear on Space Development Agency Tranche 0 and Tranche 1 satellites, commercial remote sensing platforms, and multiple NASA science missions.

Space Development Agency Tranche 1 satellite deliveries slipped in the summer of 2024.

Space Development Agency Tranche programs, commercial remote sensing operators, and proliferated low Earth orbit constellations are competing for the same qualified supplier pool that includes Blue Canyon Technologies.

The Space Development Agency Transport Layer across Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 involves hundreds of satellites, each carrying multiple reaction wheels and at least one star tracker.

Planet Labs, Spire Global, HawkEye 360, and newer entrants place commercial constellation orders that add to demand for Blue Canyon Technologies' test infrastructure.

Blue Canyon Technologies' thermal vacuum test chamber infrastructure was built to support annual demand in the dozens to low hundreds of qualified reaction wheels and star trackers.