Indra designated Miguel Ángel Panduro as director general of Indra Space at the end of December following the formal closing of its acquisition of 89.68% of Hispasat's share capital.

Indra's board of directors unanimously appointed Miguel Ángel Panduro as director general of Indra Space.

Indra's board approved Miguel Ángel Panduro's entry into the group's management committee while he was serving as chief executive officer of Hispasat.

Miguel Ángel Panduro transformed ISDEFE into a strategic consultancy in defense, security, and transport while managing large technology programs.

Miguel Ángel Panduro holds a Master in Business from IESE Business School.

Miguel Ángel Panduro holds a CESEDEN qualification from the Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional.

Miguel Ángel Panduro joined Hispasat in 1990 and contributed to the company's business expansion and internationalization.

Miguel Ángel Panduro has held positions at technology and innovation organizations including Fundación COTEC and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

York Space Systems uses standardized S-CLASS and M-CLASS satellite buses.

York Space Systems is a Denver-based satellite manufacturer.

York Space Systems achieved an approximate market capitalization of $4.75 billion at the time of its IPO.

As of late 2025, York Space Systems is the primary provider for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

York Space Systems made its trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange on January 29, 2026.

Proceeds from York Space Systems’ IPO are earmarked for immediate expansion of manufacturing inventory and research and development.

York Space Systems has 33 spacecraft operational in orbit across six distinct contracts.

York Space Systems raised $629 million in an upsized initial public offering.

York Space Systems positions its standardized S-CLASS and M-CLASS satellite buses as enabling spacecraft manufacturing at approximately half the cost of traditional defense competitors.

In September 2025, York Space Systems became the first prime contractor to launch and deploy 21 satellites for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer mission within hours of launch.

York Space Systems is positioning itself as a supplier for the proposed Golden Dome missile defense project.

York Space Systems transitioned from a venture-backed disruptor to a Tier 1 defense prime following its IPO.

AE Industrial Partners remains the majority shareholder of York Space Systems following the IPO, retaining over 50% of the voting power.

York Space Systems is conducting due diligence for a potential $120 million acquisition of a key supplier to further vertically integrate its supply chain.

Dirk Wallinger is the CEO and Founder of York Space Systems.

York Space Systems priced its IPO at $34 per share, the top of its target range.

The three LISA satellites are scheduled to launch in 2035 aboard an Ariane 6 rocket.

Thales Alenia Space in the UK is responsible for the design, manufacture, system assembly, integration, and testing of the LISA Propulsion Subsystem under the Phase B2 contract.

The DFACS on LISA will perform constellation acquisition by establishing and maintaining laser links between the satellites and will compensate for non-gravitational forces such as solar radiation pressure so the test masses follow geodesic motion.

Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy is leveraging design solutions from a five-year study phase it led as prime contractor for LISA.

The LISA spacecraft design builds on the legacy of LISA Pathfinder, which demonstrated the ability to maintain test masses in free-fall with extraordinary precision.

Thales Alenia Space is responsible for ensuring the electromagnetic, radiation, and self-gravity operational environment for the LISA payload and is managing the budgets for that environment.

LISA will use laser beams transmitted between satellites to measure displacements between reference masses with a precision smaller than the diameter of an atom.

Thales Alenia Space in Switzerland is developing part of LISA’s instrument electronics and part of the Constellation Acquisition System.

The same precision propulsion system used on ESA’s Gaia and Euclid missions will be used on each LISA spacecraft to keep laser interferometer beams pointed at remote spacecraft approximately 2.5 million kilometers away.

Leonardo is contributing micro propulsion assemblies to the LISA mission, which are precise thruster systems used to control satellite attitude.

The LISA mission will consist of a three-satellite constellation in a triangular formation spaced approximately 1.55 million miles (≈2.5 million kilometers) apart.

Each LISA satellite will carry two reference masses for interferometric measurements.

The LISA three-satellite constellation will trail or precede Earth in its orbit around the Sun.

LISA will detect gravitational waves with a sensitivity and in a frequency range that cannot be measured from the ground.

OHB System AG signed a $19.6 million contract with Thales Alenia Space to provide the Propulsion Subsystem for ESA’s LISA mission.

The Phase B2 contract for LISA will be followed by Phase C and D, bringing the total contract value to €89.5 million (≈$106.32 million).

Thales Alenia Space will provide OHB System AG with the spacecraft avionics and control software, the telecommunication system, and the drag-free and attitude control system (DFACS) for LISA.

Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Gorgonzola, Italy will develop the On Board Computer and the Mass Memory as a single integrated unit for LISA.

LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) will be the first space-based observatory dedicated to studying gravitational waves.

au Starlink Direct previously provided service across Japan’s land and territorial waters up to 12 nautical miles from the coastline.

au Starlink Direct’s new connection area now includes connection waters up to 24 nautical miles from the coastline.

KDDI and Okinawa Cellular expanded the domestic coverage area of the satellite-to-smartphone direct communication service au Starlink Direct by about twofold on January 29, 2025.

The combination of the au Starlink Direct coverage expansion and the au Starlink Ferry Wi-Fi service for eligible vessels will enhance sea-based communications for fisheries workers and ferry passengers.

au’s population coverage rate exceeds 99.9% while its area coverage rate had been about 60% due to Japan’s unique terrain.

au Starlink Direct began service in April 2025 and enables communications across all of Japan, including the roughly 40% of land area that had previously lacked coverage.

On land, au Starlink Direct had been used mainly in mountainous areas.