MTG-S produced global infrared 'temperature' images showing warmest areas in parts of Africa and South America and cooler cloud-top areas.

MTG-S was launched on July 1, 2025.

Canada operates the RADARSAT-2 and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission synthetic aperture radar satellites.

OHB Systems is responsible for the MTG-S satellite.

ESA describes the MTG-S infrared sounder as the first European hyperspectral sounding instrument in geostationary orbit.

Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for the overall MTG mission.

Canada is an associate member of the European Space Agency.

MTG-S produced medium-wave infrared 'humidity' images with high-humidity regions depicted in blue and low-humidity regions depicted in red, including the Sahara and Middle East as low-humidity areas.

Canada contributed €407.7 million to ESA’s €22.3 billion budget for the next three years.

MTG-S follows the MTG imager (MTG-I) that launched in December 2022, and a second MTG imager is expected to launch sometime in 2026.

ESA’s first year of the three-year budget cycle is €8.26 billion.

ESA plans to produce 3D maps of the atmosphere from MTG-S sounder data to assist forecasting of fast-moving storms.

The MTG-S images were taken from geostationary altitude at roughly 36,000 kilometers above Earth.

The MTG-S sounder’s data product analyzes patterns in light waves as an interferometer to measure temperature, humidity, wind, and trace gases.

The MTG-S infrared sounder provided full-disc Earth images from geostationary altitude taken on November 15, 2025.

Quindar’s approach is intended to reduce total cost of ownership and improve operational readiness.

Quindar will provide automation-first operations to enable Starfish Space to focus on spacecraft and software capabilities while leveraging Quindar’s secure infrastructure for mission operations.

Quindar and Starfish Space formed a partnership on Feb. 5.

Quindar will supply secure automated mission control infrastructure to Starfish Space.

Quindar’s infrastructure is designed to eliminate the need for operators to build and maintain bespoke mission control software or stand up a dedicated internal team as missions evolve and scale.

Quindar will support operations for Starfish Space’s first three Otter missions.

Starfish Space is developing the Otter satellite servicing vehicle.

Quindar’s platform provides a common operating picture that automates mission planning, execution, and monitoring.

Nate Hamet is co-founder and CEO of Quindar.

Starfish Space aims to provide life extension and end-of-life services for satellites in orbit.

Blue Origin develops launch vehicles, rocket engines, a lunar lander, and the Blue Ring in-space mobility vehicle.

Optical crosslinks between satellites are a proven capability.

TeraWave intends to rely on Q/V-band links and optical crosslinks, which will materially affect the form factor and cost of user terminals compared with Starlink and Amazon Leo.

TeraWave satellites are planned to be optically linked and to operate in the Q- and V-bands.

TeraWave emphasizes middle-mile and backbone connectivity, path diversity, and resiliency rather than mass-market access.

New Glenn's manifest includes 27 launches planned for Amazon Leo and 5 launches planned for Eutelsat.

Blue Origin will build TeraWave, a constellation of optically linked satellites in Low-Earth Orbit and Medium-Earth Orbit geared toward enterprise users and data centers.

Blue Origin described TeraWave as targeting around 100,000 customers.

O3b mPOWER is limited to 10 Gbps per link.

TeraWave's planned architecture includes 5,280 satellites in LEO and 128 satellites in MEO.

The satellite industry has not yet normalized the use of the Q/V-band for customer-ready equipment.

Muon expects additional contracts to close in the coming year.

York filed a motion to dismiss its protest on January 28, one day before its planned public listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Univity originally planned to deploy a 1,500-satellite VLEO constellation to provide high-bandwidth connectivity for telecom providers.

Univity is building a pair of demonstration satellites planned for launch to very low Earth orbit by the end of 2027.

Voyager Technologies and Max Space agreed to cooperate on expandable technology intended for habitation and storage off-Earth.

The partnership between Max Space and Voyager Technologies focuses on habitats for deep space, including the Moon and Mars, rather than collaboration in low Earth orbit.

Muon has 20 satellites manifested to launch in the next 20 months.

Max Space and Voyager Technologies will begin by validating their expandable technology on the ground and aim to launch an in-space demonstration this decade.

Univity is transitioning to offer direct-to-device connectivity and has redesigned two core aspects of its satellite architecture to support that mission change.

Jonny Dyer is CEO of Muon.

Max Space and Voyager Technologies have plans to build commercial space stations.

Max Space’s modules are designed to launch in a compact package and expand after deployment.

Shola Efunshile is COO of Univity.

Blue Origin has paused its space tourism flights to focus resources on lunar activities.