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FCC Deorbiting Announcement May Bolster Value of NorthStar and Astroscale Partnership

On September 20th at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris, Astroscale and NorthStar Earth and Space announced that they were entering into a partnership in support of space sustainability. A week later the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced revised rules for deorbiting satellites bringing additional context to the partnership. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, …

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GHGSat-C3 (“Luca”), C4 (“Penny”), and C5 (“Diako”) microsatellites

NASA Issues Blanket Purchase Agreement for GHGSat Data

Showing its faith in GHGSat's data, NASA has awarded the company a fixed-price blanket purchase agreement over a five year period. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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Michael Suffredini of Axiom and Lisa Campbell of the CSA shake hands after signing agreement

The Canadian Space Agency had a Busy Schedule at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris

This years 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris was the largest one to date, with nearly 10,000 people attending in-person. The Canadian Space Agency signed four agreements and held 17 official meetings. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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Entrepreneur space series

An Introduction to Entrepreneurial Space

A few years ago, or a lifetime ago in COVID years, I wrote an article for SpaceQ discussing the difference between "New" Space and "Old" Space in which I argued that they really weren't different ways of addressing a single space market. I argued instead that they were actually different business models that happened to share space as the medium through which services were delivered …

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Maritime Launch Services and Skyrora have signed a letter of intent for launch services from Spaceport Nova Scotia

Maritime Launch Services Adds Skyrora XL as a Launch Option, Signs CubeSat Agreement with Ukraine

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) publicly announced a couple of agreements at this years International Astronautical Congress in Paris including with Skyrora and the State Space Agency of Ukraine. What other deals will come from their side meetings is something we should learn about in the coming months. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology …

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Spire Global 16U satellite platform

Spire Global Satellites Will Host Three GHGSat Payloads

GHGSat has signed a deal with Spire Global to host at least three methane-tracking payloads. The deal, announced at the World Satellite Business Week, will have GHGSat move away (at least partially) from their previous strategy of owning their own satellites, and shift towards putting payloads onto Spire satellites. Spire will be launching three 16U satellites in 2023 that will each carry one of GHGSat’s payloads.

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