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Space Scotland appoints Nicholson as CEO

An industry-led body that represents Scotland’s space sector has appointed Dr Natasha Nicholson as its new CEO. Nicholson returns to not-for-profit Space Scotland after playing a key role during its formative phase as Cluster Manager. She brings a track record of delivery and stakeholder engagement, alongside scientific expertise and understanding of Scotland’s space ecosystem. Nicholson’s […]

August 6, 2025

Thaicom sees record growth in Space Tech business

Thaicom, the Asian satellite operator and space tech company, has announced its financial results for Q2 2025. In the quarter, the company reported revenue from sales and services of Baht 535 million (€14.2m), representing an increase of Baht 35 million or 7 per cent from Baht 500 million in Q1 2025 (QoQ). This growth was […]

August 5, 2025

Spaceflux closes £5.4m seed funding round

Spaceflux, headquartered in London, has successfully closed a £5.4 million (€6.2m) seed funding round, enabling the company to fast-track the growth of its proprietary global telescope network and push forward innovative space situational awareness (SSA) technologies. The funding round, co-led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) (managed by Future Planet Capital), Foresight […]

July 28, 2025

Measat secures IN-SPACe authorisation for services in India

Measat, the Malaysian spacetech solutions provider, has secured the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre’s (IN-SPACe) authorisation to offer its satellite services in India through NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). With IN-SPACe’s authorisation, Measat is now able to offer space-based communications and broadcasting services in the Indian market, in line with requirements of the Indian […]

July 8, 2025

Report: Defence spending fuels $182bn EO satellite boom

The 18th edition of Novaspace’s Earth Observation Satellite Systems report finds 5,770 EO satellites set to launch by 2034, fuelling a $182.6 billion (€155bn) market surge, as national defence priorities shape space strategy. As geopolitical instability drives interest in sovereign EO assets, defence and civil satellites are positioned to overtake commercial deployments . “A new […]

July 1, 2025

Sphere Abacus acquires space docs

Sphere Abacus (SA) has acquired two feature documentaries that showcase the remarkable endeavours of astronauts in the US space programme. Hannah Berryman’s latest film Spacewoman has been acquired for worldwide distribution, excluding North America, while Apollo 1, a Stopwatch Productions, 7T1 Films and Haviland Digital film, has been acquired for worldwide distribution excluding UK, Ireland, […]

June 19, 2025

Space Norway signs Starlink agreement

Space Norway, the European satellite operator, has signed an agreement with Starlink by SpaceX to provide Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity services starting with immediate effect. This contract further extends the company’s strategy of offering multi-orbit infrastructure combining geostationary (GEO), Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) and LEO satellites. The Starlink satellite constellation will enable Space […]

June 2, 2025

Saudis seek growth in space

Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion sovereign wealth fund created Neo Space a year ago, and while it is keen on developing space-based technology for Earth observation and other applications it does not see direct-to-cellular from space as being economic – at least for the time being. However, according to an interview in Space Intel Report, Neo Space […]

May 9, 2025

Azercosmos hosts 4th meeting of Turkic states’ Space Agencies

Azercosmos hosted the 4th Meeting among the Space Agencies and Relevant Authorities of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) in Baku, bringing together representatives and experts from across the Turkic world to strengthen cooperation in space science, education, policy, and climate resilience. In his opening remarks, Dunay Badirkhanov, Acting Chair of Azercosmos, reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s commitment […]

April 23, 2025

SES CEO: “We must move even faster”

SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh, in an interview, has said that despite the recent examples of acquisitions it must move even faster. SES is awaiting regulatory approvals for its purchase of rival Intelsat, and has recently made an investment in Lynk Global which is building a low Earth orbiting fleet of satellites for Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) connections. […]

April 11, 2025By Chris Forrester