Satellites
Japanese Joint Venture Plans to Acquire Seattle-Based Spaceflight
The sale will allow parent company Spaceflight Industries to focus accelerating the growth of its BlackSky subsidiary
The sale will allow parent company Spaceflight Industries to focus accelerating the growth of its BlackSky subsidiary
Seattles Spaceflight Teams Up With Indian Space Company to Send More Satellites Into Orbit
Spaceflight to date has inked deals to launch some 270 satellites, including nearly 100 this year
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket packed with 64 small satellites stands ready to blast off as part of a 2018 rideshare mission managed by Seattle-based Spaceflight.
LeoStella Inks Deal to Manufacture Satellite Belt to Store Data in Space
Seattle-area startup will produce the cyber-secure SpaceBelt network for Cloud Constellation Corp.
LeoStella, a small-satellite maker based in Tukwila, has landed a contract to manufacture a 10-satellite constellation for Los Angeles. -based Cloud Constellation Corp. that, once in space, will provide secure data storage for private enterprises, government and military clients. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the cost of such small satellites can run…
Amazon Plans to Launch 3,000 Satellites as New Space Race Heats up
Seattle company joins a host of players seeking to provide internet service from space
E-commerce giant Amazon is joining the race to build a space-based internet powered by satellites. The company confirmed a plan, dubbed Project Kuiper, to launch a network of some 3,000 small satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide high-speed broadband internet service globally, according to reports in Reuters and CNBC based on federal filings….
Seattles Spaceflight Set to Blast 21 Small Satellites Into Space
Company is helping to fuel a global surge in private-sector small-satellite launches
Theres a new global space race underway, playing out among dozens of private companies worldwide working to deliver small satellites into orbit that will open the door to a whole new range of Earth-based services, including global internet service and on-demand global imaging, and Seattle companies like Spaceflight are leading the charge. The space company,…
Boeing Is Back in the Race to Build a Space-Based Internet
Company is one of nearly a dozen vying to offer internet service from space
Despite industry reports last year that Boeing Co.s plan to build a space-based, satellite-powered internet was stalled, it appears the plan is back in orbit. Boeing spokesman Jerry Drelling told Seattle Business magazine that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has placed the Boeing application for authority to launch and operate 147 satellites into the public…
LeoStella Opens Satellite-Manufacturing Plant in Tukwila
New facility is slated to produce 20 small satellites for Seattle-based BlackSkys Earth-observation platform
LeoStella, a locally based small-satellite design and manufacturing company, has unveiled its new manufacturing facility in Tukwila, Washington, where it will produce its first satellite by the end of March for BlackSky, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries. LeoStella has a contract to produce 20 satellites at its 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for BlackSky, which plans…