Kongsberg Defence & Aerospacehas entered into an agreement to acquire Lithuanian smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer NanoAvionics. NanoAvionics is a leading smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer with significant global growth in recent years, including expansions into the United Kingdom and the United States.

 NSR’s Maritime Satcom Markets, 10^th Edition report finds Satellite Constellations from the likes of SES mPower, Starlink, OneWeb, Telesat Lightspeed, and more, poised to start a new era for maritime satellite connectivity.

Providence Equity Partners completes of the acquisition of a majority shareholding  from Apax Partners SAS.
 Under the agreement terms, Apax will retain a significant minority shareholding in Marlink, and the current management team and Ardian have also committed to minority interests.

With IBC Show set to return to the RAI Amsterdam this September after two years of virtual formats, IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) announced&

ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has enabled a simplified site installation solution for Intelsat’s FlexEnterprise platform, reducing the amount of coordination required to quickly activate new sites. The Satmotion solution, developed by Integrasys, is now integrated into iDirect’s Velocity platform which underpins the global FlexEnterprise service fabric to enable even faster deployment of connectivity services for enterprise locations practically anywhere in the world.

RF-Design  is extending their dual RF power meter range with the new PwrM40G. The unit covers a frequency range from 50MHz to 40GHz with a dynamic range of 38dB and with its high quality and superior RF power accuracy it assures precise and reliable measurements. It is available as a hand held unit or can be fit into a 1RU/19" rack mount chassis with capacity for up to four dual power meters allowing to monitor up to 8 RF signals. With its wide frequency range, the new PwrM40G is also perfectly suited for Ku-band and Ka-band monitoring.

The PwrM40G assures

LeoStella, a specialized satellite constellation design and manufacturing company, has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Mike Kaplan as vice president of business development. Kaplan will bolster LeoStella’s new business and customer efforts.

NSR’s Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Markets, 12^th Edition sees global satellite manufacturing and launch market positioned to generate $633B through the next decade.

Impulse Space  today announced it has secured US$ 10 million in funding by Lux Capital, the venture capital firm focused on emerging science and technology ventures. Following the recently raised US$ 20 million seed round funding led by Founders Fund, this sets Impulse on an accelerated path toward its mission to provide agile, economic capabilities to access any orbit according to the company.