Plus: Arianespace to launch Katalyst servicing spacecraft
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| | | | | | | By Sandra Erwin Parsons Corporation is rolling out a new satellite ground antenna, targeting a market opening left by the Space Force's recent cancellation of a planned antenna procurement. Developed in collaboration with Raven Defense, the SPARTAN antenna — short for S-Band Phased Array Receive and Transmit Antenna Node — combines a six-meter parabolic dish with an electronically steered phased-array feed.
| | Large infrastructure funds are "carefully looking" into entering the space sector, Seraphim Space CEO Mark Boggett said March 23, giving early-stage investors more confidence to back ambitious startups that may later need billions of dollars to scale.
Arianespace announced March 23 that it won a contract to launch Katalyst's Nexus-1 servicing spacecraft on an Ariane 6 in the second half of 2027. The companies did not disclose terms of the contract, including whether the launch would be shared with other customers.
| | | | | York Space Systems last week reported sharply higher revenue in 2025 and narrowing losses as it scales production tied to Pentagon satellite programs. But a broader overhaul of how the U.S. military buys space systems is introducing some uncertainty for one of its fastest-growing suppliers.
Swissto12, the Switzerland-based small geostationary satellite specialist, has signed a contract with Japanese data relay venture Space Compass to build the first optical relay spacecraft using its washing machine-sized HummingSat platform. | | | | | | | FROM SPACENEWS |  | | March 31 at 1 p.m. ET: Join SpaceNews and Star Catcher, in partnership with the Commercial Space Federation, for a conversation on the energy and computing needs driving the push toward orbital data centers, where there are gaps and where there are opportunities and what comes next in this fast-moving field. Register now. | | | | |
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