The International Astronautical Federation (IAF)  announced the recipients of its most prestigious award: the IAF World Space Award 2025. As the IAF’s highest honor, traditionally described as the “Oscar in Space”, this award is presented to individuals and teams whose outstanding contributions have made a lasting global impact on space science, technology, law, medicine, or management.

Creonic GmbH, the leading provider of cutting-edge communications IP cores, is proud to announce that it has successfully renewed its ISO 9001:2015 certification. This underscores the company's commitment to managing quality, satisfying customers, and continuously improving its processes.

Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. (iRocket), a next-generation reusable space rocket developer, and BPGC Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Wilbur Ross, the 39^th U.S. Secretary of Commerce with more than 55 years of private equity and investment banking experience, and BPGC Management LP, an independent private equity firm dedicated to opportunistic buyouts and special situations transactions in the global industrials, materials and chemicals sectors, jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive Merger Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 22, 2025 in connection with the previously-announced letter of intent.

York Space Systems today announced that its parent company has agreed to acquire ATLAS Space Operations (ATLAS), a pioneer in Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS) for satellite communications. 

SES, today announced the completion of its  acquisition of Intelsat, creating a strengthened global satellite operator with an expanded fleet of 120 satellites across two orbits. The newly combined company will leverage its skilled teams with deep vertical expertise to deliver integrated multi-orbit, multi-band satellite and connectivity solutions to businesses and governments around the world, creating a stronger multi-orbit operator with ~60% of revenue in high-growth segments accordingto a company statement.

Quadsat, a provider of precise spectrum intelligence and RF geolocation solutions for satcoms and defense, today announced a €5 million extension to its Series A round, led by Join Capital and North Ventures, alongside existing investors Seraphim Space Capital, Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO), Helge Munk Holding and TPC Management.

The July-August 2025 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing is now available.  Featuring:

The European Launch Market: A New Space Race by Virgil Labrador

South Korea's Space Sector: Blending East and West by Blaine Curcio

Satellite Communications as Cloud Chamber for the Future by Bruce Elbert

Shaping Global Satellite Licensing Through National Consultations by Matthew Evans

Shift To Managed Network Services Offers Opportunity for Teleport Operators by Jason Bates

Company Spotlight: STARWIN Technologies

Plus  Products and Services Profiles SATExpo (CABSAT) and Satellite Asia 2025, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Trends, Executive Moves,  and many more. Click here to read or download the file

Pressure on teleport operators’ traditional business model continues to grow, driven by the rapid expansion of low-latency services delivered by low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Led by Starlink, the LEO operators are cutting into the mobility and broadband markets that geostationary (GEO) operators have relied on amid the decline of their broadcast business. In turn, this has squeezed the teleports, which traditionally have provided uplink and downlink services for the GEO operators.

Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, announced today that the company has completed its previously announced acquisition of UP42 GmbH, the leading Earth Observation (EO) platform previously owned by Airbus Defence and Space GmbH. Following the initial announcement in December 2024, UP42 is now formally part of the NSG organization.

Media Broadcast Satellite GmbH (MBS), a service integrator and managed gateway operator, has announced an agreement with satellite operator SES to acquire a part of its media services in Germany and the UK.