GomSpace

Major Gomspace satellite customer withholding payments
Gomspace delayed the release of financial results Oct. 27 as the European smallsat maker tries to get a major commercial customer to pay its bills.

GomSpace shuts down constellation spinoff
European smallsat builder GomSpace has entered a settlement agreement with Aerial & Maritime, a company Gomspace helped start and for which it had already built eight satellites.

Sky and Space Global narrows immediate goal to eight satellites as funding remains elusive
Sky and Space Global, a startup planning a constellation of 200 cubesats for low-data-rate communications, has narrowed its near-term focus to raising enough money for an initial eight satellites.

OQ Technology hoping to jump ahead in IoT race through GomSpace cubesat tests
OQ Technology of Luxembourg used GomSpace’s two GOM-X4 cubesats in low Earth orbit to demonstrate waveforms for a future constellation.

House proposes Ex-Im Bank extension to 2026 • GomSpace conducts more layoffs • Inmarsat wins potential $246 million DoD contract
An agreement reached in the U.S. House of Representatives June 18 could keep the Export Import Bank of the United States open until 2026.

Sky and Space Global, low on cash, seeks new investors for IoT constellation
SAS Global, in an April 15 notice to the Australian Stock Exchange, said it needs to raise 7.2 million Australian dollars ($5.2 million) to prevent further delays with its constellation of low Earth orbit satellites.

Sky and Space Global misses payment to GomSpace on 200-cubesat order
GomSpace is holding up production on a 200-cubesat order from telecom startup Sky and Space Global due to past-due payments.

Luxembourg’s Kleos Space raises $8 million, stock trades in Australia
Kleos Space, a Luxembourg-based satellite Earth observation startup, raised 6.96 million Euros ($8 million) from investors and began trading on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Dutch firm Cosine releases first images from hyperspectral camera aboard nanosatellite
The host satellite, built by Danish cubesat specialist GomSpace, is a so-called 6U cubesat measuring 20x30x10 centimeters.

GomSpace taps Virgin Orbit to launch nanosatellites for tracking ships and planes
Virgin Orbit, which expects to debut the air-launched LauncherOne rocket by summer, signed a contract Jan. 16 with GomSpace to send eight nanosatellites into orbit next year to track airplanes and ships.