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Maxar Technologies announced it received a Phase A study contract from NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Spacecraft mission. During the ten-month contract, Maxar will develop the spacecraft concept, mature necessary technologies, conduct analysis on robotic servicing and payload accommodations, help define the potential performance, risks, costs and development schedule for a three-satellite, next-generation constellation of weather monitoring satellites. "Maxar is excited to work on designing NOAA's next-generation weather monitoring spacecraft," said Chris Johnson, Maxar Senior Vice President and General Manager of Space. "This contract builds on our legacy of manufacturing the first- and second-generation GOES satellites, which operated beyond their expected lifetimes. Maxar is committed to helping customers use spacecraft and space-based data to study weather patterns and mitigate climate change, and this GeoXO study contract is the next evolution of that work."

BlackSky Technology Inc. (BKSY) and Airbus (EADSY)) have signed a reseller agreement enabling BlackSky to expand its platform's all-weather, day and night, and high-resolution satellite imagery offerings for BlackSky customers. "The combination of BlackSky's dynamic, real-time multi-source Spectra AI monitoring platform with multiple types of very high-resolution electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar images gives customers great flexibility for tasking requests when monitoring fast-moving, day and night operations and sites around the globe," said Brian E. O'Toole, BlackSky CEO.