German launch startups win DLR funds • Comtech wants out of Gilat merger • ClearSpace forming debris removal team

To receive FIRST UP Satcom, a weekly SpaceNews newsletter for satellite and telecom professionals, sign up here. TOP STORIES Three German companies have received 500,000-euro ($571,000) awards from the German space agency DLR as part of a competition to foster small launch vehicles. Startups Isar Aerospace and HyImpulse Technologies, alongside OHB company Rocket Factory Augsburg will use the funds […] SpaceNews