BlackSky Holdings owns and operates its own satellites for geospatial imagery collection, but CEO Brian O’Toole sees the company as more of a software company. Its satellite imagery is brought into its Spectra AI platform, which analyzes the imagery and other types of data to deliver insights to customers.  In a recent interview with Via…

The space industry is in the midst of transformation as the industry moves from a niche market to mainstream, industry leaders said on April 8 at the LEO Digital Forum. The satellite industry is often compared to the internet and PCs in the mid -90s, and still has a long way to go, said Theresa…

Some of the most important and disruptive changes that the wave of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations will bring to the satellite business will be on the ground, rather than in orbit, experts said at the LEO Digital Forum on Wednesday. “To light up all the [FCC-approved Non-Geostationary Orbit] satellites ... you will need a lot…

In one of his first public speaking appearances as OneWeb’s new CEO, Neil Masterson emphasized OneWeb’s go-to-market strategy for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation as a business-to-business model, working with telcos and local Internet Service Providers (ISPs).  Masterson came to the satellite industry from Thomson Reuters, which sells software and tools for legal and tax…