Next week, we make a little bit of history as we launch digital CyberSat week, the first virtual event by the Satellite group here at Access Intelligence. An all-star lineup of cybersecurity influencers and experts will deliver presentations and panels looking at some of the biggest topics in the industry from supply chain and software-defined…

It took two attempts, but SpaceX has made history as the first privately owned company ever to launch human beings into space. On Saturday afternoon at approximately 3:22 p.m. EST, SpaceX sent NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Crew Dragon capsule that was mounted on a…

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said that it is requiring Communications and Power Industries LLC (CPI) to divest its ASC Signal Division for the company to proceed with its planned acquisition of the satellite communications technologies business of General Dynamics. CPI’s deal for General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies was announced last August and was expected to close…

In our recent column, we proposed a golden triangle of competitive differentiation in the satcom industry, comprising advantageous configurations of orbit, spectrum and payload to host a subset of 5G satcom services within a unified "network of networks." With the LeoSat shutdown, and OneWeb and Intelsat recently filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it seems…