Month: May 2021

Hughes Network Systems saw a 3.8% revenue increase in the first quarter of 2021, despite a dip in subscribers. During quarterly reports for parent company EchoStar Corporation, Hughes also provided...

SpaceX successfully executed a high-altitude flight test of its Starship rocket Wednesday evening, nailing the landing. This was the first successful high-altitude Starship test to date. The prototype SN15 took...

More than a year ago, Spire Global CEO Peter Platzer began working on a plan to get the company ready to go public. As Spire’s constellation of just over 100...

SES is launching a 100 million euro ($120.5 million) share buyback program after turning in what it viewed as a stronger-than-expected performance in the first fiscal quarter of 2021. The...

Intelsat turned in its first year-over-year double-digit revenue increase in at least eight years, thanks to contributions from its recently acquired Gogo Commercial Aviation business. The satellite operator’s first fiscal...

Smallsat launcher in development Firefly Aerospace has closed an oversubscribed $75 million Series A funding round, which values the company at more than $1 billion. The funding round, announced May...

OneWeb has signed its first commercial services contract with Hughes Network Systems for the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). Hughes is the prime contractor on the project, and will...

Last week, Eutelsat made the news with a deal to acquire around a 24% stake in OneWeb, in a deal worth over $500 million. The investment is an example of...

Atlas Space Operations has added four new ground stations in New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Alaska, and a fifth upcoming station that will be commissioned in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to...

SES has recently announced details of two new deals, one in the United States and one in Germany. SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has won...