Year: 2022

To commemorate International Women’s Day, Via Satellite is celebrating women who are leaders in the satellite industry. For this feature, we are asking people in the satellite industry to highlight...

Two U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced legislation that would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to provide cybersecurity resources to commercial satellite owners and operators. Senators Gary Peters,...

Arianespace named Pierre-Yves Tissier new chief technical officer, as current CTO Roland Lagier is retiring. Arianespace announced the change as immediate on Wednesday.  Tissier has been deputy CTO of Arianespace...

The satellite communications market has long been a monolith, standing apart and operating relatively independently from terrestrial communications markets typified by mobile and landline networks. Today, two significant technology advances...

Space missions cannot be tethered to Earth through a wire: they need to use the electromagnetic spectrum to send and receive commands and to transmit data on orbit. As demand...

This special report by Space in Africa, commissioned by Via Satellite, explores the connectivity landscape in Africa, and how Low-Earth Orbit providers may change it in the future. The internet...

One of the deals of 2021 saw AT&T partner with OneWeb to bring satellite-based connectivity to AT&T’s business customers who need connectivity in remote and challenging locations. This is a vote of...

Smallsats increasingly define the commercial space launch market, with a desire for independent access to space driving a new push by small launchers around the world. The number of small...

In November last year, Viasat stunned the satellite world when it announced it was acquiring Inmarsat in a deal worth over $7 billion. It was the biggest deal of 2021, and...

It is the start of a crucial year for the United Kingdom’s blossoming space industry. The U.K. government has set out to build a strong and vibrant industry over the...