Year: 2022

SpaceX launched 59 spacecraft to orbit in a rideshare mission on Wednesday. The Transporter-5 mission was the fifth mission in SpaceX’s dedicated smallsat rideshare launch program.  The Falcon 9 rocket...

SES has revealed details of a cellular network connectivity demonstration in Kazakhstan that shows the potential for satellite-based cellular connectivity. Kcell, Kazakhstan’s leading mobile network operator, paired its terrestrial network...

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded contracts to Maxar Technologies, BlackSky, and Planet, for satellite imagery worth billions of dollars over the next 10 years. The NRO said the awards...

The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has awarded BlueHalo a $1.4 billion contract for the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program. “SCAR will address the...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced Tuesday that it has developed an additive manufacturing technology to 3D print satellite antennas in space. The novel technology uses a newly developed liquid resin with...

LeoLabs’ space situational awareness software will support the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) under a new multimillion-dollar contract announced Tuesday.  JASDF will use LeoLabs data and services platform which...

Benchmark Space Systems is the latest U.S. space company to invest in the United Kingdom. The company announced May 24 that it had opened a manufacturing and testing facility northwest...

Spire Global has received a five-year, multimillion-dollar award to provide weather forecasts for TCOM, an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) firm based in the United States. The subcontract will provide...

Via Satellite’s June edition features an interview with new Eutelsat CEO Eva Berneke and personal accounts of the war in Ukraine from Ukrainian space professionals. Also in the edition, an...

The world’s energy consumption is increasing and will continue to grow. According to a report by the University of Oxford, current global energy consumption is more than 160 billion megawatt...