Year: 2023

Viasat is dealing with an unexpected anomaly with the reflector on its Viasat-3 satellite that “may materially impact” its performance. The company’s stock plunged after it released the news on […]

HawkEye 360 Inc. said on July 13 that it has raised $58 million in a Series D-1 round of funding from venture capital and private equity firms, including BlackRock, Manhattan Venture Partners, Insight […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has signed a new deal with a university and a company in Latvia. The company announced July 13 that it will partner with Ventspils University of […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) expects to debut the Vulcan Centaur rocket in the fourth quarter of this year, after solving an anomaly discovered during qualification testing in March, CEO Tory […]

This article is part of a series in which Via Satellite interviews people in the industry at different points of their careers, with a focus on career decisions-making, and what […]

GSMA and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a new memorandum of intent to strengthen partnerships between mobile and satellite industries to collaborate on technologies that bring the two solutions […]

Millennium Space Systems reports it has completed a program design review (PDR) for a U.S. Space Force missile tracking satellite in just four months, the company announced Wednesday. The satellite […]

Keysight Technologies is working with Skylo Technologies to expand its cellular testing expertise to non-terrestrial networks (NTN). The companies announced an MoU on Wednesday to create a certification program for […]

Starlink will play a pivotal role in expanding connectivity throughout Australia. Optus, one of Australia’s leading telcos and satellite providers, signed a deal with SpaceX to deliver mobile connectivity using the […]

Marine enforcement company OceanMind is expanding its agreement with Spire Global for automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Spire has been providing AIS data to OceanMind since 2019. OceanMind supports […]

Muon Space has been awarded an option to the company’s contract with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC) to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission.  Under this […]

Astranis will build a satellite dedicated to broadband in the Philippines under a new deal announced Tuesday with satellite service provider Orbits Corp and the government of the Philippines. This […]

Sixty-five years of space activity have resulted in countless achievements that have greatly enriched life on Earth. On the flip side, this activity has also contributed to the huge amount […]

GMV will provide a cybersecurity system for UAVs in Galacia, Spain. It has signed a 1.6 million euros ($1.7 million) contract with the regional government of Galicia’s Galacian Innovation Agency, […]

Rivada Space Networks and has signed an MoU with satellite service provider IEC Telecom to work together on land and maritime communications. According to a Monday announcement, IEC Telecom plans […]

Maxar Technologies has a new Maxar Geospatial Platform (MGP) now available as an initial release, for access to Earth observation intelligence. The company said MGP was designed to simplify discovery, […]

Propulsion company Phase Four received a funding increase from the Air Force Research Laboratory and its innovation arm AFWERX. The $4.26 million funding increase is focused on developing a propellant […]

Orbex is ramping up its preparations for the launch of its Prime Rocket, by adding significantly to its overall footprint. The company announced July 10 that it is extending its […]

In the past year, the satellite industry has been a part of a slew of announcements about direct-to-device and satellite to cell. Now, major names in cellular industries and devices […]

Viasat is making key inroads in the European aviation arena as it starts to reap the benefits of its acquisition of Inmarsat. Through Inmarsat, it has signed a long-term contract […]

Satellite technology company hiSky recently shared two updates to its technology, introducing the Falcon ASIC modem-on-chip which is ready for mass production, and FCC certification for its Smartellite Fixed KA […]

The government of Australia has awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for a pilot program for maritime domain awareness in the Pacific Islands, the company announced July 6. The pilot program […]

Voyager Space signed an MoU with NewSpace India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to collaborate on spacecraft launch.  The MoU specifically deals with NSIL’s […]

Ground software as a service company Atlas Space Operations named John Williams as its new CEO, and opened a government-focused subsidiary, Freedom Space Technologies, the company announced this week.  Williams […]

Thales Alenia Space has a new initiative to support startups with a new industry accelerator called the Space Business Catalyst, announced July 4. There are two locations, based in Toulouse, […]

OneWeb has signed a distribution partnership agreement with Connecta Satellite Solutions as it looks to increase its presence in the United States and across the Caribbean. The two companies announced […]

EchoStar has seven new partnerships to develop and sell IoT solutions with API-K, Cyric, DalesLandNet, Dryad, Galaxy1, ProEsys, and Symes. These EchoStar customers will use its mobile IoT network to […]

Arianespace launched its final Ariane 5 mission on Wednesday evening from French Guiana, marking the end of an era for the workhorse rocket. With the final launch, Europe does not […]

Fleet Space has appointed Matteo Genna as its new CTO, the company announced July 5. Genna has been in the space industry for around 30 years. After gaining his PhD […]

Australian telecommunications provider Telstra has a new deal with SpaceX to offer voice-only and voice plus broadband Starlink services to rural and remote customers in Australia. Telstra said in a […]