Year: 2023
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Technology
DIFI Lays the Building Blocks for Ground Tech Interoperability
When things just work, isn’t that really a thing of beauty? When things work, we’re able to do more, to achieve more. We progress. We improve. However, sometimes to get […]
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Finance
Space Investment Drops Down to Earth in 2022, With a Focus on the Fundamentals
Rationalization. It’s the word that venture capitalists and analysts use when describing space investment in 2022. After a string of record-setting years that saw space invest rocket to new heights, […]
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Cybersecurity
10 Defining Moments in Cybersecurity and Satellite in 2022
The topic of cybersecurity for space assets is now one of the key conversations in the space industry, and virtually every space event in 2022 addressed the issue. In 2022, […]
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Space Economy
Fueling the First Space-Based Economy
When asked about how he envisions the space-based space economy 50 years from now, Clay Mowry, chief revenue officer of Voyager Space, pauses for a moment. He could take this […]
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Connectivity
Azercosmos Signs New African Government Deal
Azercosmos will provide capacity that will enable satellite internet services to governmental organizations in Africa. The company announced Jan. 24, that it has signed a new deal with CommCarrier Satellite […]
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Government/Military
US Marine Corps Awards Viasat a Managed Satcom Contract
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Viasat a contract for managed satcom service. Viasat announced the award Jan. 24. The contract comes after a pilot and follow-on service […]
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Connectivity
ST Engineering iDirect Supplies IoT Solution to Argentina’s ARSAT
ST Engineering iDirect has delivered its IoT solution to ARSAT, Argentina’s state-owned telecommunications company. The IoT solution will enable a number of use cases like fleet tracking, farming data, and […]
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Government/Military
US Space Force Seeks to Bolster Domestic Electronics Capacity for Future Systems
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate is seeking innovative industry solutions to bolster domestic capacity to build high-performance Strategic Radiation Hardened (SRH) and non-volatile memory (NVM) devices […]
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Launch
Rocket Lab’s Long-Awaited Mission Lifts Off From Virginia
Rocket Lab launched from the East Coast on Tuesday evening, in a milestone launch for the company that had been long delayed. An Electron rocket launched “Virginia Is For Launch […]
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Finance
Astroscale Hires Andrew Faiola for Key UK And European Role
Astroscale has appointed Andrew Faiola as its new commercial director for its U.K. and European subsidiary Astroscale Ltd, the company announced Jan. 24. He starts the role immediately. Headquartered in […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin Space and Full Company Sales Dip in 2022
Lockheed Martin’s Space segment reported a slight dip in net sales in 2022 compared to 2021, amid a year in which full company sales were slightly down. Lockheed Martin reported […]
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Mobility
Alaska Airlines to Upgrade Regional Jets With Intelsat Wi-Fi
Alaska Airlines is upgrading its Embraer E175 regional jets with Intelsat’s in-flight connectivity (IFC). The deal announced Tuesday will expand Alaska’s IFC services with Intelsat to include regional jets. Alaska […]
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Technology
Warpspace Signs Deal for Mynaric Condor Mk3 Laser Terminals
Japanese space startup Warpspace has signed an order for a small number of Mynaric Condor Mk3 terminals. Warpspace plans to use the terminals to establish a commercial optical data relay […]
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Government/Military
Canada Commits to Support Commercial Space Launch
The government of Canada is making space launch a priority, announcing a series of measures on Friday to license commercial space launch from the country. Transport Canada, the nation’s federal […]
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Government/Military
UK Space Agency to Invest $62M in Satcom Projects Through ESA’s ARTES Program
The UK Space Agency announced 50 million pounds ($62 million) in new funding for the nation’s satellite communications industry. The funding announced Monday is part of the European Space Agency […]
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Cybersecurity
Thales Alenia Space to Lead ESA Quantum Satcom Project
Thales Alenia Space signed a deal to lead the European Space Agency’s TeQuantS project to develop quantum technologies for cybersecurity applications and future quantum information networks. Under the program, Thales […]
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Government/Military
SDA Renames LEO Constellation to Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has renamed its proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, or PWSA. SDA announced the change on Monday, changing the name […]
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Connectivity
SES Wins New Mining Deal in Africa With Ivanhoe Mines
SES has extended a relationship with a key mining company in Africa. It has signed a new deal with Ivanhoe Mines which will see the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in the […]
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Space Economy
UK Astronaut Tim Peake to Take on a New Ambassadorial Role for ESA
Tim Peake, one of the most well-known names in the U.K. space industry, is to step down from the active European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut corps and assume an ambassadorial […]
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Opinion
Consolidation and Climate: Space Industry Trends to Watch in 2023
The past year saw huge advancements in the space industry. We witnessed landmark achievements such as the discovery of the earliest galaxies seen to date, and the release of the […]
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Finance
Arianespace Appoints Steven Rutgers as new Chief Commercial Officer
Arianespace has appointed Steven Rutgers to serve as its next chief commercial officer. Rutgers joins Arianespace from IoT startup Hiber, where he was vice president of sales. He has a […]
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Technology
OneWeb and Intellian Demonstrate User Terminal, Confirm Production
Intellian and OneWeb recently demonstrated Intellian’s flat panel user terminal on OneWeb’s commercial network. The companies reported the terminal achieved the maximum download and upload speeds supported by the OneWeb […]
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Finance
Space Capital Reports a 2022 Drop in Startup Investment, as Investors ‘Shift to Fundamentals’
Last year was the “most difficult investment environment since the Great Recession,” Space Capital said in its 2022 space investment report, but the firm is also optimistic and said 2022 […]
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Connectivity
Sateliot Partners With Sensefinity for Satellite-Enabled IoT Cargo Tracking
Satellite IoT startup Sateliot is working with industrial IoT company Sensefinity for cargo tracking. The companies said they are launching technology with 1,000 smart containers connected via satellite. Sensefinity will […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Slingshot Aerospace Taps HawkEye 360 for RF Data
Slingshot Aerospace awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for radio frequency (RF) data to support a Slingshot program for the U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command (SSC). Slingshot supports SSC with […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat Retires Eutelsat 5 West A Satellite
Eutelsat Communications has decommissioned the Eutelsat 5 West A satellite after more than 20 years in operation. The operator re-orbited the satellite to more than 400 km above Geostationary Orbit […]
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Opinion
How Space-Based Data Enables the Climate Solutions Posed By COP-27
Held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, COP-27 came with its lot of successes and disillusions, among which a lost opportunity to address the pressing issue of curbing the use of fossil […]
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Government/Military
UK Government Looks to Airbus to Enhance Space-Based Defence
The U.K. government is looking to tap into the space-based defence capabilities of Airbus Defence and Space in a major new partnership deal. The company, one of the U.K.’s leading […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX Launches the US Space Force’s Sixth GPS III Satellite
SpaceX launched the sixth GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force on a Falcon 9 mission early Wednesday morning. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite is part of the military’s work […]
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Mobility
Carnival Corporation to Roll Out Starlink Wi-Fi on Cruise Ships
Cruise ship titan Carnival Corporation has signed a deal for SpaceX’s Starlink Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet service and is already rolling out Starlink on Carnival Cruise Line and AIDA […]




























