Month: April 2024

The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Tuesday awarded a potential $414 million contract to Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems unit to build and deliver eight missile defense fire control satellites for launch […]

Unseenlabs aims to launch a new surveillance constellation in 2026. The France-based maritime surveillance company that specializes in radio frequency (RF) detection will expand its fleet to include monitoring terrestrial […]

UltiSat is partnering with CloudJuncxion, to leverage its Unified Multi-Path Connectivity (UMC) solutions with CloudJuncxion’s Bandwidth Virtualization technology. The joint offering aims to improve tactical communications by unifying multiple links […]

SES and Intelsat closed the chapter on the will they/won’t they story, with news on Tuesday that SES will acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion. It is a massive piece of […]

Welcome to our May edition of Via Satellite. In this edition we celebrate the winners of our Satellite Executive of the Year (SEOTY) and Satellite Technology of the Year (STOTY) […]

For decades, the global satellite market has been dominated by established players like the U.S., Europe, and China. But a new force is rapidly emerging in the East: The Indian […]

Discussions at SATELLITE 2024 last month ranged from the biggest topics – Starlink, Kuiper, and persistent funding challenges – to emerging opportunities like direct-to-device and optical satcom that are making […]

In the maritime sector, for many years, the long-sought “Treasure Island” of connectivity could be summed up in four words: As good as shore. “We would always ask, can we […]

The urgent response to the climate crisis is now. With Earth facing threats from global warming, air pollution, and the decrease in ocean biodiversity, satellite initiatives that use Earth’s vantage […]

The satellite industry is always looking for new markets — how to increase the addressable market, and bring satellite services to news industries and customers. The 2023 Satellite Technology of […]

The key moment in the MDA Space story in 2023 took place at SATELLITE 2023, when MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley met with Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg. The meeting would […]

Spire Global has entered a multi-million-dollar deal with an unnamed financial firm to provide its High-Resolution Weather Forecast model. This model offers a six-day outlook powered by space data and […]

SpaceX launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission on Saturday evening, deploying two Galileo satellites. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellites to Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) from the Kennedy […]

WISeSAT.Space has deepened its relationship with the Swiss Armed Forces which will see the two collaborate to launch an enhanced WISeSat satellite later this year. WISeSAT.Space announced the strengthening of […]

Intelsat will provide CNH tractors and agricultural machines with ubiquitous internet access under a new deal announced Monday. CNH includes the brands Case IH, Steyr, and New Holland.  Under the […]

The anticipated merger of Bayanat, an AI-powered geospatial solutions provider, and Yahsat, the UAE’s flagship satellite operator, is now close to completion. The shareholders of both companies approved the proposed […]

Finnish satellite company Iceye has a new data collaboration with reinsurance broking arm Juniper Re for Iceye’s Flood and Wildfire Insights data. Iceye announced the new, multi-year agreement on April […]

Space & Airborne Systems and Communication Systems led growth at L3Harris in the first quarter of 2024, contributing to a 17% year-over-year revenue increase.  L3Harris reported Q1 results on Friday. […]

Hughes Network Systems has opened a new manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in Germantown, Maryland. The Hughes Manufacturing Facility (EXM) will serve as a testing ground for private […]

PARIS — European space startups  are paying attention to cybersecurity threats, hiring cybersecurity professionals, and working to fortify their cyber defenses. Speaking at CySat in Paris on April 24, Cesar […]

Northrop Grumman’s Space segment posted $3.7 billion in sales in the first quarter of 2024, a 9% increase from the same period last year. Northrop Grumman reported Q1 financials on […]

Reticulate Micro has a new line of multi-orbit flat panel antennas called Valor, the company announced Thursday. Valor is a flexible line of electronically steerable antennas (ESAs) built for users […]

Lynk Global signed a contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide commercial satellite-to-cell services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), […]

JAXA selected Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, as the commercial partner for Phase II of JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) program. Astroscale Japan announced the partnership […]

SES‘ new software-enabled Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite system O3b mPOWER is now operational, the European satellite operator announced Wednesday. With six out of 13 O3b mPOWER satellites launched, SES said […]

In Rocket Lab‘s fifth successful launch of 2024, the New Zealand-based launcher deployed the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s (KAIST) NEONSAT-1 satellite and NASA‘s Advanced Composite Solar Sail […]

PARIS — French and European government and military leaders speaking at the Cysat event in Paris on Wednesday said that Europe’s changing geopolitical environment is leading to increased cybersecurity threats […]

The ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission changed its objective after detecting a space debris collision of the target with untraceable debris. In-space debris removal company ClearSpace announced the decision on April […]

Spanish launcher in development PLD Space has raised 78 million euros ($84 million) from investors, the company announced Tuesday. The company plans to use the funds to open the first […]

Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has deployed the company’s first base station in Nigeria that has connectivity via SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, AMN announced last week.   AMN has deployed over 4,000 base […]