Year: 2024

In the next half-century, a plethora of tech sectors currently stationed here on Earth are poised to move up to space, and the U.S. government and its commercial partners want...

Ensuring the world’s 8.5 billion mobile phones never lose coverage isn’t a new idea, but it’s becoming increasingly viable, thanks to more powerful antennas and the arrival of Low-Earth Orbit...

In 2024, more than 45 people wrote to Via Satellite celebrating the contributions of their colleagues, mentors, friends, and bosses. It was more than we could fit in the March edition for Celebrating...

The introduction of low profile and discrete antenna design has sparked in-flight connectivity (IFC) adoption after years of relatively limited growth. Data from the Valour Consultancy quarterly IFC tracker shows...

Human beings can be messy, selfish, and provincial when it comes to environmental responsibility on Earth. We leave rubbish behind us – and expect someone else to clean it up;...

In the expansive landscape of the space industry, Winchester Interconnect is an indispensable partner, ensuring precision and reliability from conceptualization to the realization of space missions. Renowned for its flight heritage, Winchester...

The relationship between satellite operators and telcos can at times seem like a troubled marriage — “It is difficult to live together. But it’s more difficult to live alone,” Jean-Luc...

Melanie Stricklan has joined Space Workforce 2030 as the first executive director of the initiative. Space Workforce 2030 is a strategic partnership between Space Foundation and The Aerospace Corporation that...

GMV won a 78.4 million euro ($85 million) contract to lead the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) mission to develop a five-satellite constellation in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) for positioning, navigation and timing...

More than four years after the establishment of a sixth military service, U.S. Space Force, in December 2019, a new report advises the creation of a seventh service, the U.S....