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Technology
Ovzon Launches New Mobile Terminal in Small Form Factor
Swedish satellite operator Ovzon has debuted a new mobile satellite terminal in a small form factor, the Ovzon T8. The terminal is designed for mobility across air, land, and sea, […]
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Podcast
Inside SatEnlight’s Spiral Staircase of Lasers: Interview with Startup Space Winner Matteo Vismara
Based in Milan, Italy, SatEnlight is an optical communications technology company with a terminal that stacks multiple beams on top of each other, arranged in what looks like a multi-layered […]
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Mobility
IFC News Roundup from AIX
Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) was another opportunity for satellite companies to make the case for in-flight connectivity (IFC) to airlines. Via Satellite rounds up some of the significant announcements involving […]
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Mobility
Airlines See IFC as Way to Build Relationships With Customers
HAMBURG, Germany — As in-flight connectivity (IFC) has become a core part of the customer experience while flying, airlines are looking at IFC as one of the ways they form […]
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Finance
NorthStar Earth & Space to Go Public in SPAC Deal at $300M Valuation
Canadian space domain awareness (SDA) company NorthStar Earth & Space plans to go public through a SPAC deal announced Friday that values the company at $300 million. NorthStar integrates ground-based […]
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Government/Military
ESA Taps Kepler to Lead Next Stage of HydRON Optical Program
The European Space Agency has selected Toronto-based Kepler Communications as prime contractor for HydRON Element 3, the third part of a sovereign optical communications constellation, the company announced this week […]
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Government/Military
Space Force, NATO Commanders Share Threat Perspectives
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — New space capability is being actively identified by the U.S. Space Force, which is monitoring and managing threats from adversaries while creating missions to defend assets […]
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Government/Military
Air Force Awarded Development Contract for Space-Based AMTI; Meink Says Risk Low
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Department of the Air Force has awarded a contract for space-based air moving target indication (AMTI) to multiple vendors to begin development activities, Air Force […]
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Manufacturing
Boeing and Millennium Space Systems Add Mid-Class Resolute Satellite Bus
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Boeing and its subsidiary Millennium Space Systems are rolling out a new mid-class satellite platform called Resolute — designed to give more capability than a traditional small […]
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Technology
Slingshot Aerospace Releases AI-Powered Analytics Platform for Space Operations
Slingshot Aerospace released Portal, an artificial intelligence-based platform for satellite data monitoring and analysis this week. The software combines Slingshot’s data flows with external sources into its analytics engine, which […]
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Technology
Industry Builds the Case Around Architecture Options for Orbital Data Centers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Developing orbital space data centers has become more appealing because of reductions in satellite launch prices, and a demand for alternatives to terrestrial data centers. Access […]
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Government/Military
Transport Layer of PWSA Will Eventually Transition From SDA to New Acquisition Executive, Sandhoo Says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As part of the Space Force’s rollout of its new acquisition structure, the communications layer of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) […]
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Government/Military
COMSO Targets Expanding Working Capital Fund and Determining CASR Funding
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With various funding mechanisms in place to take advantage of commercial capabilities, Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Commercial Space Office (COMSO) is looking at expanding the Working […]
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Partner Content
Teledyne Space Imaging President Megan Tremer Shares Enabling Tech for Artemis II
Teledyne President of Space Imaging Megan Tremer spoke with Via Satellite during Space Symposium, covering some of the breadth of technologies Teledyne provided to the Artemis II mission running from […]
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Partner Content
Moog Space SVP Mark Covelli Details Meteor Satellite Bus at Space Symposium
Mark Covelli, senior vice president of Moog’s Space business spoke with Via Satellite during Space Symposium about how the company supported the Artemis II mission, and how Moog is investing […]
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Technology
Lonestar Expands Launch Plans for Orbital Data Storage Payload
Lonestar gave a launch date for “the world’s first commercially operational space-based sovereign data storage platform,” dubbed StarVault, in a statement on Wednesday. The company said demand for off-planet data […]
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Government/Military
US Space Command Chief Outlines Need for Maneuver Warfare Strategy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Chinese actions in space the past year around refueling and logistics in orbit have further “intensified” the Defense Department’s need to develop a space maneuver warfare strategy, U.S. […]
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Technology
Rocket Lab Closes Mynaric Acquisition at Higher Price Than Originally Agreed
Rocket Lab on Tuesday said it closed its acquisition of optical communications terminal (OCT) supplier Mynaric AG for $155.3 million, $5.3 million more than the original deal terms announced in […]
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Government/Military
Allied Space Strategies Stress Complementary Capabilities for Burden Sharing in Orbit
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Burden sharing in the current space domain is about how allies and partners contribute in ways that strengthen collective capability, resilience, and deterrence. This type of […]
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Government/Military
NASA Administrator Isaacman Hails the Success of Artemis, Previews Plans for Artemis III and IV
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Getting back to the Moon with Artemis II has ignited plans to accelerate building a base on the Moon, while NASA takes steps to launch Artemis […]
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Partner Content
Karman Director of Space & Launch Market Renee Frohnert Recaps Artemis II Support
Via Satellite Managing Editor Rachel Jewett interviews Karman Space & Defense Director of Space & Launch Market Renee Frohnert at Space Symposium about how the company supported the Artemis II […]
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Mobility
Delta Air Lines Contracts Airbus to Install Hughes Co-Developed IFC on Upcoming A350-1000 Aircraft
Airbus will equip 20 of Delta Air Lines‘ upcoming A350-1000 aircraft with a multi-orbit in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution co-developed by Delta and satellite operator Hughes under the terms of a new […]
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Connectivity
Amazon Enters D2D Market With Globalstar Acquisition and Plans for its Own System
Amazon has planted its flag in the direct-to-device (D2D) landscape with a deal to acquire Globalstar and deploy its own D2D satellite system. Amazon will acquire Globalstar under a roughly […]
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Partner Content
EBAD’s Lisa Brown Talks Supporting Customer Missions at Space Symposium
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense (EBAD) has a 190-year history of supporting critical customer missions. An example of that deep heritage supporting customer missions was Artemis II. Lisa Brown, EBAD’s Space […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Planning Next-Generation Space Dominance Demos On Orbit
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — To meet the Defense Department’s appetite for orbital warfare capabilities, Lockheed Martin is self-funding two next-generation space dominance efforts for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) and command […]
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Government/Military
Regulators Challenged With Keeping Up With the Cadence of Space Development
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With the pace of development in the commercial space industry over the last decade, regulators continue to work through how to oversee that development while enabling […]
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Technology
ThinKom Rolls Out New ThinAir Nexus Multi-Orbit, Multi-System Antenna for Airlines
California-based satellite ground-systems technology company ThinKom unveiled a new multi-orbit electronically steered antenna (ESA) for aircraft on Monday. Named the ThinAir Nexus, the new ESA is designed for ease of […]
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Space Symposium
MDA Announces Orbital Servicing Platform
Toronto-based MDA Space presented MDA Midnight, an on-orbit servicing platform, at Space Symposium on Monday morning. Midnight is designed for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) use to detect, identify, counter, […]





























