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The perfect antenna is one the customer uses, never sees, and never worries about, said Carl Novello, the chief technology officer of NXT Communications (NXTCOMM). “Who is the user of […]

Ground systems technology is years behind the satellites it supports and catching up will entail a fundamental transformation of the sector and the introduction of interoperable standards, panelists at SATELLITE […]

Laser communications satellites are poised to help make ultra-secure communications networks possible, with current capability demonstrations showing optical communications using lasers to send greater amounts of data faster to and […]

Karina Perez Molina has not always felt represented in the space industry. At space conferences in the past, she sees herself more in the service staff than in the keynotes […]

While progress with the man Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations continues, there are still some exciting things going on in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). SWISSto12, a provider of payload systems for telecoms […]

An all-civilian crew dubbed Inspiration4 is currently orbiting the Earth in a major milestone for commercial spaceflight. SpaceX launched the crew of Inspiration4 on a Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday […]

Raytheon Technologies on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire SEAKR Engineering in a deal that strengthens its space business with a suite of space electronics products. Terms of the deal, […]

Making a jump to have its own in-house capabilities to design and manufacture satellites, Britain’s BAE Systems on Tuesday said it has acquired another United Kingdom-based company, In-Space Missions, which is currently […]

SES is seeing encouraging take-up of its cloud-based services. The operator announced Sept. 15 that since the first quarter of this year, more than 60 channels have adopted SES’s cloud […]

Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) series continues featuring companies who were recently on our anticipated 10 Hottest Satellite Companies list. This week we talk to Walter Berger, now co-CEO […]

NASA has awarded five companies contracts to mature sustainable lunar landing concepts as part of its Artemis program, the agency announced Tuesday.  Dynetics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, and […]

Kacific Broadband Satellites is working to bring a new internet service dedicated to businesses in the markets where it operates. It is launching a service called GigWiFi, a service that […]

Capella Space has launched its Open Data Program to make its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data publicly accessible, the company announced Tuesday.  This program makes SAR data — which can […]

A group of major Swedish technology companies that recently formed a partnership expects to have prototype low-cost satellite terminals for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) ready for testing and validation in 2022, […]

Arianespace successfully launched the tenth batch of OneWeb satellites on Tuesday.  A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at […]

Stephen Bennett, former senior vice president at Blue Origin, has taken the role of Kepler Communications COO, the company announced Tuesday. Bennett is an aerospace industry veteran who has also […]

SpaceX resumed Starlink launches on Monday, launching a batch of 51 Starlink satellites to Polar Orbit, equipped with optical inter-satellite links. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 8:55 p.m. […]

Spire Global is making its first acquisition after going public, with an agreement to acquire exactEarth for $161.2 million. ExactEarth provides satellite-AIS data services, which is used to track ships. […]

Hiber, the Dutch satellite Internet of Things (IoT) company, has signed a breakthrough deal with one of the world’s largest oil companies. It will provide Shell with integrity monitoring solutions […]

Space-based geospatial intelligence company BlackSky is now trading on the New York Stock Exchange after completing its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger on Sept. 9. BlackSky Holdings completed its […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has won another broadband-related contract in Latin America. It announced on Monday that it has received a $12 million service award for recurring revenues from broadband services […]

Virgin Galactic has delayed its next test flight “Unity 23” with the Italian Air Force until mid-October due to a component issue.  In a statement issued Monday, Virgin Galactic said […]

NASA has awarded SpaceX a $152.5 million contract to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) mission. The total cost includes the launch service and other mission-related costs. The GOES-U […]

Hughes Network Systems has agreed to distribute OneWeb capacity to its customers in two agreements announced Thursday, Sept. 9 at SATELLITE 2021 for the United States and India. The distribution […]

Yahsat has selected Cobham Satcom to deliver a mobile broadband system, including ground infrastructure and products, to operate as part of Yahsat’s next-generation Thuraya 4-NGS system. Under the contract announced […]

SpaceLink has signed on as the second customer for Mynaric’s recently announced next-generation optical communications terminal, the CONDOR Mk 3. Mynaric and SpaceLink announced Thursday, Sept. 9 that they have […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the U.K. branch of D-Orbit a contract to develop debris removal technology, the company announced Wednesday, Sept. 8. The ESA contract is worth […]

Launch integrator TriSept Corporation has developed a satellite software solution to provide security controls for commercial and government spacecraft, the company announced Tuesday, Sept. 7. This is the first cybersecurity […]

OneWeb and Kymeta have tested the Kymeta u8 antenna with OneWeb’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. The companies reported Tuesday, Sept. 7 that in demonstrations in Toulouse, France, the single […]