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Redwire on Tuesday said it has acquired Deployable Space Systems (DSS), a supplier of deployable solar arrays and other space structures, in a deal that adds a new line of products […]

In the last edition, we featured an exclusive talking to Sunil Bharti Mittal, one of India’s richest business people about his hopes and aspirations for OneWeb. It was a fascinating […]

Government space budgets grew 10 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, demonstrating the highest yearly budget growth since 2009, according to Euroconsult’s Government Space Programs 2020 report, published in December […]

This marks the third year of Via Satellite’s Satellite Technology of the Year (STOTY) award, recognizing a single technology, innovation, or concept, as well as the organization responsible for its […]

Via Satellite presents a group of six nominees for the prestigious Satellite Executive of the Year award, which honors an executive that has led a company to great financial success […]

When it comes to future growth markets, In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) is seen as a vital market for satellite, despite the issues aviation has had over the last year. There are […]

In February, Telesat finally came forward with the long-awaited announcement of the details of its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, a venture away from Geostationary Orbit (GEO) for the Canadian satellite […]

SES has won contracts in the European public service broadcasting arena worth over 66 million euros ($79.97 million), the company announced Feb. 22. The company signed multi-year capacity agreements in […]

Planet has entered into a satellite imagery data supply agreement with Manna Irrigation, an Israeli smart agriculture company that provides growers around the world with irrigation recommendations, crop monitoring maps, […]

SmartSky Networks has closed on more than $32 million in equity and debt funding, the company announced Monday. This funding comes as the company prepares to roll out its Air-to-Ground […]

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday morning. The Cygnus cargo spacecraft was berthed to the ISS Unity module at 7:16 […]

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Last month, Virgin Orbit reached a major milestone with its successful demonstration of the LauncherOne spacecraft, validating the company’s air-launch approach to sending small satellites to orbit. It was the […]

SES Government Solutions segment has won a maritime contract with the U.S. government to support military personnel overseas, the company announced Feb. 19. It has announced the award of a […]

The chief financial officer (CFO) of Bharti Global, Srikanth Balachandran, has joined OneWeb as CFO, the company announced Feb. 19. Balachandran has been CFO of Bharti Global since October 2018, […]

Airbus released its Full Year (FY) 2020 results on Feb. 18 after a challenging year for the company, reporting 4.3 billion euros ($5.2 billion) in revenue — a 29% revenue […]

The U.S. Space Force said on Feb. 17 that its Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement (MAJE) program has demonstrated the geo-location […]

The government of Québec will invest 400 million Canadian dollars ($316 million) in Telesat‘s new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, Lightspeed. In return, Canadian satellite operator Telesat will invest CA$1.6 billion […]

Virgin Orbit has tapped the former CEO of OneWeb Satellites, Tony Gingiss, as the company’s first chief operating officer (COO). In a Wednesday release, Virgin Orbit said Gingiss will oversee […]

BlackSky Holdings is the latest space startup to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, announcing a deal Thursday to go public with a $1.1 billion valuation.  […]

Another remote sensing satellite player has announced plans to launch a constellation in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA) aims to launch seven optical EOS SAT satellites into LEO […]

Synspective has acquired its first image from its debut Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, marking the first commercial SAR image from a Japanese company. The satellite, dubbed striX-α, was launched […]

Rakuten Mobile and Ligado Networks have reached an MoU for commercial trials for 5G mobile private networks based on the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). Under the MoU announced Feb. 12, […]

Myriota and Goanna Ag have teamed up to launch two new satellite-based products to help Australian farmers, the companies announced Wednesday. The two new products, GoRain and GoTank, aim to […]

Over recent years we’ve seen some impressive advancements across the satcoms industry with boundaries pushed further than we once thought possible. It was recently reported that SpaceX’s satellite broadband service Starlink, is […]

Spaceflight Inc. will launch its largest satellite to date at the end of the month, the company confirmed Wednesday. The rideshare company, which is famous for booking entire rockets for […]

Houston-based startup Axiom Space has successfully raised $130 million in Series B funding to support its goal of building the world’s first commercial space station. The company said that it […]

SpaceX deployed another round of Starlink satellites late Monday, but ended its streak of Falcon 9 booster recoveries.  The Falcon 9 rocket took off on Feb. 15 from Launch Complex […]

Avanti Communications has completed a refinancing deal that gives the company a new capital injection and an extension to pay back loans, the company announced on Monday. Avanti’s latest refinancing […]

Airbus Defence and Space has teamed up with the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey to develop what it calls a breakthrough nano-barrier that can protect satellites in LEO […]