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Finance
Maxar Stock Surges on Strong 2Q, Executives Update Legion, Telesat LEO Outlook
Maxar Technologies stock climbed over the $24 per share mark Thursday morning after posting strong second quarter results and reporting $500 million dollars in liquidity after its April 2020 sale […]
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Government/Military
Globalstar’s SPOT Gen3 Satellite Helps Firefighters in Spain
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services has revealed details of a key new deployment of its technology in Spain. The company announced Aug. 6 that its 550 SPOT Gen3 satellite enabled safety […]
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Mobility
Astronics Completes Successful Antenna Test Flight With Collins Aerospace
Astronics’ Ku-band tail-mounted antenna technology successfully completed a test flight. The technology was used on a Collins Aerospace KuSAT-2000 satcom terminal for their LuxStream business jet connectivity solution. During the […]
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Connectivity
Blue Canyon Technologies Tapped to Build QETSSat Encryption Satellite
Loft Orbital awarded a contract to small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to develop and build the YAM-4 spacecraft bus for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Honeywell‘s Quantum […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX, ULA Will Launch SES’ C-band Clearing Satellites
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch up to five C-band satellites for global operator SES, which will use the spacecraft for its accelerated C-band clearing plan with the […]
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Launch
Benchmark Space Systems Merges Tech with Tesseract, Signs Green Propulsion Deal with Spaceflight
Benchmark Space Systems, an in-space propulsion systems supplier coming off of a recent capital fundraising round of more than $3 million, has just secured technology partnerships with Tesseract Space and […]
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Finance
Eutelsat’s 2020 Performance Grabs Analysts’ Attention
Industry analysts from Berenberg Bank and Jefferies put European satellite operator Eutelsat under the microscope this week, issuing reports that largely praised the company for its recent acquisition of BigBlu […]
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Government/Military
L3Harris Completes Critical Design Review on Air Force NTS-3 Program
L3Harris Technologies has completed a critical design review for the U.S. Air Force’s first Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) program, the manufacturer announced. NTS-3 is designed to improve the resiliency of […]
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Connectivity
Spacecom, Gilat Telecom Roll Out New Satellite Service in Africa
Israeli satellite companies Spacecom and Gilat Telecom have joined forces to roll out a high-speed, low-cost satellite service for home and office connectivity, video conferences, e-health applications, e-learning, and e-education […]
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Technology
Vialite Releases Embedded Site Controller for Better Antenna Monitoring
ViaLite has released new technology that enables users to see what is happening at the antenna end of smaller Satcom and GPS receiver applications, the company announced Aug. 3. The […]
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Launch
RSCC’s Express-80, Express-103 Satellites Reach GEO Orbit
The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) successfully placed two new satellites, Express-80 and Express-103, in geostationary orbit at 80 degrees East and 96.5 degrees East, respectively. The satellites will provide […]
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Imagery and Sensing
From Amazon Software to Space-Based Blockchain with Aravind Ravichandran
Aravind Ravichandran is a Senior Strategy Consultant at PwC’s space practice, and a self-proclaimed Earth Observation (EO) data aficionado with a passion for blockchain. He sees EO as just another […]
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Finance
ABL Space System Wins Combined $93.5 Million in Financing, DoD Contracts
ABL Space Systems was awarded two U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracts worth $44.5 million, and completed a funding round valued at $49 million. Additionally, the company began testing its RS1 […]
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Government/Military
Viasat Reveals New Dynamic Video Encoding Capability for ISR Missions
Viasat is rolling out a new Dynamic Video Encoding (DVE) capability that optimizes sensor data for military aircraft on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The new DVE capability helps […]
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Finance
NanoAvionics Triples Yearly Revenue Following U.S. Expansion
Small satellite bus manufacturer NanoAvionics reported a year-over-year revenue increase of 300% during the last 12 months. Speaking during the virtual Small Satellite Conference, NanoAvionics CEO and Founder Vytenis Buzas […]
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Finance
Russia Advances Comtech’s Application to Acquire UHP Networks
The Russian Government referred Comtech Telecommunications’ application for regulatory approval of its acquisition of UHP Networks to its Commission for Supervising Foreign Investments for review under Russia’s Foreign Investment Law. […]
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Launch
Arianespace Sends Ariane 5 Rocket Back to Hangar for Sensor Replacement
Arianespace will have to wait a little longer for its post-COVID-19 comeback. The French launch company was forced to scrub its Ariane 5 VA253 mission on Friday after detecting a […]
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Launch
Rocket Lab Targets August Return to Flight After Launch Failure
Rocket Lab is preparing for return to flight in August after its July 4 mission failed, losing payloads for customers Canon Electronics Inc., Planet, and In-Space. The smallsat launcher announced […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat Posts Steady Full-Year Results, Acquires BBB Europe to Boost KONNECT Launch
On the day before most of Europe sets out on summer holiday, French satellite operator Eutelsat posted its full-year 2019-20 financial results and announced it acquired one of the continent’s […]
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Finance
Earnings Fall At L3Harris On Divestiture, COVID Costs
L3Harris Technologies last Friday reported a big drop in proforma net income due to the sale of its security detection and automation business, costs related to the ongoing pandemic, and […]
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Finance
Northrop Grumman Posts Strong Q2, Led by Space System Sales
Bolstered by generally solid results across its operating segments, Northrop Grumman on Thursday reported higher sales and earnings in its Second Quarter (Q2) and the company raised its outlook for the […]
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Connectivity
FCC Approves Amazon’s Kuiper Constellation
The FCC granted Amazon approval on Thursday to build out Project Kuiper, its planned constellation of 3,236 satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) that will deliver low-latency broadband internet. Along with […]
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Finance
Airbus Reports 55% Revenue Decline Amid Pandemic
Airbus reported a 55% decline in revenue in the Second Quarter (Q2) of 2020 compared to 2019, as the company’s CEO said the financials show the visible impact of the […]
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Finance
Thursday Morning Conversation with Katherine Monson of KSAT USA
For this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation we “travel” to Colorado to talk to Katherine Monson, head of Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) USA for vital discussion on James Bond and the […]
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Finance
Telesat Emerges from Second Quarter With Net Income Gains, Revenue Loss
Telesat released its Second Quarter (Q2) financial results Thursday, reporting consolidated revenue of $208 million Canadian dollars ($155 million), a decrease of 10% compared to the same period in 2019. […]
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Launch
ULA Launches NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Mars
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched NASA’s Perseverance rover on Thursday, marking the culmination of years of work by thousands of people since the project was announced in 2012. A […]
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Cybersecurity
Eutelsat, Intelsat to Share 48 Degrees East Orbital Slot for QUANTUM Satellite
Eutelsat Communications and Intelsat secured the 48 degrees East orbital position for the EUTELSAT QUANTUM satellite, in which both operators have orbital rights. The satellite is well-suited for coverage in […]
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Finance
Astroscale U.S. Hires Carolyn Belle and Rob Staples
Astroscale revealed two new additions to its growing Astroscale U.S. division. Carolyn Belle was named Director of Advanced Systems and Rob Staples as Program Manager. Belle will help expand Astroscale […]
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Finance
Speedcast Signs Intelsat Bandwidth Contract
Speedcast International signed a new bandwidth agreement contract with Intelsat, in which Intelsat’s connectivity infrastructure and services will support Speedcast’s customers. This agreement comes out of Speedcast’s Chapter 11 proceedings […]




























