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It has been quite a month and in this edition of Via Satellite, we talk to a number of winners of our coveted awards including Satellite Executive of the Year […]

On a windy April day in England, a team of 17-year-old students from Allestree Woodlands School in Derby awaited the 20 second launch forming the climax of their six-month engineering […]

At the 2019 SATELLITE Show in May, which drew 16,000 or so attendees, it was impossible to miss Blue Origin’s life-size New Glenn photos plastered to the rectangular columns outside […]

Six global launch providers are drawing the same conclusion as they address a panel audience on a muggy spring afternoon in Washington, D.C.: Not all of their rockets will be […]

The success of the SATELLITE exhibition and conference is very much dependent on the health of our entire industry. To be a healthy industry, we need both thriving legacy organizations […]

At SATELLITE 2019, Via Satellite announced its first winner for the new Satellite Technology of the Year (STOTY) Award, which recognizes superb technology achievements. This is a team/company award, rather […]

For the first time in its history, Via Satellite has its first two-time winner of its Satellite Executive of the Year (SEOTY) Award. Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium has overseen […]

The U.S. Army is working to update its standards for developing new Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) capabilities that will incorporate more science-and-technology efforts and help the service weed out […]

MEASAT Satellite Systems revealed its agreement with Celebrities Management Private Limited (CMPL) to distribute the Travelxp 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) channel across the Asia Pacific. The international travel channel […]

American Airlines, the world’s largest airline by fleet size and passenger traffic, has finished rolling out satellite-based broadband Wi-Fi to its entire mainline narrowbody fleet of more than 700 aircraft […]

Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a launch services contract with an Ariane launch vehicle for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE). JUICE is the first large-class mission in ESA’s […]

Peraton entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Solers, a provider of software development and systems integration for Space Situational Awareness (SSA), satellite ground systems and operations, cybersecurity engineering, and enterprise […]

If you haven’t used simulation in your satellite system development projects you probably don’t realize what it can actually do for you, or maybe you just don’t believe it. Simply […]

While speaking about 5G networks with a group of telco and IT technologists at London Tech Week, SES Networks Vice President of Telco and MNO Solutions Karl Horne was asked […]

Airspace Internet Exchange (AirspaceIX) wireless technology company, founded by Thomas Choi, launched Saturn Satellite Networks (Saturn). Based in Delaware, the company is building the world’s first space qualified small Geostationary Orbit (GEO) […]

LinQuest Corporation received a $562 million award from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to provide architecting and full life-cycle systems engineering, integration, and solutions support to […]

Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency (RF) Reconnaissance data provider, revealed that the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) has approved an additional $1.1 million ($1 million euros), non-equity, support for data product […]

OneWeb created of more than 150 new jobs through the expansion of its Global Operations Center in White City, London. These new critical will add additional support for OneWeb to […]

When the future U.S. Space Command is stood up, the Air Force Space Command’s Joint Forces Space Component Command (JFSCC) two main mission areas will be reborn under the new […]

Globalstar and Echo Ridge developed and are prepared to support a live field demonstration of a stand-alone Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) capability to backup and/or complement GPS in case of […]

IP Infusion, a provider of network software for telecom and data communications services, revealed that SKY Brasil, a Direct to Home (DTH) digital satellite service operator in Brazil, has selected […]

The U.S. Marine Corps recently began fielding a next-generation narrowband satellite communication system that assists warfighters in connecting to networks on the battlefield. Fielded in the first quarter of 2019, […]

Investigators will examine whether a secretive spy satellite program designed to snoop on other satellites is being properly managed, the Pentagon’s Office of the Inspector General said Wednesday. The probe […]

The future form, fit and function of commercial airplane antennas that enable high speed internet connectivity for passengers and pilots will be lower in profile with little to no moving […]

SpaceX launched three RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) satellites, developed by MDA for the Canadian Space Agency, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. According […]

Stephanie Koster will join the Vector team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Koster brings more than 20 years of experience in domestic and international strategy, finance, and operations across several […]

Spaceflight will launch seven spacecraft from five organizations later this month on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 at the southern tip of Mahia Peninsula, on the east […]

Harris Corporation was awarded a $51 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) delivery order to provide Falcon III radios to a Central European nation – delivering narrowband and wideband networking capabilities […]

Shareholders of London-based satellite operator Inmarsat decided in mid-May that the company will be sold to Triton Bidco, a newly formed private consortium. Satellite industry analysts believe going private could provide […]

Lockheed Martin delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) software upgrade to the U.S. Air Force‘s current GPS ground control system on May 22. The upgrade aims to help enable […]