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Viasat was awarded a contract by the Administrator of the Space Enterprise Consortium, under the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program, to deliver and test the first-ever […]

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies, received the Global Positioning Systems Directorate (GPS-D) security certification from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (USAF SMC) for its […]

HawkEye 360 and maritime risk analytics provider Windward partnered to offer new global insights into maritime domain awareness through their combined capabilities. HawkEye 360 will contribute its Radio Frequency (RF) dataset for […]

HERE Technologies, a mapping and location platform services provider, renewed its satellite imagery contract with Maxar Technologies for the global production of HERE’s in-car navigation maps. Additionally, Maxar won the 2019 Americas […]

The U.S. Army, 59th Signal Battalion, awarded Peraton the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Secure Communications Operations and Maintenance (SCOM) contract with the U.S. Army. The five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is […]

Viasat was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on April 18, with a maximum ceiling of $450 million to support Rapid Migration of […]

Hughes Network Systems earned certification as a Gilbarco Managed Network Service Provider (MNSP). The certification authorizes the HughesON Managed SD-WAN solution using the HR4860 Secure SD-WAN Gateway or Fortigate router technology […]

Kymeta revealed that Walter Z. Berger was hired as president, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Additionally, Douglas Hutcheson is joining the Kymeta Board of Directors and […]

DISH Network will acquire EchoStar’s Broadcast Satellite Service (BSS) business. More specifically, Echostar will transfer certain operations and other assets that comprise the company’s Broadcast Satellite Service (BSS) business, including nine […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) selected Honeywell to provide the JetWave satellite communications system for 70 C-17 aircraft as a part of the Fixed Installation Satellite Antenna program. The beyond-line-of-sight communications […]

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that its Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite has arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL to complete launch preparations in anticipation of […]

China launched a new satellite for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 11:48 p.m. local time Friday. The satellite was launched on a Long […]

SpaceX delayed the launch of 60 satellites as part of its ambitious Starlink internet project for the second time in a week, saying that the launch will now take place […]

Speedcast International is providing the Western Highlands Provincial Health Authority, in Papua New Guinea, with a custom private C-band Very Small Aperature Terminal (VSAT) network for more reliable, cost-effective connectivity for several […]

Earth to Sky (ETS) signed a definitive launch services agreement with Delta Satellite Solutions (DSS), a provider of payload and satellite integration services for academic institutions. The launch will occur in […]

Chinese private rocket company LandSpace successfully tested an 80-ton thrust liquid oxygen-methane engine, according to its developer Friday. The engine, named TQ-12, was independently developed by LandSpace and has the […]

Blue Origin CEO and founder Jeff Bezos announced the company’s new lunar lander, “Blue Moon,” in a dramatic end to SATELLITE week in Washington, D.C. this week. Blue Origin’s Blue […]

Consumers are streaming Over-the-Top (OTT) content everywhere — from cruise ships to bathroom stalls on airplanes. But the extent to which satellite will enable residents of remote or rural locations […]

Remote sensing technologies have come a long way since scientists and researchers began taking photos of the Earth from the skies more than 100 years ago. Over decades, rudimentary satellite […]

Machine Learning (ML) is an industry game changer, with the potential to impact the way satellites are operated and automated. But while we’re accustomed to our home-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) […]

One of the most eagerly awaited panels on the final day of SATELLITE 2019 was “Antenna Technology for Advanced Connectivity Networks,” which saw a host of antenna companies and a […]

Representatives of advanced manufacturing, IT, and financial sector companies discussed what they can offer the satellite industry and what it can offer them at Wednesday’s closing session of the annual […]

1045pm ET Update: About 15 minutes before the Falcon 9 rocket was due to liftoff on Wednesday evening from Florida, the launch was scrubbed. The culprit? Unfavorable upper-level winds. Fortunately, […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Harris a three-year, $284 million sole-source extension on the ground segment contract supporting Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) -R Series weather satellites […]

Maxar Technologies and Eutelsat were selected to participate in NASA’s Space Relay Partnership and Services Study. This studies future systems that could revolutionize NASA’s space-based communications architecture through innovative technologies […]

Comtech Telecommunications revealed that during its third quarter of fiscal 2019, its Command and Control Technologies group was awarded option period two of contract GS03Q17DSC0002 with an overall potential value […]

On Orbit is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Via Satellite Executive Editor and SATELLITE Chair Jeffrey Hill, focusing on the socioeconomic value and problem-solving power of commercial space technologies. Our […]

2019 Satellite Executive of the Year – Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium

2019 Startup Space Winner – Pavel Razmajev, COO, TimeTag – Seed Group

2019 Startup Space Winner – Daniel Faber, CEO, OrbitFab – Series A Group