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Mobility
Pulsar International to Adopt Inmarsat NexusWave
Maritime connectivity provider Pulsar International will roll out Inmarsat Maritime’s NexusWave service across 300 vessels, the companies announced last week. Installations will start in October. NexusWave is a multi-network maritime […]
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Government/Military
Maxar Intelligence Wins AIDC Partnership After Successful UAV Software Test Demonstration in Taiwan
Maxar Intelligence entered into a partnership with Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) to deploy Maxar’s Raptor software suite across Taiwan’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry, the company announced Friday. […]
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People
MDA Space Wins ‘Global Satellite Business of the Year’ Award at World Space Business Week
Canadian satellite manufacturer MDA Space won Novaspace’s 2025 Global Satellite Business of the Year award at World Space Business Week (WSBW) in Paris. According to Novaspace, the award, issued to […]
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Connectivity
Textron Aviation Adds Starlink Internet Upgrade to its Cessna Fleet
Textron Aviation will offer upgraded high-speed internet connectivity solutions from SpaceX’s Starlink service on its fleet of Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft after receiving certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), […]
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Technology
Anduril and Impulse Space Plan to Run RPO in Geosynchronous Orbit Next Year
Next year, Anduril Industries and the Impulse Space startup plan to run a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) rendezvous and proximity operations mission using Anduril’s mission data processor (MDP) and long-wave infrared imager aboard […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Maxar Intelligence Launches ‘Vivid Features’ Vector Mapping with New Partner Ecopia AI
Maxar Intelligence confirmed Wednesday that it is officially working in partnership with Ecopia AI to launch enhanced 2D and 3D global vector maps under the brand Vivid Features. Vivid Features […]
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Partner Content
WSBW Video Interview with Umbra’s Anjali Ramachandra
Via Satellite Managing Editor Rachel Jewett interviews Anjali Ramachandra, director of Global Business Development for Mission Solutions and Remote Sensing at Umbra, during World Space Business Week. Umbra has expanded […]
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Manufacturing
How Startup Manufacturers Are Rethinking the Satellite Value Chain
PARIS — While satellite manufacturing startups are working to lower the cost of satellite ownership, there is wide debate about the best ways to bring down cost, how to structure […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX’s Shotwell Talks Spectrum and Starship at WSBW
PARIS — SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell spoke at World Space Business Week on Tuesday, giving insight into what SpaceX’s recent spectrum buy from EchoStar will mean for Starlink’s […]
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Finance
Satellite Bluetooth Startup Hubble Network Raises $70M Series B
Seattle’s satellite Bluetooth startup Hubble Network raised $70 million in Series B financing, bringing its total funding to $100 million in under four years. The funding round was backed by […]
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Government/Military
HawkEye 360 Cluster 12 Satellites Reach Full Operational Capability
Virginia-based space data and analytics company HawkEye 360 reached full operational capability on the three formation-flying Cluster 12 satellites it launched this past June. The company announced Wednesday that the […]
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Partner Content
WSBW Video Interview with Comtech’s Daniel Gizinski
Via Satellite Managing Editor Rachel Jewett interviews Daniel Gizinski, president of Comtech’s Satellite and Space Communications segment, during World Space Business Week. Comtech recently received Government Terminal Certification to operate […]
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Connectivity
Globalstar Files Plans for New HIBLEO-XL-1 Satellite System in France
Globalstar filed paperwork with French authorities that announced its intention to bring its planned HIBLEO-XL-1 satellite system, offering enhanced mobile connectivity service, into use. The HIBLEO-XL-1 system includes numerous additional […]
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Government/Military
PlanetiQ Wins NOAA’s Largest Single Commercial Satellite Weather Data Purchase to Date
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) has purchased $24.3 million worth of commercial and space weather data from PlanetiQ. The award, […]
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Connectivity
Deutsche Telekom Partners with Iridium to Launch Integrated Satellite, Terrestrial 5G NTN Service
Iridium Communications and Deutsche Telekom are teaming up to deliver global Iridium NTN Direct connectivity service under the terms of a partnership agreement the companies announced September 16. The partnership […]
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Cybersecurity
In-Flight Connectivity Provider Gogo Joins Space ISAC
Global multi-band in-flight connectivity provider Gogo is joining the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), a non-profit organization that shares cybersecurity information and resources with the public and […]
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Connectivity
SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh Unveils meoSphere Concept for Next-Gen MEO Network
PARIS — SES will take an agile, iterative approach to building the next-generation of its Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) network, including a new partnership with satellite manufacturing startup K2 Space, CEO Adel […]
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Connectivity
Operators CEOs See Huge Opportunities in Government Market
PARIS — Global satellite operators continue to see growing demand for satcom from global governments, top CEOs told the opening day of World Space Business Week attendees on Monday. Telesat […]
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Cybersecurity
How SES is Preparing for the Quantum Future
SES has been making some interesting moves in the quantum arena. Earlier this year, SES teamed up with Singapore-based SpeQtral to develop an interoperable optical ground station (OGS) to establish long-distance satellite-based […]
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Opinion
Moving Toward a Realistic Appraisal of China’s Potential in Space
A realistic appraisal of China’s potential in space requires us to suspend the natural but distortive habit of projecting our own views onto another. This is one of the great […]
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Cybersecurity
A Look Inside CyberSat 2025
We are less than three months from CyberSat, the industry-leading event for space and cybersecurity. It will be the most expansive and ambitious CyberSat yet, as we aim to elevate […]
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Partner Content
WSBW Video Interview with NSG CEO Martijn Blanken
Via Satellite Editor Mark Holmes interviews Neo Space Group (NSG) CEO Martijn Blanken during World Space Business Week. Blanken explains the rationale behind some of NSG’s acquisitions like UP42 and […]
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Finance
EchoStar is at a ‘Pivot’ With Fresh Capital After FCC Investigation and Spectrum Sales
PARIS — After EchoStar’s spectrum sales under the pressure of an FCC investigation, the company is at a pivot point with its new status of light in assets and heavy […]























