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The influx of High Throughput Satellites (HTS) and new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations is changing the economics of capacity in the satellite industry, drastically cutting the cost of bandwidth […]

NASA has awarded Kymeta’s government solutions division two grants via the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop small, space-based, low Size, Weight And Power (SWaP) flat panel Ka-band […]

Gogo has announced a new High Throughput Satellite (HTS) service targeting business aviation. The new service will use Gogo’s existing Ku-band satellite network, which currently provides bandwidth for more than […]

CSIRO’s Data61 and Radiant.Earth have announced that they will partner to develop joint research into satellite imagery and Earth Observation (EO) data for disaster resilience, in areas such as human […]

Hispasat and hiSky signed a cooperation agreement to provide low-capacity voice, data Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) and Internet of Things (IoT) services in Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and North Africa […]

Northrop Grumman announced on Sept. 18 that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Orbital ATK for approximately $7.8 billion in cash, plus the assumption of $1.4 billion in […]

The Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, today signed a partnership with Spaceflight Industries to accelerate development of the BlackSky geospatial platform. Per the agreement, The Space […]

Talia International has announced new C-band services covering Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States. This additional service uses capacity on the SES 4 satellite at 22 degrees west […]

Cobham Satcom has announced that an Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) variant of its Explorer 8100 stabilized, auto-acquire, drive-away antenna system will be available for broadcast users before the end of […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman Kiran Kumar announced on Sept. 15 that ISRO will resume launching satellites by “November or December.” According to Kumar, the organization will schedule […]

Mark Reudink is the director of product development at Crown Castle, an infrastructure provider that owns approximately 40,000 cell towers, 25,000 small cells and 29,000 miles of fiber. Such infrastructure […]

LeoLabs announced it is teaming with Planet to help protect satellites and keep space navigable for future generations of entrepreneurs. In a paper to be published at The Advanced Maui Optical […]

Isotropic Systems has successfully completed testing its new antenna surface material. According to Isotropic, the technology will help create a low-profile antenna that can address vast swathes of enterprise and […]

PhotoSat announced that an ongoing research program has produced a breakthrough in their satellite image processing, considerably enhancing the visibility of fine topographic details. PhotoSat produces satellite surveys of mine […]

SK Telecom and Bharti Airtel have announced a strategic partnership under which Airtel will leverage SK Telecom’s expertise to build an advanced telecom network in India. The partnership will work across […]

Eutelsat and Globecast have renewed capacity on a multi-year basis at the Hotbird video position. According to the two companies, the agreement will stimulate growth for satellite TV in Europe, […]

SES’ aggressive move into broadband, a downturn in manufacturing orders and growth in the video segment were the main discussion points at World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) this year. Via […]

Orbital ATK announced that its Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV 1) spacecraft successfully completed its critical design review earlier this year and is now in production, with about 75 percent of […]

Despite major growth in the number and range of legal online content choices available to them, recent studies have found Singaporeans to be among the top consumers of pirated online […]

Arianespace will launch four new satellites for the Galileo constellation, using two Ariane 62 versions of the next-generation Ariane 6 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The […]

Aireon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Turkey’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI). The two parties are set to collaborate […]

Jeju Air has become South Korea’s first Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) to adopt SITAOnAir’s Aircom FlightTracker, equipping the carrier to meet the incoming International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 2018 flight-tracking mandate. […]

During Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week (WSBW), the CEOs of SES, Eutelsat and Telesat took the stage to discuss their companies’ future growth prospects. The panel, titled “Global Satellite Operators: […]

Virgin Orbit announced that Cloud Constellation has selected its LauncherOne service to deploy the SpaceBelt constellation of space-based cloud storage data centers. In an agreement signed by the Chief Executive […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that NASA has awarded the next phase of funding for its Dragonfly on-orbit satellite assembly program. SSL and its partners, which include MacDonald, Dettwiler and […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $45.5 million contract to provide Military Code (M-Code) Early Use (MCEU) capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS). Part of the Air […]

Japan-based Infostellar has raised $7.3 million in a funding round led by Airbus Ventures to develop an antenna sharing platform that it describes as being similar to Airbnb. Essentially, Infostellar […]

LeoSat Enterprises, which is launching a constellation of up to 108 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communications satellites, has entered into a strategic agreement with Supernet, based in Pakistan. Through this […]

Day Two of Euroconsult’s 21st Summit for Satellite Financing kicked off with a panel called “Venture Capital: Fueling Both Satellite Systems and Applications,” where two investors gave insights into how […]