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Spire Global is building out its space reconnaissance portfolio for defense, with new radio frequency (RF) geospatial intelligence capabilities for persistent monitoring, geolocation, and situational awareness. The company said its […]

SES and the Luxembourg government are investing in a second satellite for the GovSat public-private partnership to provide government connectivity services over Europe.  GovSat is a joint venture between SES […]

Sidus Space has a new advanced satellite platform engineered for lunar and cislunar missions, the ‘LunarLizzie.’ Announcing the spacecraft on July 24, Sidus Space said it is expected to support […]

Iridium Communications posted 8% year-over-year revenue growth in the second quarter of 2025, but trimmed its outlook for service revenue growth for the full year.  Iridium had been projecting revenue […]

Viasat continues to be in the news when it comes to cybersecurity. Last month, the company confirmed a report of “unauthorized access” after Bloomberg reported the company was one of the victims […]

On Friday June 13, the Israeli Defense Forces launched a series of preemptive kinetic and drone strikes against Iranian military assets and nuclear facilities. Shortly after Israeli kinetic strikes, cyber activities […]

Launch startup iRocket plans to go public in a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with a blank check company backed by former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.  iRocket announced […]

Space42 has secured export credit agency (ECA)-backed financing to fund the Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 satellites.  Space42 announced $695.5 million in financing on Wednesday, arranged by Crédit […]

SpaceX launched NASA’s Tracers satellite mission on Wednesday afternoon, along with payloads for a number of rideshare customers. The Falcon 9 mission took off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in […]

Following the close of the Intelsat acquisition, Via Satellite interviewed SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh about the path forward as one company. In Part Two of the conversation, Al-Saleh talks about […]

SpaceX launched the ninth and tenth satellites in SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation on Tuesday evening. These two satellites will join the first eight satellites already in service, adding capacity to […]

Last week, SES closed one of the biggest deals in the history of the satellite sector when it completed its acquisition of Intelsat. The deal creates a multi-orbit giant with […]

Earth Observation (EO) startup DeepSat has selected Redwire to provide modeling, simulation, and design services for a Very-Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation as a first step toward DeepSat deploying […]

Peru’s national telecommunications program Pronatel has awarded Gilat Satellite Networks $60 million to upgrade regional broadband infrastructure.  Under the contract announced Tuesday, Gilat will upgrade broadband infrastructure in Peru’s Apurímac, […]

Eutelsat has signed a new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity deal with the U.K. government’s FCDO Services and NSSL Global, after the U.K. recently increased its investment in the operator. The […]

Lynk Global and blank check company Slam Corp have ended the deal to take Lynk public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. Lynk announced Monday the two parties […]

GMV is developing an advanced collision avoidance service for large-scale telecommunications constellations under a new R&D contract from the European Space Agency (ESA).  GMV announced Monday it will build on […]

BlackSky is in the midst of rolling out its new Gen-3 satellites. After two launches, the company is demonstrating 35-centimeter very high resolution imagery, while ramping up the cadence of […]

Satellite developer and operator York Space Systems has agreed to acquire Atlas Space Operations, adding a global provider of satellite communications ground infrastructure that together York believes improve its operations and provide […]

Planet has signed a multi-year contract expansion with Colombia’s government entity responsible for geographic data to continue to use Planet’s technology for land management, adding AI capabilities to track change […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions reported that over-the-air (OTA) testing with Intelsat demonstrated a 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) over a satellite in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).  The demonstration Kratos announced July […]

Quadsat has raised a further 5 million euros ($5.8 million) from its Series A funding round as it looks to accelerate its electronic warfare capabilities and become a bigger player […]

SES has completed the deal to acquire Intelsat that signals a new era for the company, bringing together two of the largest satellite operators to better compete in the changing […]

The FCC will consider an order that would streamline processes for space stations and earth stations at its August 7 open meeting.  The FCC said these changes will clear regulatory […]

Globalstar is building out its ground network around the world with recent moves in Japan, Spain, and Texas to support its next-generation satellite constellation, called C-3. The company plans to […]

MDA Space will lead a new United Kingdom satellite mission called “SkyPhi,” focused on 5G direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications.  The mission is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and […]

Denmark is donating European-produced satellite services to Ukraine’s defense through the European Defence Agency (EDA). Denmark is providing Ukraine with satellite receiver terminals for access to satellite-based communications, the Danish […]

SpaceX launched the third Amazon Project Kuiper mission early Wednesday morning from Cape Canaveral, marking the first SpaceX launch in Amazon’s constellation deployment.  SpaceX launched 24 Kuiper satellites at 2:30 […]

Atlas Space Operations has increased its global ground network by activating a new antenna in Mwulire, Rwanda. The ground station as a service (GSaaS) provider, says the expansion will improve […]