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Planet has announced a deal to acquire Earth data and analytics company VanderSat, in its first acquisition while going public. The $28 million deal consists of $18 million in Planet...

Capella Space plans to add optical communication terminals to future satellites, and will use Mynaric’s terminals, the company announced Tuesday. In addition, Capella plans to demonstrate the terminals’ compatibility with...

LEOcloud has established a partnership with Orbital Assembly to provide cloud services onboard Orbital Assembly’s future commercial space station platforms, the two companies announced Nov. 9. Orbital Assembly is designing...

Hughes Network Systems has now seen four quarters in a row of revenue growth despite a decline in subscribers. The company also confirmed its on track for the Jupiter 3...

Kymeta and Intelsat have participated in early testing of 5G standards over satellite, and reported Tuesday that the companies demonstrated satellite-enabled 5G service using Kymetas u8 antenna. Kymeta and Inteslat...

This past September at the SATELLITE show, leaders from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service joined representatives from privately owned weather forecasting companies for...

Viasat reported record revenue for the second quarter of 2022, on the same day the company announced it is acquiring satellite operator Inmarsat. The operator also confirmed it is on...

Commercial Radio Frequency (RF) data provider HawkEye 360 has closed a $145 million Series D funding round. The company has now raised a total of $302 million, and its prior...

Vice President Kamala Harris made her first visit as vice president to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday, Nov. 5, meeting with scientists and engineers to...

Viasat will acquire Inmarsat in a $7.3 billion deal that brings together two major satellite operators with businesses in broadband, mobility, and defense. Viasat announced the deal Monday which entails...