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VIA SATELLITE: You have an exciting career from being a weather presenter to science correspondent, to space journalist, author, and TV personality. What sparked your love for space and made […]

This year, the SATELLITE Conference & Exhibition is debuting a new co-located event geared toward how the space industry interfaces with government, called GovMilSpace. Developed in partnership with Defense Daily […]

This year’s SATELLITE show continues its tradition of spotlighting fresh voices, including government officials, defense leaders, end users, and pioneers in connectivity solutions. Via Satellite highlights 10 notable speakers in […]

One of the big discussions at SATELLITE 2025 will be the advances in ground technology. What does the future look like for the main ground tech players? What does the […]

BlackSky Technology shared the first images from the company’s first Gen-3 satellite which launched on Feb. 18.  BlackSky shared two very high-resolution images on Tuesday, one collected over the Sydney […]

Orange Africa and Middle East (Orange) and Eutelsat Group partnered to connect isolated areas in Africa and the Middle East with broadband access through satellite connectivity, Eutelsat announced on March […]

G&S SatCom and Intelsat entered a technology agreement to implement an AI platform aimed at refining Intelsat’s multi-orbit service offerings, G&S SatCom announced on March 3. This collaboration will enable […]

Aalto HAPS has conducted a successful connectivity test on the behalf of customer Space Compass and its partner NTT Docomo. The test saw Aalto conduct a stratospheric connectivity test in […]

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully touched down on the Moon’s surface in the early hours of Sunday morning.  Firefly said the mission, named Ghost Riders in the Sky, […]

Maxar Space Systems secured a contract for a Geostationary Orbit (GEO) high-power communications satellite from a private commercial customer, the company announced on March 3. The satellite will be built […]

Spire has demonstrated optical communications between two satellites in orbit in its constellation for the first time, Spire reported on March 3.  The demonstration took place between two satellites equipped […]

Direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications has become a focal point in the drive to ubiquitous connectivity for mass-market handset devices. There are two flavors of D2D; the established MSS (mobile satellite […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) says that the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has met the “minimum viable product” (MVP) standard for the agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture […]

Varda Space Industries successfully landed its second reentry capsule, W-2, and completed the company’s second mission, the company announced on Feb. 28. After six weeks in orbit, W-2 touched down […]

Rocket Lab posted record revenue in 2024 with 78% year-over-year growth, but also pushed its plans for the first Neutron launch to the second half of 2025.  Rocket Lab reported […]

Telesat awarded Intellian a contract to design and manufacture Ka-band flat panel user terminals for the Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, Telesat announced on Feb. 27. The contract aims to […]

Globalstar reported record revenue and 12% year-over-year revenue growth in 2024. Revenue was a record $250.3 million, which exceeded the high end of the company’s revenue guidance.  Globalstar said this […]

SES selected Swissto12 to develop large aperture electronically steered antenna for its customer user terminals, Swissto12 announced on Feb. 27. This is Swissto12’s first antenna contract with SES. The antennas […]

Maxar Space Systems delivered the first of 16 spacecraft buses to L3Harris Technologies for the Space Development Agency (SDA)’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program, Maxar announced on Feb. 27.  Using […]

Skylo has raised $30 million in an oversubscribed funding round, funding that CEO Parthsarathi Trivedi tells Via Satellite the company plans to invest in market expansion to grow its position […]

Last year, Look Up Space logged the milestone that there are more than 10,000 active satellites in orbit. When you consider that in 2020, there were just over 3,000, it […]

Astroscale has made a breakthrough in the security and defense sector, a new area for the company. Astroscale won a new contract with Japan’s Ministry of Defense worth 7.7 billion […]

Globalstar is now offering a two-way satellite Internet of Things (IoT) solution using its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, the company announced on Feb. 26. The new platform, RM200M, provides low-power […]

SES reported full year 2024 revenue of 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) at the top end of its financial outlook, along with an increase in adjusted EBITDA that exceeded its […]

Comtech Telecommunications launched the company’s new Elevate 2.0 multi-orbit satcom platform, the company announced on Feb. 26. The system builds upon Comtech’s experience in multi-orbit very small aperture terminal (VSAT) […]

BlackSky Technology on Tuesday said that it won a “multimillion dollar” contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to manage and operate one of the company’s Generation-3 Earth imaging satellites […]

Space journalist and TV personality Sarah Cruddas joins the On Orbit podcast this week ahead of her appearance as guest host at SATELLITE 2025.  Sarah has had an exciting career […]

Bayer has expanded its work with Planet in a multi-year enterprise license agreement for greater access to Planet’s satellite imagery for its agriculture products. Planet announced the deal on Feb. […]

Julie Kearney, who served as the first chief of the FCC’s Space Bureau has joined DLA Piper, the firm announced Tuesday. Kearney will serve as co-chair of the Space Exploration […]

Xona Space Systems signed a $4.65 million contract with Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to demonstrate commercial PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) solutions for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) missions, […]