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Over the years, Via Satellite’s March edition has become a celebration of the satellite industry. Every year, we recognize the nominees for Satellite Executive and Satellite Technology of the Year, […]

In The Art of War, Sun Tzu emphasized the value of high ground as a cornerstone of military strategy, “He who occupies the high ground will gain the victory.” A […]

We are experiencing a satellite revolution. Since the turn of the century, the number of satellites in orbit has risen from around 8,770 in 2000 to over 28,000 in 2024. […]

This year, when Via Satellite put out a call for nominations for Celebrating Women in Satellite, we received the largest-ever response — an outpouring of stories about the incredibly talented […]

Starlink has proved over the last few years that it’s got what it takes to disrupt. SpaceX’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite operator entered the direct-to-consumer market, rushed into enterprise and […]

The Via Satellite Technology of the Year award recognizes breakthrough technology achievements and the impact they have on the satellite industry. This award is now in its seventh year, and […]

Since 1988, the Via Satellite Executive of the Year award has recognized outstanding leadership in the industry. This award honors an executive that has led a company to financial success, […]

Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies rounds up 10 “must watch” companies in the satellite industry, from constellations, manufacturing, launch, and more. Via Satellite editors chose the companies on this list […]

SuperSharp, part of the Satlantis group, selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics‘ MP42 microsatellite platform for its thermal infrared mission, called Blue Moon. Kongsberg announced the partnership Feb. 18.  Blue Moon will feature […]

Moody’s Ratings changed its outlook on satellite operator SES from “stable” to “negative” on Tuesday, citing increased competition in the satellite industry putting pressure on prices.  Moody’s explained its rationale […]

Voyager Technologies named leaders for its new business segments — promoting Matt Magaña to president of Defense and National Security and Marshall Smith to president of Space Solutions, the company […]

Space42 has set out some ambitious plans in the Earth Observation (EO) arena. It is establishing a joint venture (JV) with Edge Group to develop a fully integrated EO ecosystem. […]

The Via Satellite Technology of the Year award recognizes breakthrough technology achievements and the impact they have on the satellite industry. This award is now in its seventh year, and […]

Since 1988, the Via Satellite Executive of the Year award has recognized outstanding leadership in the industry. This award honors an executive that has led a company to financial success, […]

Eutelsat’s total revenue grew by nearly 6% in the first half of its 2024-25 fiscal year with growth in Connectivity, but the operator also took a 535 million euro ($560 […]

ETL Systems acquired IRT Technologies, a Canadian company specializing in satellite communication products, ETL Systems announced Feb. 14. IRT Technologies has over 14 years of experience in the satellite communications […]

K2 Space announced a $110 million Series B funding round to scale up production of its multi-orbit, high-power satellite platform on Feb. 13. The funding round was co-led by Lightspeed […]

Firefly Aerospace will support another U.S. Space Force Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission under a new Space Force contract valued at $21.81 million. The Space Force awarded Firefly Aerospace a […]

In an August 2024 podcast interview, the past and present President of the United States said that “when these poor fools talk about global warming, they don’t call it that […]

Blue Origin laid off 10% of its workforce on Thursday as the launcher shifts from R&D into scaling manufacturing for its launch business.  The company is eliminating some positions in […]

Iridium reported modest revenue growth of 5% year-over-year in 2024, reaffirming its plan to reach $1 billion in service revenue in 2030. CEO Matt Desch also provided an update on […]

BlackSky Technology secured multi-year contracts to support the development of India’s commercial Earth observation capabilities, the company announced Feb. 13. The unnamed customer will have access to a BlackSky Spectra […]

Myriota added four new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellites to its global Internet of Things (IoT) constellation through its partnership with Spire, Myriota announced Feb. 13. SpaceX launched the satellites on […]

Eutelsat has signed a new capacity deal in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) has renewed its satellite capacity agreement with Eutelsat on the EUTELSAT […]

SatVu is looking to reach the U.S. government market by offering its archive of high-resolution HotSat-1 imagery to U.S. government agencies through the Global Data Marketplace (GDM). This program streamlines […]

Gilat Satellite Networks anticipates strong revenue growth in the coming year, projecting its revenue growth for 2025 between 36% and 49%. Gilat released its full-year 2024 financial results on Feb. […]

Spire Global has filed a complaint in court against Kpler for not closing on the purchase of Spire’s maritime business.  Spire announced the deal with data and analytics platform Kpler […]

Oso Semiconductor closed a $5.2 million seed funding round to fund development of phased array chipsets for satellite communications, 5G, and radar systems, the company announced Feb. 12. Founded in […]

The U.S. Space Force is moving to shift a traditional 50-50 cost-plus versus fixed-price development contract split even more toward the use of fixed-price contracts with low non-recurring engineering costs […]

Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies Inc. (EACOWT), the U.S. proxy company for Eutelsat Group, and Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) have partnered to develop an OneWeb capable Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]