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The U.S. proxy company for Eutelsat Group has named its former COO Ian Canning to the role of president and CEO. Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies (EACOWT) announced the […]

After filing for bankruptcy this week, Ligado Networks sued Inmarsat Global, alleging breach of contract over a spectrum agreement between the companies. Ligado announced the suit on Jan. 7, which […]

This episode of the Future Space Economy series explores the dangerous, yet increasingly likely hypothetical situation that a space-faring nation breaks the Space Treaty of 1967 and brings nuclear weapons […]

Gilat Satellite Networks (Gilat) has completed the acquisition of Stellar Blu Solutions (Stellar Blu), a U.S.-based provider of satellite communications terminals in a bid to strengthen its position in the […]

Automotive giant Toyota is investing in Japanese rocket startup Interstellar Technologies as part of its vision for the future of mobility.  Woven by Toyota (WbyT), the mobility arm of Toyota […]

Finnish satellite manufacturing startup ReOrbit announced an MoU on Tuesday with Ananth Technologies, an aerospace and defense manufacturer in India. The MoU outlined potential collaborations, including Ananth Technologies incorporating ReOrbit’s […]

Es’hailSat has received an important milestone for its Al Ghuwayriyah teleport in Doha, Qatar under the World Teleport Association’s (WTA) Teleport Certification Program. It has achieved Tier 4 certification with Tier […]

To kick off 2025, Via Satellite’s annual roundup of Top Launches to Watch is back, highlighting some of the top commercial satellites expected to launch this year. This list is […]

Ligado Networks has filed for Chapter 11 restructuring, and has signed a deal with AST SpaceMobile to allow the company to use Ligado’s mid-band spectrum.  Ligado announced the bankruptcy filing […]

EchoStarMobile, along with Murata and Kyocera AVX are debuting a new IoT connectivity product for European and North American markets. It is a new transceiver and antenna with satellite connectivity […]

Update: Blue Origin is now targeting no earlier than Jan. 12 for the first launch of New Glenn due to high seas in the Atlantic, where it hopes to land […]

SpaceX launched the Thuraya 4 telecommunications satellite for United Arab Emirates (UAE) space and AI company Space42 on Friday, Jan. 3. The mission was SpaceX’s first launch of 2025.  The […]

Verizon Communications will display its latest critical communications capabilities to public safety, government, and military agencies at the EDGE conference from Jan. 5 through 7. Satellite tech will play a […]

OneWeb service has been restored after the constellation experienced a 48-hour outage this week, Eutelsat Group confirmed on Thursday.  The outage coincided with the end of the year and began […]

Direct-to-cell connectivity is set to begin in  Ukraine this year. Kyivstar, a digital operator in Ukraine, has signed an agreement with Starlink, to introduce direct-to-cell satellite connectivity in Ukraine. The […]

A Swedish research project is kicking off in 2025 to explore integrating mobile communication and satellite communication in 6G. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) announced a grant of […]

Ready to shape the future? Via Satellite editors Mark Holmes and Rachel Jewett preview the 10 Tech Trends set to shape the satellite industry in 2025 in this video. Check […]

The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) planning to merge with Lynk Global extended its deadline to complete the merger and must return more than $80 million after shareholders voted to […]

Gilat Satellite Networks received more than $18 million in recent in-flight connectivity (IFC) orders, the company announced on Dec. 30. The orders are scheduled for delivery in the next 12 months. […]

Four Astranis MicroGEO satellites are on their way to orbit after a dedicated SpaceX launch early Sunday.  SpaceX launched the four satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Cape Canaveral […]

A new consortium in the United Kingdom made up of D-Orbit, Astroscale, and ClearSpace is working to improve regulations for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO). The U.K. government’s Department for […]

Japanese satellite company Synspective ended 2024 with a public listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market and a dedicated satellite launch on Dec. 21.  Rocket Lab launched a single StriX […]

NASA announced a series of task orders on Dec. 20 under the agency’s Near Space Network services contracts. The Near Space Network provides communications and navigation services between NASA missions […]

SpaceX launched 30 payloads to mid-inclination orbit on Saturday in the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission. The Falcon 9 mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Dec. […]

K2 Space won a U.S. Space Force contract to build its first ‘Mega’-class satellite for a planned launch to Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO). The mission, set for February 2026, is called […]

Turion Space won a $32.6 million fixed-price contract to build three satellites for the Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) with multiple payloads and real-time command and control.  Under the […]

Arianespace’s longtime CEO Stéphane Israël will leave the company at the end of the year, the French launcher announced Thursday. Israël led Arianespace since 2013 and supervised 108 launches and […]

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed allocating more spectrum for space launch communication. The proposal announced on Dec. 19 would reallocate the 2360–2395 MHz band on a secondary basis for […]

Maxar Intelligence has received $35 million in total for new tasking contracts from two government customers in the Asia-Pacific region. Maxar said these contracts are the first purchase of direct […]

NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a $179 million award to deliver six experiments to the Moon in 2028. This will be Firefly’s third lunar mission and it is its fourth NASA […]