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John Deere is going through an early access program for certain customers to test the company’s new agriculture connectivity solution with Starlink. Via Satellite spoke with Michael Kool, John Deere […]

Slam Corp., the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) planning to merge with Lynk Global, was delisted from the Nasdaq on Aug. 27 as the company pushed back its deadline to […]

SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Thursday morning after the rocket experienced its second mishap of the year the day before. SpaceX will be forced […]

Gotonomi has completed a series of successful trials for its UAV satcom terminals and is now ready to take orders for these terminals. The UAV satellite connectivity solutions provider is […]

Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile have demonstrated optimized, multi-transport network management for the U.S. Navy in a recent demonstration. The demonstration, which took place earlier this year, tested remote network […]

Verizon is the latest big name telco to accelerate its reach into the satellite arena. It has teamed up with Skylo to launch a commercial direct-to-device messaging service for Verizon […]

Global satellite operator Viasat announced Wednesday that it has hired Delta Air Lines‘ Senior Vice President of Operational Finance Gary Chase as its new CFO. Chase will start with Viasat […]

Orbit Communications has won a $6 million contract in Asia with an unnamed Asian integrator to supply advanced satellite communication systems for new naval military platforms. These OceanTRx 7MIL systems […]

Berlin-based UP42 is joining forces with Planet Labs to improve the data offerings it can offer customers on its an Earth Observation (EO) platform. This collaboration aims to significantly expand […]

Thaicom and Hughes announced Wednesday that they signed a capacity agreement for India, one of Asia’s biggest markets. IPSTAR India will provide satellite capacity services to Hughes in India via […]

Florida-based space startup Neuron has unveiled a new AI and machine learning-powered satellite capacity management solution called “Network Capacity Controller” for end-users in the maritime, aviation, and mobility sectors. The […]

Finnish space company ReOrbit has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase of the UKKO Mission for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) InCubed program, the company announced Monday. For […]

Spaceport Cornwall signed a new MoU with the intention of positioning the UK as a world leading location for both crewed and uncrewed flight technology. Alongside Cornwall Airport Newquay, it […]

Mynaric CEO Mustafa Veziroglu has stepped down from his post after a tenure plagued by production delays and high costs. The laser technology company announced Veziroglu’s departure on Monday, less […]

Loft Orbital and Abu Dhabi-based Marlan Space established a joint-venture space infrastructure company called Orbitworks in the Middle East. The new firm will be based in the UAE and serve […]

Scottish satellite data startup Space Intelligence completed a Series A funding round led by new investors AzurX Space Ventures (ASV) with participation from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Dr. Murray Collins, co-founder […]

The U.S. Army’s Information Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC) is now a member of the Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability (DIFI) Consortium, the organization announced Monday. The USAISEC provides engineering and associated […]

Amazon continues to invest in facilities for its Project Kuiper constellation, announcing a second facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Last year, Project Kuiper broke ground on a […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded Viasat a $153.5 million contract for engineering support services for the U.S. Army Blue Force Tracker-2 system.  The award announced Aug. 22 by the […]

Eutelsat Group signed a multi-year renewal with Cable Color for satellite capacity to continue broadcast services in Latin America. Cable Color, based in Honduras, is a longtime customer of Eutelsat’s. […]

Imagine you are a European satellite operator looking to sell your capacity and land signals into a given region or territory. You’ve got the necessary ground segment and orbital resources […]

Scout Space plans to fly a novel Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) space domain awareness (SDA) capability aboard a Dawn Aerospace suborbital spaceplane in an upcoming mission called “Morning Sparrow.” […]

MDA Space has selected Beyond Gravity to supply on-board computers for its Aurora satellite supply chain, including for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation. Beyond Gravity will provide 252 on-board computers with […]

Tesat opened a new production facility in Backnang, Germany, to manufacture the company’s laser terminals.  Tesat is ramping up for industrialized production of its laser terminals, which were selected to […]

Arizona-based motion control solutions provider Kinematics has joined the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) as its newest member, the company announced this week.  Kinematics offers motion control products for solar, industrial […]

While most of the satcom world’s attention continues to be focused on creating hardware and solutions for higher frequency ranges, such as Ka, Q, V and more, a critical, but […]

Aerospacelab is using an industry-leading approach to vertical integration that is reducing the time and cost of manufacturing satellites. By using standardized parts to build customized satellites, the company’s Versatile […]

I am sure many of us have been enjoying the Olympics over the summer and it is a marvel of engineering that satellite has consistently been the technology that enables […]

The space sector is brimming with potential, stimulated by advancements in technology, expanded international partnerships, and increased awareness of the benefits of accessing space. The growth of the lunar economy, […]

Five years after launching its Transporter program, SpaceX now enjoys a monopoly on smallsat rideshare with heavy launchers, with the lowest price point on the market and an average launch […]