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Booz Allen Hamilton deployed a generative AI large language model (LLM) in space onboard the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab, the company announced Aug. 1. The LLM was uploaded […]

The U.S. Space Force (USSF)’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded rideshare integrator SEOPS a contract to integrate six payloads on the upcoming Rideshare 2024-Blaze mission.  For the Blaze mission, SEOPS […]

Atlas Space Operations onboarded the NASA TROPICS mission to its ground segment network to improve data collection for the mission within a rapid timeline of four weeks, the company announced […]

In the face of increasing natural disasters due to climate change, restoring communication swiftly is crucial for effective disaster recovery. Satellite systems, like those provided by SES, play a vital […]

We are living in unprecedented times. The reality of the climate change emergency is becoming apparent. We are seeing more natural disasters than ever before, and disasters on a larger […]

Ursa Major, one of the upstart developers of rocket motors and engines, surprised the industry on Thursday by appointing former Maxar Technologies CEO Dan Jablonsky as its new top executive, […]

Orbit Communication Systems is working with Viasat on multi-purpose satcom terminals for airborne platforms, the companies announced Wednesday. The terminals will be designed for a range of mission aircraft, rotary […]

Satellite data provider Umbra is expanding its business from selling imagery collected by its synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, to selling the satellites to customers. Umbra announced its new Mission […]

Satellite operator SES reported strong momentum in its Networks business, particularly in the Government and Mobility sectors, as it reported its first half 2024 financial results on Aug. 1.  Overall, […]

Boeing on Wednesday wrapped up its search for its next top executive, naming long-time aerospace and defense industry veteran and executive Robert “Kelly” Ortberg as president and CEO, effective Aug. […]

Significant charges in the Space business impacted Airbus in its second quarter financial results, as CEO Guillaume Faury detailed changes to the Space business on July 30 to deal with […]

Northrop Grumman completed the preliminary design review for the 74 satellites it is building for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Beta and Tranche 2 Alpha configurations.  Northrop Grumman is […]

SES’s defense subsidiary received a multi-year contract worth $46.8 million to provide managed satellite services to the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). SES Space & Defense announced the […]

Methane-tracking satellite operator GHGSat has completed an evaluation process to join NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program (CSDA). This will make GHGSat’s methane emissions data available for scientific research and […]

Planetary Systems AI (PSAI) has been selected to participate in the U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) lab.  The SDA TAP Lab is […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the USSF-51 national security mission for the U.S. Space Force on Tuesday — marking the final national security mission on an Atlas V rocket as […]

Astroscale Japan’s ADRAS-J mission recently completed a controlled fly-around of a rocket upper stage in orbit, taking pictures of the object. Astroscale reports this is the world’s first attempt to […]

Global launch services company Rocket Lab USA confirmed Monday that it completed integration and testing of two spacecraft it built for The University of California Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory and […]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) issued a pilot project award to geospatial analytics company SynMax and its Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) platform, Theia. SynMax announced Monday that the pilot program […]

French startup Skynopy, which hopes to make connectivity-as-a-service a commercial reality, could close a number of deals this year ahead of expectations. The company, which is led by CEO Pierre […]

We’re back with our annual special edition — Via Smallsat — a rebranded Via Satellite geared toward the smallsat community. This year we are launching a new young professional nomination […]

Changing Perspective on Electric Propulsion With more than 200 propulsion systems in space and an accumulated on-orbit time of over 400 years Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP) technology has become […]

Moving With Speed Through Automation Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli laid out nine space acquisition tenets in October 2022, stating at that […]

The U.S. Department of Defense seeks access to resilient, proliferated, and diverse mission architectures — and diversification includes the altitudes at which operations can take place. Very-low Earth orbit (VLEO), […]

AI is being increasingly used in satellite systems and for the provision and development of satellite products and services. This raises issues on the impacts and limits on the use […]

I would hazard a guess that most Via Satellite readers have been following Starship’s development tests fairly closely, or at the very least, watching the livestream tests. But to recap: […]

Space has always been a huge part of popular culture. In fact, some of the highest-grossing movies like “Star Wars” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” have space at the heart. The […]

Things are picking up rapidly for Belgium-based satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab. This year alone the company launched four demonstration satellites on the Transporter-10 rideshare mission, broke ground on a new mega […]

While high-level deals and investment rounds often make the news, it’s the work happening behind the scenes every day that lays the groundwork for success — developing solutions, educating customers, […]

Small satellite companies that have grown out of the New Space boom are retiring the cubesat platforms that made them to focus on larger, more powerful next-get small sats that […]