Finance

Iceye closed a $136 million Series D funding round, bringing the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provider’s total funding raised to $304 million. Seraphim Space led the round, which included new […]

Viasat continued its streak of record revenues in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, but pushed the highly anticipated Viasat-3 satellite launch to late summer.  The company provided an […]

Fleet Space Technologies, an Australian space startup, is planning to tap into the U.S. market. The company announced Feb. 1 that it is establishing an international office in Houston, Texas. […]

L3Harris Technologies released its full year 2021 financial results on Monday, reporting $17.8 billion in revenue, down 2% compared to 2020. The company said the revenue decrease was due to […]

Google will invest as much as $1 billion in India’s second-largest mobile phone operator, as firms race to offer inexpensive data and digital offerings in the only billion-people-plus market still open […]

Comtech Telecommunications has established two new business lines focused on satellite ground technologies. Comtech said these two businesses will serve growing opportunities in satellite ground station technology, and the company’s […]

D-Orbit is the latest space company to announce plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).  D-Orbit is an in-space transportation company headquartered in Italy. Its ION […]

After last year’s record growth in Space Systems, Northrop Grumman continued the growth streak in 2021, delivering another year of record sales for the segment.  The Space Systems segment ended […]

Boeing released its full year 2021 financial results on Wednesday, reporting a 7% revenue boost compared to 2020 driven by a rebound in commercial airplane deliveries. The company reported $62.3 […]

Satellogic began trading on the Nasdaq under ticker sign $SATL on Wednesday after completing its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. Satellogic first announced its SPAC business combination with CF […]

Isar Aerospace has won a 10 million euro ($11.32 million) prize from the European Commission (EC), the company announced Jan 25. Isar won the EC’s EIC Horizon Prize “Low-Cost Space […]

Comtech Telecommunications rejected a takeover proposal from Acacia Research Corporation received earlier this year. The company announced Tuesday that the board of directors unanimously rejected an unsolicited proposal from Acacia […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing to block Lockheed Martin’s proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, arguing that such consolidation would be harmful to national security and defense markets.  […]

  In the first part of this two-part interview with Steve Collar published yesterday, the SES CEO spoke about the company’s plans for 2022 and his views on the ground […]

SES has a busy year ahead in 2022. The global operator has multiple new satellites scheduled for launch during the next 12 months and its success depends on balancing new […]

SES is eliminating the role of SES Networks CEO and moving John-Paul Hemingway to the newly created role of chief strategy and product officer, the satellite operator announced Tuesday.  SES […]

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin is investing $150 million in Earth imagery company Satellogic through private equity firm Liberty Strategic Capital, as part of the company’s deal […]

Japanese ground-segment-as-a-service (GSaaS) provider Infostellar closed its Series B financing round with $10.36 million in investment. The company announced Jan. 14 that it raised a $4.32 million expansion after closing […]

Mangata Networks has closed a $33 million Series A funding round to advance its plans for a satellite and edge computing network. The round, announced Tuesday, was led by Playground […]

Momentus announced Monday that the company’s president, Fred Kennedy, has resigned and will step down Jan. 21. The company’s CTO Rob Schwarz will serve as interim head of Engineering and […]

Isotropic Systems has appointed Rash Sahota as its new general manager and chief operating officer. The company announced the appointment Monday. Sahota will be responsible for ensuring the company delivers […]

Despite the continued effects of the pandemic, governments around the world invested more money into space programs than ever before in 2021, Euroconsult reports.  The consulting company released its “Government […]

As the new year kicks off and many return from a holiday hiatus, here is a brief recap of news you might have missed from Via Satellite over the last […]

Leidos on Thursday said it will make a strategic investment in HawkEye 360, a commercial provider of Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) solutions. Leidos said the move will improve its capabilities in national security […]

Voyager Space has closed on its acquisition of a majority stake in Space Micro, which engineers satellite communications, digital, and electro-optic systems. The acquisition was first announced in November, and […]

Hughes Network Systems has taken a major step forward to advance its broadband ambitions in India, forming a joint venture with Bharti Airtel (Airtel) to provide satellite broadband services in […]

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) on Tuesday announced two new executive appointments within the business segment, naming Kristin Robertson as president of the Space & C2 business unit and Brad […]

Comtech Telecommunications has completed its previously announced leadership transition, with Michael Porcelain taking the helm as CEO.  Porcelain succeeds longtime Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg, who has been with the company […]

Spanish smallsat launcher in development PLD Space has closed a $28 million oversubscribed Series B funding round, the company announced at the end of 2021. Arcano Partners, Aciturri, and the […]

Relativity Space has hired its first vice president of Software Engineering, bringing on Scott Van Vliet, former Microsoft corporate vice president for the role. The company said this is a […]