Finance

United Launch Alliance (ULA) put out a statement on April 6 that an employee in a Denver facility tested positive for COVID-19 that same day. ULA President and CEO Tory […]

Finnish startup Iceye has big ambitions — the smallsat company wants to do for satellite imagery what IBM did for computing in the ‘80s. “We want to democratize the technology, […]

Myriota has raised $19.3 million in Series B funding led by Hostplus and Main Sequence Ventures, the Australian Internet of Things (IoT) nanosatellite connectivity company announced Monday. Additional investors include […]

Lockheed Martin is doubling the money it is advancing to businesses in its supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson said in an April 3 […]

For those in the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) value chain, one of the first priorities related to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is how to deal with existing contracts that in […]

T-Mobile completed its merger with Sprint Corporation, the wireless company announced Wednesday. The new combined parent company T-Mobile US, Inc., will operate under the name T-Mobile.  The new T-Mobile has […]

Myriota Canada, a Canadian subsidiary of the Australian Internet of Things (IoT) nanosatellite connectivity company Myriota, plans to acquire satellite assets from exactEarth Ltd. for about $422,000. A portion of […]

Viasat and Visiontec have expanded their partnership working to bring reliable internet service to residential homes in Brazil. Visat said in a March 31 release that it plans to reach 100% […]

Most Airbus facilities in Spain are working to 3D print visors frames to protect healthcare personnel in the COVID-19 response, the company announced April 1. More than twenty 3D printers […]

AXESS Networks (AXESS), has signed a joint venture agreement with the Saudi Arabian communications provider Middle East Telecommunications (METelecom) to provide end-to-end managed satellite communications solutions for customers operating in […]

Exotrail has released its cloud-based mission design software, ExoOPS – Mission Design for customers, and announced that Eutelsat is contracted to use the software. Eutelsat Project Manager Antonin Hirsch said […]

Startup Lynk Global recently hit a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) milestone by sending a message from a satellite directly to a cell phone on Earth — and one of the company’s co-founders […]

mPower Technology has closed an additional $1.85 million in Series A funding, bringing the company’s total Series A round to $4.35 million, the solar technology company announced on March 24. […]

Lockheed Martin will advance more than $50 million to the small- and medium-sized business partners in its supply chain so that the companies can continue to operate and sustain jobs […]

OneWeb filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday, March 27. The company has been one of the standard-bearers […]

ACCESS.SPACE Alliance, which represents the small satellite sector and its stakeholders, has called for support for the sector during the Covid-19 crisis. The organization said that since the Covid-19 virus […]

Nevada-based spacecraft manufacturer Bigelow Aerospace has laid off its entire workforce of 88 employees, effective immediately, after Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak ordered all “non-essential” businesses in the state to close, […]

The Board of Directors of Spacecom, which operates the AMOS satellite fleet, has appointed Dan Zajicek as new CEO, effective April 1, the company announced Thursday. Zajicek has been the […]

If things go according to plan with SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the satellite industry could soon see the era of constellations made up of tens of thousands of […]

Rocket Lab has reached an agreement to acquire Sinclair Interplanetary, a Toronto-based satellite hardware company, the small satellite launch company said March 16. “By combining the experience and capabilities of both companies, Rocket […]

MPIQC Inc., which provides electronic contract manufacturing solutions and services, is moving into its new U.S. base at the Space Life Science Lab (SLSL) in Exploration Park in the Cape […]

Lockheed Martin has named board American Tower Corporation CEO James Taiclet as president and CEO, effective June 15. Tacilet, 59, has been on Lockheed Martin’s board since 2018, and will […]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Space Foundation has postponed the 36th Space Symposium, which was scheduled for March 30 through April 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Space Foundation announced […]

NanoAvionics is opening a new sales and engineering support office in Columbia, Illinois, which will be the first satellite factory in Illinois and the Midwest. The Columbia facility is the […]

Viasat has announced a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) signed with Blacktree Technology, an Australian-based communications systems design and integration company, in November 2019. The companies say the agreement will help […]

  As SES announced its 2019 financial results earlier this week, the satellite operator also set forward a new strategic plan which could ultimately result in its Video and Networks […]

Maxar Technologies’ financial results for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) capped off a year of revenue decline as the company reported revenues of $410 million for Q4, down about 2% compared […]

Hispasat and PLD Space have agreed to work together to define the technical features and analyzing compatibility to launch services on board MIURA 5 launcher. This agreement that these companies […]

Rakuten and Vodafone are the lead investors in a just-announced space-based cellular broadband network called SpaceMobile from AST & Science. AST & Science plans to create a constellation of Low-Earth-Orbit […]

AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm specializing in aerospace and defense, has acquired smallsat manufacturer Adcole Maryland Aerospace (AMA) from Adcole Corporation, a portfolio company of Artemis Capital Partners. […]