Finance

Northern Sky Research’s (NSR) newly released High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), 2nd Edition report forecasts $1.7 billion in cumulative HAPs revenues over the next decade for airships, balloons and pseudo-satellite platforms. Of the three […]

Seraphim Capital has launched the United Kingdom’s first dedicated accelerator program for best-of-breed space startups, supported both by U.K. and European government agencies and a slew of corporate partners. According […]

A South African-manufactured nanosatellite orbiting Earth since May 2017 has successfully generated sales of some of its sub-systems on the international satellite market. The satellite, called nSight 1, is a […]

World View announced that it has successfully closed a $26.5 million Series C financing round led by Accel. The Series C also included major investment by Canaan and Norwest Venture […]

RigNet announced it has completed its acquisition of Intelie, which has developed a technology platform for real-time predictive analytics. The closing was effective March 23. According to RigNet, the acquisition […]

NewSpace startup LeoSat, which is building the satellite equivalent of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) in space, plans to focus primarily on raising funds for its Series A round this […]

Relativity Space announced the close of its $35 million Series B financing, led by Playground Global with full participation from existing Series A investors Social Capital, Y Combinator Continuity, and […]

Boeing’s HorizonX ventures arm has joined a $15 million funding round for Australian nanosatellite startup Myriota. Blue Sky Venture Capital and Main Sequence Ventures, both Australian firms, led the funding […]

Spacecom announced it has chosen SSL to build its Amos 8 communications satellite. The satellite will deliver broadcast, broadband and data services from Spacecom’s 4 degrees West hotspot to Europe, […]

After some hemming and hawing, President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill on Friday that will fund most government functions through the end of September. While the bill […]

Kuang-Chi Science and NanoRacks announced a partnership to cooperate on Kuang-Chi’s near-space helium spacecraft, the Traveler. The partnership will focus on the development of the Traveler program outside of China, […]

Quilty Analytics announced a partnership with veteran investment bankers to provide an expanded range of financial and strategic advisory services to industry stakeholders. Lee Priest and Justin Cadman will partner […]

Iridium Communications has announced mobile satellite solutions provider Global Marine Networks as a launch partner for Iridium’s next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next, set to bring metropolitan mobile data capabilities to […]

Six of the world’s satellite industry associations have established the Global Satellite Coalition (GSC), an international group through which targeted initiatives will be coordinated and implemented with the combined support […]

DigitalGlobe and SpaceX are working together for the first time to launch the WorldView Legion constellation. Two flight-proven Falcon 9 rockets will launch the initial block of the multi-satellite WorldView […]

Iridium Communications announced the next wave of Iridium Certus service providers selected to deliver the satellite broadband solution for land-mobile applications. Globalsat, IEC Telecom, Marlink, McQ, Pivotel and Tesam Argentina […]

Rocket Lab has confirmed its next launch will be the company’s first fully commercial flight. Two Lemur 2 cubesats for launch customer Spire Global will be on board the upcoming […]

The Antenna Systems Division (ASD) of Communications & Power Industries (CPI), announced it has signed an agreement to purchase the limited-motion satellite antenna family from Viasat. CPI ASD will acquire […]

The Space Alliance formed by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio announced it has officially taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, having received all government approvals for the transaction. […]

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has signed an agreement with Blue Origin for the future use of its New Glenn launch vehicle currently under development. The rocket, named after John Glenn, […]

After the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) denied Swarm Technologies to launch their satellites because they are too small to track, IEEE Spectrum is finding that it looks like those […]

AST&Science announced that it has closed on the purchase of a controlling interest in the European satellite manufacturer and system integrator NanoAvionics. All the key executives and management team of […]

Space, an industry once considered too risky for large private investments, has seen a marked change in the attitudes of venture capitalists. The money injected into the industry by some […]

The former President and CEO of SES, Karim Michelle Sabbagh has accepted the role of CEO at cybersecurity startup firm DarkMatter based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Faisal Al […]

More than a year and a half ago, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) built five new satellite receivers in Inuvik, in northwest Canada, as part of a contract with the European […]

Gogo has appointed Oakleigh Thorne president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Thorne succeeds Michael Small, who mutually agreed with Gogo’s board of directors to step down from the […]

Fleet Space Technologies has announced a collaborative working partnership with Reekoh, a platform for Internet of Things (IOT) data and Application Programming Interface (API) management. The partnership will see the […]

Have you wondered which NewSpace companies are really generating revenues and creating value today? NewSpace has been a buzzword in the space industry over the last decade, with the foundation […]

The foundation for Lockheed Martin’s new satellite production factory has been completed, the company announced. According to a statement released Feb. 27, the Gateway Center construction is making rapid progress […]

KVH Industries announced that its satellite capacity partner SKY Perfect JSAT has agreed to invest $4.5 million in KVH as part of the two companies’ ongoing commitment to deliver next-generation […]