Government/Military

NASA selected 10 U.S. companies for 19 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies. As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are...

The Russian military launched a Soyuz-2.1 carrier rocket today, carrying the Meridian communications satellite, according to the Defense Ministry’s Zvezda broadcasting service. The rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome...

Several U.S. satellite companies have joined together in protest of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recently proposed rules and regulations on remote sensing. Executives from Maxar Technologies, Planet, HawkEye 360,...

France is accelerating plans to militarize its satellite technology, French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly said during a July 25 presentation of the European nation’s new space strategy. Parly’s plans...

Telesat and the Canadian government partnered to help ensure access to affordable, high-speed internet connectivity across rural and remote areas of Canada through the development of Telesat’s LEO Satellite Constellation....

LinQuest will provide services as a sub to Peraton, the prime contractor of the Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract valued at up to $1.8 billion over the...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross revealed that 44 organizations  from 28 states and two territories will receive grants totaling $23 million to create and expand high-growth entrepreneurship programs, including...

Hughes Network Systems was awarded an $11.8 million Research and Development (R&D) contract by the U.S. Army, to help improve resiliency and interoperability among satcom systems for military communications. The...

The Space Alliance between Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the initial development of an innovative satellite system dubbed Ital-GovSatCom. This...

Major global satellite operators Inmarsat and Eutelsat are involved a tense, lengthy legal dispute regarding the use of mobile satellite services in Europe, based on previously awarded licenses. In late...