Interview

Shortly after taking the helm as CEO of SES, Adel Al-Saleh made the splash move to acquire Intelsat in a stunning piece of industry consolidation. It has echoes of when […]

The SES deal to acquire Intelsat will be remembered as one of the biggest news stories of 2024. After years of back-and-forth, will-they-won’t-they, two of the largest satellite operators are […]

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 […]

New Zealand is a country that punches above its weight in the space arena. The country, which has a population of just over 5 million people is making a big […]

In 2017, Dan Hart left his 34-year career at Boeing to embark on a new adventure as CEO of Virgin Orbit. Working for Richard Branson’s startup was the opportunity of […]

In January this year, Don Claussen was appointed the new CEO of ST Engineering iDirect at a pivotal moment in the company’s history as it looks to capitalize on demands […]

Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck remembers the exact moment 17 years ago when he realized his launch business was going to be successful and stay successful in the long-term. He […]

With the world facing a series of environmental and climate changes, satellite companies will play a vital role in combating climate change. Satellite startup Amini has the potential to be […]

Violet Labs is a company to keep an eye on as it looks to bring the best of software capabilities to the satellite industry. Violet Labs aims to develop a […]

Hyperspectral startup Pixxel has had a rapid rise since Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal co-founded the company in 2019 at the Birla Institute of Technology in India. The satellite company […]

UNIO Enterprise is an exciting new player in the European satellite sector as it looks to make a splash in the mobility sector, particularly in the automotive arena. A joint […]

Delta Air Lines made huge headlines at the start of the year with the news that it will start offering free Wi-Fi on board its aircraft in partnership with T-Mobile. […]

The path that satellite constellation operator Globalstar took to signing Apple as its largest customer in history this past summer started with a crisis that happened 15 years ago. After […]

At World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) in Paris recently, there was a lot of chatter about a potential combination of Intelsat and SES. Rumors swirled, but this has always been […]

NASA has transformed the way it works with commercial space companies in recent years, and there is no better example than SpaceX’s historic first crewed flight to the International Space […]

In late December, Eutelsat announced Eva Berneke as its new CEO, tapping a leader from outside of the industry at a pivotal time for the operator. Berneke, who has worked […]

When Via Satellite spoke to Greg Wyler in 2020, I asked if this was it for him and the space industry, that after O3B and OneWeb, he would follow a […]

In November last year, Viasat stunned the satellite world when it announced it was acquiring Inmarsat in a deal worth over $7 billion. It was the biggest deal of 2021, […]

Neil Masterson was new to the satellite industry when he joined the revamped OneWeb in November 2020 after more than 20 years at Thomson Reuters. Nearly a year later, Masterson […]

While many satellite operators took hits during 2020, Iridium is reaping the benefits of its fully deployed Iridium NEXT constellation, with record subscriber growth in commercial Internet of Things (IoT) […]