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We’re closing out this edition of Via Satellite in the days after SATShow Week, before we head to Space Symposium. One of my biggest takeaways from SATELLITE x GovMilSpace is […]

Rising interest rates have made for a tough fundraising environment for space startups in the past year and a half. This environment has put the value of business cases in […]

Space may not officially be the United States’ 17th critical infrastructure sector. But in practice, experts across government, academia, and industry say it already functions as one — deeply embedded […]

In space, cybersecurity is hard. Many of the strategies cyber defenders rely on daily to protect terrestrial networks, like centrally managed anomaly detection, regular patching of emergent software vulnerabilities, and […]

In the late 1960s, NASA began studying the principle of a reusable “space tug” system, as part of the Space Transportation System (STS), then envisioned as a crewed space vehicle […]

Russia is building up its military powers, possibly aiming to attack NATO within the next four years. Europe is responding to the threat, rushing to patch its many defense gaps, […]

In the logic of national security, an offset strategy is the decisive move: a technological or organizational advantage that neutralizes an adversary’s numerical or geographic strength. The nuclear deterrent of […]

The satellite communications market has evolved rapidly over the past four years. As SpaceX’s Starlink has racked up not just hundreds, but even thousands of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites […]

Every year, SATShow Week brings together the newsmakers of the satellite industry all in one place. Now with GovMilSpace in its second year, the program features more military speakers and […]

Heading into SATShow Week, Via Satellite interviewed the executives of some of the companies featured in our ’10 Hottest Companies in Satellite’ for 2026 to get their takes on some of the […]

In less than seven years of operation, Lite Coms has established itself as a large player in the U.S. military VSAT market, with nearly 1,000 VSAT terminals deployed. At the […]

SpaceBridge is going to launch a new technology solution during SATShow 2026, the UniHub. This is a key launch for the company as UniHub aims to offer a more dynamic, […]

Skyroot Aerospace is set for a critical year as it counts down toward the debut launch of its Vikram-1 rocket, targeted for April of this year. The launch startup, founded […]

As the Startup Space pitch competition celebrates its 10th anniversary at this year’s SATShow Week, organizers, judges, and past-year winners say it has become a true on-ramp to the commercial […]

This year is already off to a bold start, shaping up to be one of the most interesting ones of the current decade. We have already seen a slew of […]

Via Satellite’s annual 10 Hottest Companies rounds up 10 “must watch” companies in the satellite industry, from constellations, manufacturing, launch, and more. Via Satellite editors chose the companies on this list based on […]

The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) race is heating up after years of Starlink setting the pace for satellite broadband. Amazon plans to deploy 700 Amazon Leo satellites by mid-2026. Eutelsat’s OneWeb […]

For nearly all of Via Satellite’s 40 years, Satellite Executive of the Year has recognized outstanding leadership in the satellite industry. The list of winners over the years reflects those who […]

Since 2018, Via Satellite’s Satellite Technology of the Year award has recognized technologies that have saved lives, demonstrated scientific breakthroughs, and disrupted markets. Past winners include the Agatha AI space domain […]

2026 marks the fifth anniversary of Celebrating Women in Satellite, which has now commemorated more than 175 women in the space and satellite industry. This year’s feature honors women in […]

Over the past five years, Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity has gone from concept to reality. Today, airline passengers stream Netflix over oceans, cruise goers video call from the Arctic […]

The space sector enters 2026 in a state of profound acceleration. What was once a steady march of technological progress has become a rapid, multidimensional transformation driven by geopolitical urgency, […]

Stellant Systems’ strength in space microwave power technologies is built on more than 90 years of heritage. Our space roots stretch back to the 1960s with the Hughes Microwave Tube […]

In recent years, the satellite industry has engaged in frequent discussion of the benefits of ground segment virtualization. That future is now on the horizon, and ETL Systems is playing […]

The annual Startup Space entrepreneur pitch contest showcases emerging space and satellite technology to an audience of investors during SATShow Week. Competitors’ technologies and innovations have pushed the boundaries of […]

Welcome to the first edition of Via Satellite in 2026 and what promises to be another big year for the industry. I will start by wishing our community a happy […]

Even today, with space in the news almost daily, most still picture its future in simple if spectacular terms: rockets blasting off at the end of a countdown, colonies on […]

Fueled by strategic direction and an impending near-peer conflict, the Pentagon is creating resilient transport diversity across multiple constellations. Projects like the Army’s Multi-Orbit Modem, the Space Force Commercial Satellite […]

2025 was a year of change in cybersecurity, and every year feels more tumultuous than the previous year. Every year is now punctuated by high-profile incidents with well-known companies being […]

After more than two decades as a private company, SpaceX could go public in 2026. In mid-December, SpaceX Founder Elon Musk seemed to confirm reports of SpaceX considering going public, […]