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The space and satellite industry was back together in force at SATELLITE 2022, with greater international participation than recent years. Topics like in-orbit servicing, software, and the commercialization of IoT […]

As satellite operators have wrestled with the commoditization of bandwidth, they’ve sought to expand their offerings down the value chain, wrapping the connectivity they sell in value-added services designed to […]

IoT smallsat business development has accelerated as a force within the broader satellite community. Tracking the use and location of expensive assets, monitoring agriculture crops and livestock, creating more accurate […]

Now in its fourth year, the competition for Via Satellite’s Satellite Technology of the Year (STOTY) award gets fiercer every year. More than 30 companies entered to win in 2021. […]

Tina Ghataore, Mynaric’s chief commercial officer and president of the company’s U.S. division, won the 2021 Satellite Executive of the Year award on the back of Mynaric’s impressive deal flow. […]

Established launch players working on the next generation of rockets are fueling a future of more launches — and more historic launches — that few could have imagined just a […]

On March 5, the New York Times quoted Lt. Yevgeny Yarantsev, a Ukrainian officer leading his troops in Kyiv against Russian forces. Yarantsev told the Times that his soldiers “were […]

The in-space economy is a dynamically developing part of the space ecosystem, as the space industry works to commercialize ways to refuel and extend the lives of satellites. During the […]

While space gets more and more crowded with an increasing number of satellites being launched, issues such as a crowded Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), space debris, and satellite collisions have become […]

After emerging from pandemic-induced supply chain crises, satellite manufacturers are turning to software-defined satellites to open the possibility of new business models and glean more data about performance, the CEOs […]

I write this editor’s note at a strange time. On the one hand, I am about to come to SATELLITE for the first time in three years and see our […]

Orbital refueling serves to revive defunct satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO), refilling the empty propellant tanks of satellites that have lost their respective station-keeping capabilities. This allows satellite operators to […]

I recently stumbled upon the recording of a talk by Imma Martinez during the Satellite Applications Catapult Innovation Week 2020. Imma’s talk on human-centered design and what it means for […]

It’s all about the form factor. Flat panel antenna (FPA) is not a term widely loved in a competitive industry where everyone wants to brand their own technology — electronically […]

For decades, only the government had the means and experience to handle geospatial data, particularly for defense and intelligence purposes. But the pendulum is swinging toward an exponential growth in […]

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 […]

When SpaceX first championed private launch vehicles using reusable rocket stages, it led to more affordable launch services, spurring the smallsat revolution in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and the birth of […]

Major satellite operators continue to wrestle with their transformation from a mature industry focused on broadcast delivery of regionalized TV services, into a fast-growing, constantly transforming slice of the global […]

In 2011, there were fewer than 1,000 active satellites on orbit. Today, there are well over 5,000. The next wave of telecom constellations is not just hundreds of satellites but […]

The high bandwidth inter-satellite data links made possible by laser-based optical communications technology will revolutionize the satellite ecosystem, and enable a new generation of autonomous vehicles in orbit, a SATELLITE […]

The ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, have permeated human resource departments within every industry, and organizations have made big commitments to improve equitability. Yet while the satellite […]

The war in Ukraine, and the hack of Viasat’s KA-SAT network, has highlighted the long-standing geopolitical reality for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) operators who serve government and […]

Just how crowded is Low-Earth Orbit [LEO], and how can the satellite industry do more to prevent collision and manage traffic? These questions, which continue to perplex satellite industry stakeholders, […]

On Wednesday, Via Satellite announced Tina Ghataore, chief commercial officer for Mynaric, as the winner of the 2021 Satellite Executive of the Year award, and Astroscale’s ELSA-d Mission the winner […]

The 2020s have ushered in global challenges that in many ways eclipsed those of the previous decade — yet for the space industry, the opportunities, too, have also been unprecedented, […]

Jim Bridenstine is on a mission to preserve and manage space for future expansion, and to build a regulatory structure while watching out for any existential threats. His message is […]

The extraordinary diversity of the smallsat sector makes it unlikely that standards can solve challenges for its ground systems, but many of the same objectives can be achieved through virtualization, […]

In a presentation that brought together the U.S. Navy, Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Air Force Intelligence, OneWeb, and Iridium, the methodologies of watching and engaging enemies with a new […]

Dozens of small satellite launch startups have entered the market, aiming to make launching technology more affordable and reliable. But while the last two years haven’t been without challenges, Monday’s […]

The New Space economy is poised for a big growth year in all areas, from satellite manufacturing to rocket launches, and satellite self-servicing. It’s also poised for a lot of […]