Magazine
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Magazine
Via Satellite Continues Streak of High-Value Interviews
The big interviews keep coming for Via Satellite. This year, we have bought you in-depth conversations with the likes of Sunil Bharti Mittal of OneWeb and Dan Goldberg of Telesat, […]
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Opinion
Brexit’s Impact on ESA Customs, Duties Privileges, and Immunities
The United Kingdom’s third country status in regards to the EU has been problematic for manufacturers, suppliers, and logistics companies with tariffs and taxes, new administrative requirements and logistical border […]
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Opinion
The Rise of the Indian Satellite Market
The reliance on space assets of various industrial sectors has grown tremendously over the past few years. The Indian satellite market has been bolstered by demand generation of various satellites, […]
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Technology
How Software-Defined Satellites Will Shape Communications
When Intelsat kicked off 2021 with an announcement that it had ordered two Airbus OneSat Geostationary (GEO) software-defined satellites to drive new applications, the service provider offered a new roadmap […]
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Finance
Speedcast’s New CEO Joe Spytek Wants to Transform the Company Post-Bankruptcy
Speedcast’s acquisition spree in the 2010’s made it one of the world’s largest remote telecommunications service providers. But, 2020 presented steep challenges to the company’s remote oil and gas and […]
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Magazine
Maritime End Users Discuss Satellite Connectivity for a Post-COVID World
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit many industries hard. The crisis has had an interesting effect on the maritime sector, as the cruise industry ground to […]
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Magazine
Big LEO News Continues to Dominate Sector
In the last edition, we featured an exclusive talking to Sunil Bharti Mittal, one of India’s richest business people about his hopes and aspirations for OneWeb. It was a fascinating […]
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Opinion
Government Space Budgets Surge Despite Global Pandemic
Government space budgets grew 10 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, demonstrating the highest yearly budget growth since 2009, according to Euroconsult’s Government Space Programs 2020 report, published in December […]
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Finance
Satellite Technology of the Year Nominees for 2020
This marks the third year of Via Satellite’s Satellite Technology of the Year (STOTY) award, recognizing a single technology, innovation, or concept, as well as the organization responsible for its […]
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Finance
Satellite Executive of the Year Nominees for 2020
Via Satellite presents a group of six nominees for the prestigious Satellite Executive of the Year award, which honors an executive that has led a company to great financial success […]
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Magazine
Case Study: Emirates Influencer Talks Future of IFC
When it comes to future growth markets, In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) is seen as a vital market for satellite, despite the issues aviation has had over the last year. There are […]
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Finance
‘I’d Bet on Telesat’ — Dan Goldberg All In on Lightspeed LEO Play
In February, Telesat finally came forward with the long-awaited announcement of the details of its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, a venture away from Geostationary Orbit (GEO) for the Canadian satellite […]
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Magazine
Hidden Gems and 2021 Predictions
We are in the first weeks of January and a new year usually brings a new optimism, new hopes and new dreams. This year however, we start with another wave […]
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Opinion
Satellite’s Growth Outlook Improves in 2021
As the long-awaited U.S. C-band spectrum auction is finally under way, the revenue growth outlook for the global satellite industry is improving heading into 2021, particularly for the European-listed operators. […]
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Opinion
NSR’s 14 Predictions for Space in 2021
As we (thankfully) close the books on 2020 and look forward to a hopeful restart in 2021, NSR’s analyst team was asked to provide their top predictions for the space […]
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Magazine
The FCC’s Path to a U.S. Nationwide 5G Rollout Gets Lost in the Thick of Rural America
The era of Ajit Pai’s Federal Communications Commission chairmanship has come to an end, and with it, perhaps, the Blitzkrieg approach to regulatory engineering. Pai was determined to establish the […]
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Connectivity
Satellite IoT Tech’s Role in Vaccine Distribution
The world is facing a bleak winter in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health experts have warned that the coming weeks will be challenging, as COVID cases are at […]
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Connectivity
Pay-TV Operator Execs Discuss Satellite Television in the 2020s
The onslaught of pay-TV offerings such as Netflix, Amazon, and Disney+ have no doubt changed the dynamics of broadcasting around the world, but broadcast remains a key market for satellite. […]
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Finance
Sunil Bharti Mittal Talks Renewed Faith in ‘Hidden Gem’ OneWeb
Sunil Bharti Mittal is one of India’s richest business people, and is worth over $10 billion according to Forbes. He is the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, one of […]
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Magazine
The Year of Disruption Comes to an End. What will 2021 Hold?
2020 has been quite a year in the satellite industry. We saw the fall and rise of OneWeb. We saw Intelsat go into Chapter 11, and then subsequently buy Gogo. […]
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Opinion
Industry Must Break the Logjam on Responsible Use of Space
Imagine a world where wealthy and emerging nations alike have the means and opportunity to launch thousands of small satellites into space, each lacking navigation and control systems – and […]
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Opinion
The Case for Small GEOs in the Coming LEO Space War
The recent beta launch of SpaceX’s Starlink service and the reemergence of OneWeb from bankruptcy has continued to fuel excitement into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. In addition, Telesat will be […]
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Magazine
Free Internet is a Must: El Al’s Tal Kalderon Talks IFC as Airlines Look to Rebound
El Al Airlines is the national airline of Israel, and has been running strong since 1948. But with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting every corner of the world, the airline — […]
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Finance
How Space Startups Survived and Investors Thrived in a Year of Unknowns
When the coronavirus pandemic put much of the world in lockdown last spring, the space startup community feared that venture capital would dry up. In an April 2020 report, Quilty […]
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Finance
Satellite Companies Confront Supply Chain Challenges in the COVID Era
Over the course of this year, members of Via Satellite and CyberSat’s advisory boards have brought up the topic of supply chains numerous times while talking about some of the […]
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Finance
It Was Supposed to be a Perfect Match: An Autopsy of Three Failed Satellite Industry Takeovers
In commercial satellite industry circles, merger and acquisition (M&A) deals that will “change everything” are whispered about like a six-mile-wide asteroid tracking too close to the Earth. Will this be […]
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Magazine
Looking Back on the Seismic Year That Was 2020
At the start of this year, we could not have imagined our last edition of Via Satellite would be the end of such a tumultuous year for all of us […]
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Opinion
Poland’s Space Sector is Young, But Achievement is on the Horizon
When Poland joined the European Space Agency (ESA) eight years ago, the country also kicked off a dedicated incentive scheme to benefit Polish space entities that lasted through 2019. Now, […]
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Opinion
Third Party Liability and Insurance Innovation in the Smallsat Era
In the space industry, it has become mundane to alarm on potential issues of crowded orbits. A concrete translation of this factual evidence is the multiplication of Space Traffic Management […]
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Connectivity
Case Study: How Satellite Helped Create a State-of-the Art Emergency Services Network in the UK
Working with telcos in major future communications projects is one of the holy grails for the satellite industry, particularly entering into the 5G era. There are already some interesting case […]





























