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When Oliver Juckenhöfel began his career in the satellite industry in the mid-1990s, commercial and governmental organizations were heavily focused on launching satellites in the most efficient way possible. The […]

3D printing – once the domain of nerdy hobbyists – is gaining momentum across multiple industries including the satellite sector thanks to the efforts of NASA to advance 3D printing […]

If things go according to plan with SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the satellite industry could soon see the era of constellations made up of tens of thousands of […]

The millennial and Gen-X cofounders of many of today’s most buzzworthy small-satellite startups likely didn’t envision the magnitude of launches, or the rollout of megaconstellations, when they began their careers. […]

The next big thing in satellite won’t be limited to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) or one particular frequency or technology. Organizations will need to invest in hybrid solutions — pulling from […]

SATELLITE’s fourth Startup Space competition showcased ten hungry entrepreneurs with ideas ranging from how to design space helmets to how to use Earth Observation (EO) data for global trade. Each […]

The United States Armed Forces have leveraged space-based assets for decades to provide a warfighting advantage, but the evolution of in-orbit operations by adversaries has highlighted the need for the […]

The agency in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that buys commercial satellite services for the U.S. military is working on a new acquisition strategy, aiming to centralize and consolidate […]

Satellite manufacturing giants touted their commitment to agile development and spending on new capabilities like on-orbit refueling at Tuesday’s closing session of SATELLITE 2020, painting a rosy picture of a […]

With small satellites or cubesats, there’s a tendency — even among satellite industry veterans — to think about their activities in Low-Earth Orbits (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbits (MEO). But if […]

Facing competition from a wave of NewSpace market entrants, satellite operators have to respond by moving to a mixed-orbit model and focusing on broader service delivery, executives said during the […]

The satellite industry comprises individuals from a variety of backgrounds, market segments, and nationalities. So naturally, everyone who attended the annual SATELLITE 2020 conference in Washington, D.C., brought a different […]

“If the schedule is long, the design is wrong,” was an adage shared by SpaceX Founder and Chief Engineer Elon Musk as he waded into a range of topics on […]

The last decade has seen huge equity investments in space startups fueled by the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and broadband connectivity revolution. Space equity investments totaled $5.8 billion last year alone, […]

As SATELLITE 2020 kicked off, with many in the industry basking in the excitement around commercial space activities, military space stakeholders — including U.S. government agencies and non-government organizations — […]

Life gets busy, especially at conferences. The few short days are full of meetings, sessions, and networking, and it may seem impossible to fit another thing on the list. Some […]

While there is a lot of talk about how the major operators are going to invest in satellite capability going forward, a number of regional operators also face a similar […]

The satellite business is at a double fulcrum, U.K. market analysts say — both incumbents and would-be disruptors face their own moments of truth in the next few years, and […]

Tom Campbell, L3Harris Technologies general manager of Space Antennas, Space and Airborne Systems Tom Campbell, L3Harris Technologies general manager of Space Antennas, Space and Airborne Systems, believes there will be […]

The United Arab Emirates took an accelerated approach to enter the satellite and space industry and position itself as a contender. The Gulf nation launched its first mobile telecommunications satellite, […]

While addressing the Assembly Hall of Paulskirche in Frankfurt, Germany in 1963, an important moment for post-WWII Trans-Atlantic Cooperation, President John F. Kennedy said, “Change is the law of life, […]

While disruption has had a long history with the space industry, we’ve never seen innovation at the pace we’re seeing today. The industry is seeing new investment vehicles to fund […]

I want to start this note by telling you a story. Around 16 months ago, we needed an extra feature for our December 2018 edition of Via Satellite. Now, for […]

The space industry is in the midst of multiple disruptions with the evolutionary developments that have revolutionary impacts. Most activity, as of now, is focused on Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) missions […]

The past 10 years have been the decade of New Space and commercialization of the space sector. The amount of private capital plowed into space has ballooned from some $200 […]

This marks the second 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 […]

Satellite Executive of the Year is the most prestigious individual award in our industry, and very soon we will be unveiling the winner. The winner of Satellite Executive of the […]

The fourth annual Startup Space pitch contest at SATELLITE 2020 will pit 10 aerospace entrepreneurs from 10 global startups against each other in an intense battle of sales-craft and strategic […]

Double-digit growth is a big deal, especially when it comes after several years of decline. But in the case of orders for large commercial satellites, the double-digit growth recorded in […]

Read the latest list — Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies in 2022 Relativity Space Could Relativity Space be the next SpaceX? While there are many parallels between the two launchers, […]