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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, […]

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 […]

It is all about Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) in this edition. LEO is the revolution that is happening in our industry, as numerous operators launch an unprecedented number of satellites. I […]

The global satellite communications industry is undergoing rapid change today, with price declines, large increases in capacity volumes, and a general pivot of the satellite operator business model towards selling […]

Little more than a year ago, in December 2018, satellite owner operators gathered with Air Force Space Command leaders in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to talk about the “holy grail” of […]

SATELLITE 2020 will be the 39th annual gathering of the world’s largest and most influential leaders in commercial space. The week-long conference and exhibition is designed to be a platform […]

Just five years ago, small satellite operators would say “yes” to any possibility to get into orbit at a reasonable price, says Stephen Eisele, vice president of Business Development at […]

2020 is set to be the year of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) as more providers build out their business cases and constellations for operating in LEO, a market that promises to […]

For the past seven years, talk of LEO satellites has spread through the industry. 2013 bore a fever of constellation activity. Companies such as OneWeb, SpaceX, LeoSat, and Telesat had […]

As the editorial team talked about the key events of the satellite industry in 2019, it struck me how momentous of a year it was. The year had a bit […]

Social media is awash right now with “decade challenges” — photos of decade-beginning and decade-ending self portraits to mark the change, for better or worse, that can happen to an […]

The satellite industry is in the midst of rapid, simultaneous changes to the commercial, civil, and defense markets that are forcing decision makers to adapt their business models. Dramatic improvements […]

Reach, performance and flexibility augmenting the end-to-end fiber infrastructure – this is how SES Networks Executive Vice President Stewart Sanders describes the unique characteristics of the operator’s O3b mPOWER managed […]

There’s no shortage of excitement about the coming new space decade, from the U.S. priority to get back to the moon, to the launch of the first Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]

It wasn’t so long ago that we hailed the era of High Throughput Satellites (HTS), which made it possible to deliver high-speed broadband data through narrow spot beams — enabling […]

The future, of course, never really arrives. But it is getting nearer more and more quickly with each passing year. Technological change, like compound interest, builds on its own gains […]

It has been quite a year for the satellite industry, as the new era of satellite communications comes ever closer. The days of large amounts of Geostationary Orbit (GEO) orders […]

Can you believe this is the final edition of the decade? It feels like a landmark moment in more ways than one. We end with an edition of Via Space, […]

The Moon landing approximately 50 years ago was one of mankind’s greatest successes. It was the culmination of the collaborative efforts of hundreds of individuals striving to achieve a common […]

Albert Einstein’s presumed words were: “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Jest or not, the universe’s being endless is […]

Via Satellite has a long history of issuing industry professional, technology, entrepreneur, and executive leadership awards, but we haven’t yet had the opportunity to recognize student awards and grants from […]

CyberSat, an event which looks at security and satellites, has made quite a splash since it launched two years ago. We live in a connected world, and in the future, […]

The Middle East is a hive of activity as countries in the region aim to be the biggest and the best in a lot of things. Over the last few […]