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During a conflict, the U.S. must be able to augment satellite capabilities on short notice – a strategy known as Tactically Responsive Space, or TacRS. Built by Millennium Space Systems, […]

Open RAN Architecture Changes the Game The next generation of cellular networks, 5G-Advanced, is set to be drastically different in terms of how the infrastructure is built and deployed. One […]

Number of Aircraft Offering IFC Reaches New Heights According to our in-flight connectivity (IFC) quarterly tracker, the fourth quarter of 2022 saw the installed base of connected aircraft surpass the […]

Delta Air Lines made huge headlines at the start of the year with the news that it will start offering free Wi-Fi on board its aircraft in partnership with T-Mobile. […]

Delta Air Lines threw down the gauntlet to other air transport operators when it said in January that it would roll out free in-flight Wi-Fi across its fleet, becoming the […]

To commemorate International Women’s Day, Via Satellite celebrates women who have made a difference for the greater satellite and space industry, and in the lives of their colleagues. More than […]

Two decades ago, few in the U.S. defense community considered using commercial satellite services for national security missions. Nor did they envision a future where thousands of small systems in […]

In SpaceX’s more than two decades, the company has grown from a fledgling startup into the world’s leading launch provider. Today, SpaceX boasts a reported staff of about 10,000 people. […]

Welcome to our March edition, or as we christen it, our SATELLITE edition, the biggest issue of the year. I see it as a celebration of all that is good […]

ReQuTech stands for Research, Quality and Technology and has a clear vision to be the ‘Go – To’ Antenna Terminal designer and manufacturer for the high-end SATCOM and Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (BLOS) […]

The World’s Most Advanced Space Processor – 4x The computing throughput – 50% Lower power consumption – 40% Price advantage – 75% Faster time-to-market – C Programmable – Rad-Hard, low […]

As satellite technology makes huge advances, industries such as mining, agriculture, forestry, and construction are evaluating their relationships with the satellite industry. The modern world runs on data, and the […]

As the commercialization of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) continues at pace, there is a growing concern as to the continued availability of insurance for satellites operating in it. The last few […]

It’s hard to succinctly summarize the year 2022 for the space industry. Cheap and easy money dried up, killing the funding megarounds that were so common in 2021. But space […]

While preparing for each annual SATELLITE conference and exhibition, we get a unique view into the growth trajectories for both the commercial satellite and space industries. The size of the […]

The days of the ground satellite segment trailing space capabilities are fast disappearing with a wave of new ground advances that support multi-orbit constellations and the specifications that both 5G […]

To commemorate International Women’s Day, Via Satellite celebrates women who have made a difference for the greater satellite and space industry, and in the lives of their colleagues. More than […]

Each year, Via Satellite magazine and its readers recognize a handful of technologies for either their notable level of innovation, their contribution to the development of the space and satellite […]

Every year, Via Satellite honors an executive that has had a significant impact on the changing satellite industry. The Satellite Executive of the Year award honors an executive that has […]

For the fifth year, Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies list highlights the “must watch” companies providing satellite communications, ground systems, manufacturing, imagery and sensing, and launch services. Via Satellite editors […]

Welcome to our first edition of Via Satellite in 2023. As always, we start the year with a huge optimism for the year. Last year was characterized by some huge […]

The space industry has long been interested in the opportunities offered by solar sails. Developing the analogy between space and maritime exploration, early space scientists and fiction writers have thought […]

When things just work, isn’t that really a thing of beauty? When things work, we’re able to do more, to achieve more. We progress. We improve. However, sometimes to get […]

Rationalization. It’s the word that venture capitalists and analysts use when describing space investment in 2022. After a string of record-setting years that saw space invest rocket to new heights, […]

The topic of cybersecurity for space assets is now one of the key conversations in the space industry, and virtually every space event in 2022 addressed the issue. In 2022, […]

When asked about how he envisions the space-based space economy 50 years from now, Clay Mowry, chief revenue officer of Voyager Space, pauses for a moment. He could take this […]

When we look back on the year that is 2022 we will see a year that has been nothing short of seismic for the satellite industry. Huge pieces of consolidation, […]

There is not a single regulatory framework that addresses mobile cellular devices with satellite capabilities – this unaddressed dichotomy belongs to the past. National satellite service licensing frameworks need to […]

The past year has been one of the most eventful on record for the satcom industry. In the 12 months from October 2021 to September 2022, the industry saw multiple […]

There is a new world order. People around the globe want, need – no, rather must have – data. And lots of it. Regardless of where you live, work or […]