Manufacturing

Intelsat has ordered two software-defined satellites from Thales Alenia Space that will contribute to the operator’s plans for a 5G unified global network. The two satellites — Intelsat 41 (IS-41)...

Loft Orbital has expanded its production agreement with LeoStella for multiple satellite buses under a contract announced Thursday. LeoStella will provide additional LEO-100 buses, based on its existing product line...

AST SpaceMobile shared a look into the company’s satellite manufacturing plant in Midland, Texas in a video released Wednesday. National Geographic documentary host Jason Silva toured the facility with CEO...

NanoAvionics will build Chile’s first private satellite after a recent deal signed with Chilean startup Lemu. The company is building an atlas of Earth’s biosphere and has ordered its first...

Redwire Corporation will supply Terran Orbital with spacecraft components and solutions for satellite manufacturing, under a three-year supplier agreement announced Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Satellite...

Australian satellite IoT company Fleet Space Technologies is ramping up plans after a recent capital raise, and has reached an agreement with the South Australian government to build a satellite...

The first Inmarsat-6 satellite built by Airbus is now on the way to Tanegashima in Japan ready for launch, the manufacturer confirmed Nov. 22. The first satellite of the Inmarsat-6...

In May this year, Ryan Reid was appointed the new President of Boeing Commercial Satellite Systems International, after a more than 20-year career with the company. It is an interesting...

End-to-end satellite solutions provider Terran Orbital will build a 660,000-square foot space vehicle manufacturing facility on Florida’s Merritt Island. The startup company, which is based in Boca Raton, Florida, made...

The satellite industry has been hit hard by a succession of global supply chain crises during the pandemic — including the worldwide microchip shortage. But a panel of executives from...