Opinion

The past year saw huge advancements in the space industry. We witnessed landmark achievements such as the discovery of the earliest galaxies seen to date, and the release of the […]

Held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, COP-27 came with its lot of successes and disillusions, among which a lost opportunity to address the pressing issue of curbing the use of fossil […]

2022 was one of the most exciting years in recent history for the satellite industry, with a number of key milestones including the inclusion of satellite in the 3GPP standards […]

Cyber and physical threats against commercial satellites are no longer a hypothetical discussion. Russia has demonstrated intent and capability to attack commercial satellites amid the ongoing Ukraine conflict, while China […]

With the highly anticipated Release 17 from 3GPP, narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is now on a fast track to becoming the first technology to bridge the worlds of telecom and satcom. […]

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 […]

The satellite industry is in the midst of major innovations, with over 17,000 satellite launches planned for the next decade. This will add some 200 Tbps of capacity to the […]

CyberSatGov brings together key influencers from the government, satellite, and cyber communities to talk about the growing security threats to satellite assets. The war in Ukraine has brought this topic […]

The telecom industry has been observing a steady rise in demand for reliable high-speed connectivity services. It is going through the migration to 5G networks to meet these evolving requirements. […]

After the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea burst, Swedish investigators found evidence that Russia detonated the pipelines in an act of “gross sabotage.” Russia’s sabotage was done […]

Connectivity as a service is coming, and it’s going to change the way we think about being online as profoundly as cloud computing is transforming business and information technology.   […]

For all of its history, the satellite industry has been a business of niches. Broadcasting, maritime, energy, internet, cellular backhaul, military and civilian government. If you’ve been around a while, […]

We are just weeks’ away from our CyberSatGov event in Reston, Virginia, and we have a great roster of speakers lined up to talk cybersecurity and satellites. The A-list roster […]

Until quite recently, satellite communication services largely played a complementary, if somewhat of a niche role, to terrestrial telcos in telecommunications. Chiefly, satcom operators could potentially provide coverage for communities […]

One giant leap for mankind is taking shape through the convergence of real and virtual worlds, powered by 5G connectivity, technologies such as AI and distributed ledger technology/blockchain, and data. […]

World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) was back in force this year in Paris. Sessions and happy hours were packed, and many commented on the number of new faces at the […]

If there is one subject that is sure to get the satellite industry talking it is major industry consolidation. After much talk in previous years, things have really kicked into […]

The amount and magnitude of natural disasters that have hit the world in the last couple of years is earth-shattering — both literally and figuratively. Their number has more than […]

Three years ago, I moved from Brighton, England, to Glasgow, Scotland. It was a little daunting to move from the sunniest and queerest city in the United Kingdom, to rainy […]

The maritime connectivity market continues to evolve, and maritime revenue for VSAT service increased sharply up in 2021 over 2020. Crew welfare and passenger satisfaction are key drivers of connectivity […]

The commercialization of the space industry has opened the door for mass innovation, research and development. Modern companies are developing revolutionary technologies that will be critical for meeting the greatest […]

Welcome to our August edition of Via Satellite, or should I say Via Smallsat — an entire edition dedicated to the vibrant small satellite market. All of the content in […]

What do soil moisture, Russian yachts, hurricanes, and GNSS jamming all have in common? These are all detected and monitored from space using a little-understood category called radio frequency (RF). […]

An estimated 18,500 smallsats will launch between 2022 to 2031, yet the smallsat market presents a growing number of challenges such as limited market addressability, difficult profitability, oversupply, and concentration […]

The global startup space industry is thriving. Startup space ventures brought in a record $15 billion in financing in 2021, and seed investments in startups rose by 46 percent, according […]

It’s a paradox: the satellite industry is booming, yet the latest International Telecommunication Union fact and figures report indicates that only 13% of the Africa population are connected. Strong satellite […]

Summer is truly here and most of us have been enjoying being back on the road and seeing our friends and colleagues within the community. There are some interesting talking […]

The Ukrainian crisis has shed light on the criticality of space assets for military operations, with the hacking of Viasat’s KA-SAT numbing the ability of the Ukrainian armed forces in […]