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Since 1988, the Via Satellite Executive of the Year award has recognized outstanding leadership in the industry. This award honors an executive that has led a company to financial success, […]

The Via Satellite Technology of the Year award recognizes breakthrough technology achievements and the impact they have on the satellite industry. This award is now in its seventh year, and […]

Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) will keynote the opening of the GovMilSpace program at SATELLITE 2025.  Whitworth has served as director of the NGA […]

Ten space tech entrepreneurs presented their business plans and ideas in a competition that pitted startups against startups, all hoping to a win what could be a multi-million-dollar payoff from […]

Several satellite companies have rolled out brand refreshes in the past few months gearing up to make significant changes to adjust to an industry in flux. In this story, Via Satellite catches […]

After a seismic year in 2023, will 2024 be equally as thrilling for the satellite industry? Ahead of SATELLITE 2024, we talk to some of the leading analysts’ in the […]

The annual Startup Space Entrepreneur Pitch Contest is the SATELLITE show’s “rock star” event – with standing room-only crowds gathering around a stage of powerful investors and the most promising […]

The satellite industry must figure out how multiple stakeholders can work together to manage space and mitigate debris while addressing concerns such as lack of trust or the presence of […]

Satellite manufacturers are grappling with an increasingly diverse and fragmented marketplace, adjusting their strategies for the multi-orbit future of satellite communications. Customers’ multi-orbit plans represent an “age of opportunity” for […]

The hack on Viasat’s KA-SAT network in early 2022 is still casting a shadow over cybersecurity discussions more than a year later. In a cybersecurity panel on March 16 at […]

The global launch market is in a state of flux, as the market awaits delayed heavy-lift vehicles and deals with recent mission failures. One major question is the potential sale […]

A new crop of startups from around the world will take the stage at the 2023 Startup Space competition, pitching their businesses for a chance to appear before leading space […]

The Monday morning CTO roundtable at SATELLITE 2023 brought together leaders from innovative space companies to convene on buzzworthy developments in laser communications, AI, and system architecture and design. Yet […]

The SATELLITE trade show is known for bringing together the biggest leaders of the industry — yet the conference also highlights fresh voices whether they be new executives, end users, […]

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 […]

While space gets more and more crowded with an increasing number of satellites being launched, issues such as a crowded Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), space debris, and satellite collisions have become […]

The in-space economy is a dynamically developing part of the space ecosystem, as the space industry works to commercialize ways to refuel and extend the lives of satellites. During the […]

On March 5, the New York Times quoted Lt. Yevgeny Yarantsev, a Ukrainian officer leading his troops in Kyiv against Russian forces. Yarantsev told the Times that his soldiers “were more comfortable […]

Established launch players working on the next generation of rockets are fueling a future of more launches — and more historic launches — that few could have imagined just a […]

After emerging from pandemic-induced supply chain crises, satellite manufacturers are turning to software-defined satellites to open the possibility of new business models and glean more data about performance, the CEOs […]

On Wednesday, Via Satellite announced Tina Ghataore, chief commercial officer for Mynaric, as the winner of the 2021 Satellite Executive of the Year award, and Astroscale’s ELSA-d Mission the winner of the […]

Just how crowded is Low-Earth Orbit [LEO], and how can the satellite industry do more to prevent collision and manage traffic? These questions, which continue to perplex satellite industry stakeholders, […]

The war in Ukraine, and the hack of Viasat’s KA-SAT network, has highlighted the long-standing geopolitical reality for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) operators who serve government and […]

The ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, have permeated human resource departments within every industry, and organizations have made big commitments to improve equitability. Yet while the satellite […]

The high bandwidth inter-satellite data links made possible by laser-based optical communications technology will revolutionize the satellite ecosystem, and enable a new generation of autonomous vehicles in orbit, a SATELLITE […]

In 2011, there were fewer than 1,000 active satellites on orbit. Today, there are well over 5,000. The next wave of telecom constellations is not just hundreds of satellites but […]

Major satellite operators continue to wrestle with their transformation from a mature industry focused on broadcast delivery of regionalized TV services, into a fast-growing, constantly transforming slice of the global […]

The New Space economy is poised for a big growth year in all areas, from satellite manufacturing to rocket launches, and satellite self-servicing. It’s also poised for a lot of […]