Technology

Viasat has made a key move in the maritime market. It is furthering its relationship with Cobham Satcom to bring a new maritime connectivity system ahead of its slated launches […]

Airline JetBlue has selected Tomorrow.io as its end-to-end weather forecasting technology for global operations, after a process to evaluate weather and climate solutions.  Tomorrow.io and JetBlue have been working together […]

Inmarsat has tapped Rocket Lab to develop and manufacture an L-band radio for NASA’s Communications Services Project (CSP). Rocket Lab announced the deal for its Frontier-L radio on Nov. 3, […]

Multiple Asian defense forces have selected ST Engineering iDirect’s Evolution platform for both fixed and mobile military broadband needs, the company announced Tuesday.  An unnamed Asian ministry of defense (MoD) […]

Telstra has expanded ground stations in Perth and Merredin, Western Australia with additional antennas to support Inmarsat’s I-6 F1 satellite, the company announced Monday. Telstra has added a second 9-meter […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) installed a solar panel park at its satellite station facility in Santiago, Chile. The company has a goal to reach zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2040, […]

SatixFy Communications is now a publicly traded company after completing its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Endurance Acquisition Corp. The satellite technology company began trading on Friday on […]

As the satellite industry moves into a multi-orbit era with numerous constellations in Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO), it faces the unchanging reality that spectrum is a finite resource. The FCC, tasked […]

Gilat Satellite Networks received more than $10 million in orders for transceivers to support in-flight connectivity for a large global aerospace system integrator.  Gilat announced the deal for its U.S.-based […]

Anuvu has high hopes for its new Dual-Panel Ka-Band Inflight Connectivity Antenna System (DPSAA) which it unveiling this month at the Airline Passenger Experience Association Expo in Long Beach, California. […]

Astra Space has signed deals to supply its Astra Spacecraft Engines to both Maxar Technologies and Astroscale, the company announced this week.  Astra’s propulsion systems will be used in Maxar’s […]

SES has signed a new deal with one of the biggest telcos in the Middle East to help companies accelerate their digitalization plans, involving Microsoft and the cloud. SES announced […]

Space solar energy company Solestial closed an oversubscribed $10 million Seed Round of funding led by Airbus Ventures, with participation from AEI HorizonX, GPVC, Stellar Ventures, Industrious Ventures, and others.  […]

Axess Networks rolled out ST Engineering iDirect’s Mx-DMA MRC technology to support cellular backhaul networks in Colombia, and plans to expand the deployment in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico and Chile.  […]

Privateer Space, a space data company started by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, released a free collision risk assessment tool this week. The tool, Crow’s Nest, is part of the Wayfinder […]

Honeywell has won a new contract to provide control systems for Mangata Networks’ new constellations comprising of 32 satellites. The deal was announced Oct. 4. Mangata’s planned Highly-Elliptical Orbit (HEO) […]

Exobotics is teaming up with Simera Sense, one of Africa’s up and coming space startups, to engineer and integrate a hyperspectral imager into one of their nanosatellite platforms. The two […]

Inmarsat is partnering with Teledyne Controls in a new technology partnership as it looks to bring greater efficiency to airline digital operations. Inmarsat announced the partnership Sept. 28. It will […]

DES MOINES, IOWA — John Deere issued an RFP to the satellite industry on Thursday, soliciting a satellite service and terminal that can provide always-on connectivity to its agricultural machines. […]

Kayhan Space, along with Astroscale U.S. and UT-Austin have been awarded a U.S. Space Force contract to develop a solution that will enable in-space service, assembly, and manufacturing. The contract […]

Satellite Vu, one of the up and coming U.K. space companies, has signed a deal with Viasat to use its Real-Time Earth global ground service network to ensure rapid reception […]

The European Space Agency has awarded CAES multiple contracts to develop what it calls the first user selectable CPU (central processing unit) for space applications.  CAES announced Sept. 22 that […]

Satellite hardware startup Somewear Labs Raises $13.7 million in its Series A round, which was led by a group of over a dozen current and former CEOs chaired by David […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) is stepping up its efforts in the lunar space as it looks to develop an advanced ground network for lunar missions. The company, announced Sept. 19 […]

SES awarded Gilat Satellite Networks follow-on orders for the SkyEdge IV VSAT platform. The multimillion-dollar orders support SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation and SES-17, a Ka-band satellite which recently entered service.  […]

Thales Alenia Space will provide its SpaceGate ground connectivity solution to Eutelsat for the Konnect VHTS satellite. SpaceGate is a satellite access network solution designed to provide wideband connectivity to […]

hiSky is ready to market its Smartellite Ku-band satellite terminal in the United States after receiving FCC certification. The terminal passed a testing process to gauge levels of radio frequency […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded rocket propulsion company Ursa Major funding for development of its Hadley engine. The contract is under the U.S. Air Force Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) […]

Cobham Satcom has introduced two new maritime Ka-band antenna systems for Telenor Satellite’s THOR 7 VSAT services, the company announced Aug. 30. The one-meter Sailor 1000 XTR Ka and 65-centimeter […]

Space startup Outpost, which is developing technology for returnable and reusable satellites, has raised a $7.1 million Series Seed round. Moonshots Capital led the oversubscribed funding round announced Tuesday.  The […]