Technology

Here’s a look back at some of Via Satellite‘s most-read stories of 2024. Our top stories of the year look back at everything from the SES/Intelsat acquisition, John Deere’s deal […]

ANT61, an Australian satellite hardware company, is targeting Japanese insurance market, signing a deal with Sompo Risk Management. Sompo Risk Management will integrate ANT61’s Beacon system into its existing suite […]

The satellite communications industry is going through a transformative period. The current shift towards virtualization and digitization is leading to innovation, and a whole host of emerging technologies are pushing […]

ST Engineering iDirect has released a technology that enables tracking and switching between satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) and Non-Geosynchronous Orbit (NGSO). The feature is currently in on-orbit satellite testing […]

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J mission completed its final approach of an abandoned rocket upper stage in space, approaching the large piece of debris at an approximately 15-meter distance. Astroscale did not reach […]

Lockheed Martin has selected Tesat optical communication terminals (OCT) for a demonstration on a future GPS III spacecraft. Tesat announced the agreement on Tuesday for its SCOT80 OCTs.  Tesat Managing […]

Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday that its LM 400 satellite is to launch in the first six months of next year on a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket. The refrigerator-sized LM […]

The U.S. Navy awarded Comtech Telecommunications a contract valued at more than $50 million for SLM-5650B satellite communications modems, the company announced Nov. 14.  John Ratigan, president and CEO of […]

The U.S Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) delivered the the robotics payload to Northrop Grumman for the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV). The robotics payload included two robotic arms and electronics. Northrop […]

Intellian Technologies debuted three new compact flat panel antennas for satellite broadband service on Eutelsat Group’s OneWeb constellation. These active electronically scanned array (ESA) user terminals announced Tuesday are for […]

Eutelsat Group will partner with Clear Blue Technologies, a smart energy solutions provider, that will see the two companies work expand and improve connectivity solutions across Africa. Eutelsat said this collaboration […]

Many remember when mobile phone companies locked our devices to their networks with pre-installed applications. Each phone company would put users into their walled garden, locking them into device/company-specific ecosystems. […]

Telesat awarded SatixFy Communications a $39 million deal to supply the landing station baseband units for the Lightspeed network, Telesat announced Monday.  Telesat had a previous deal with SatixFy for […]

Kymeta is rolling out a new hybrid terminal for vehicles and vessels, the Goshawk u8, the satellite hardware company announced Monday.  Goshawk u8 is a hybrid terminal that supports Geostationary […]

In his first call as Comtech’s permanent CEO, John Ratigan said the company’s financial performance in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 was below expectations.  Ratigan spoke with investors […]

Following the Viasat hack, which took place a few hours prior to the invasion of Ukraine and impacted both the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as thousands of customers across […]

Azercosmos and Italian ground segment-as-a-service (GSaaS) company Leaf Space broadened their exisiting collaboration with a new antenna at an Azercosmos teleport. The companies first began working together back in 2022. Azercosmos, Azerbaijan […]

ST Engineering iDirect has been selected for the Phase Two expansion of Indonesia’s Satria-1 satellite network, following the successful completion of Phase One which involved the deployment of ST Engineering […]

Telesat has contracted Intellian to build 127 gateway antenna systems at landing stations for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation. Intellian will design, supply, install, and integrate its 4-meter gateway antenna system.  […]

Iceland could benefit from space based solar energy by 2030 under a new deal between U.K. company Space Solar and Transition Labs. The companies announced an agreement to deliver 30 MW […]

New company in the satellite tech space Aptos Orbital debuted a terminal to allow satellites to run powerful AI on orbit. The Aptos terminal announced Tuesday is a device for […]

ETL Systems is acquiring SpacePath Communications, in a deal that brings together two U.K.-based satellite amplifier suppliers. ETL Systems announced the acquisition on Monday, financial terms were not disclosed.  ETL […]

Viasat selected ST Engineering iDirect‘s hub infrastructure to bring Viasat’s satellite connectivity to the energy industry in Brazil.  According to the deal announced this week, ST Engineering iDirect will supply […]

Arkadia Space is getting closer to launching its propulsion module in space thanks to a new collaboration with the space transportation company D-Orbit. Arkadia Space announced on Oct. 16 that […]

Celestia Antwerp, the Belgian satellite ground segment company, has launched Virtual Integrated Baseband (V-IBB), a new solution for satellite Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C). The V-IBB is a virtual baseband […]

Defense tech company Anduril Industries is partnering with Impulse Space to integrate the companies’ technologies for national space security missions. Under a new agreement announced Friday, Impulse will provide the […]

While NASA’s TBIRD lasercom payload completed its mission in September, NASA is still sharing milestones it reached. Before the mission ended, a NASA optical ground station transmitted its first laser […]

ST Engineering iDirect has announced the availability of Intuition, its next-generation, cloud-native, software-defined ground system designed for multi-orbit environments, for customer testing and adoption. Intuition aims to change how satellite […]

Intellian Technologies received Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) certification for its ARC-M4 Block 1 multi-band, multi-orbit satellite terminal. This terminal is known as the AN/USC-75 in the JETDAS military naming system. […]

All.Space raised $44 million to fund the commercial launch of the company’s first satellite terminal. All.Space announced the round on Thursday, led by Boka Group, with additional participation from AE Ventures, […]