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Imagery and Sensing
Spire Upgrades Maritime Data Platform with Open-Source Query Support
Space-based data, analytics, and services provider Spire Global released an updated version of its maritime data service on Wednesday. The upgrade, “Maritime 2.0,” aims to improve Spire’s marine data capabilities, […]
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Finance
Iridium Raises Full-Year Guidance After Posting Strong Q3 2021 Results
Iridium Communications raised its 2021 full-year financial projections after reporting 9% service revenue growth and an 18% year-over-year increase in total billable subscribers during its 2021 third fiscal quarter (Q3). […]
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Government/Military
DSCA Director Heidi Grant Lands New Job at Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Boeing has hired U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Director Heidi Grant to lead Boeing’s defense, space and government services sales teams, the aerospace manufacturer announced Oct. 14. She succeeds […]
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Government/Military
L3Harris Secures Second Weather Forecasting Accuracy Study Contract from NASA
L3Harris Technologies will conduct a second advanced study for NASA that aims to significantly improve the accuracy and timeliness of U.S. weather forecasting, according to the terms of a new […]
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Connectivity
Dish Network Signs 5G Network Cloud Partnership with Nexsys-One
Dish Network contracted Nexsys-One to provide an end-to-end, cloud-based network deployment software solutions for Dish’s planned nationwide 5G network build. Nexsys-One is a privately owned cloud-based Telecom enterprise software provider. Its […]
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Finance
Spithout Out as Inmarsat Maritime President, Operator’s Leadership Shuffle Continues
Inmarsat‘s 2021 executive leadership shake-up continues. The U.K. operator confirmed Thursday that it has replaced Ronald Spithout, who has led its Maritime business unit since 2014, with Ben Palmer, the […]
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Podcast
Month in Review: Blue Origin Blues, Data for Everything, and Chasing SpaceX
On this episode of On Orbit, Via Satellite Managing Editor Rachel Jewett joins us to unpack what has been a whirlwind month for the space industry. Blue Origin just sent […]
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Mobility
Viasat Launches Direct-to-Customer In-Flight Connectivity Service for Business Jets
Viasat launched a direct and customizable Ka-band In-flight Connectivity (IFC) service for business aviation on Monday called Viasat Select. The Carlsbad, California-based satellite and telecommunications operator said that Viasat Select’s […]
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Cybersecurity
US Space Force to Kick Off IA-PRE Program in January 2022
The U.S. Space Force plans to launch its Infrastructure Asset Pre-Assessment Program (IA-PRE) in January 2022, Jared Reece, cybersecurity lead in the Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO), announced Thursday at […]
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Mobility
Viasat Expands Brazilian Business Jet In-Flight Coverage with Telebras Satellite Capacity
Viasat will use capacity from Brazilian state-owned telecommunications services provider Telebras to expand its Ka-band In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) coverage for business jets in Brazil. The satellite operator said Tuesday that […]
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Government/Military
NGA Renews Maxar’s G-EGD Imagery Contract for Second Option Year
The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has renewed its contract with Maxar Technologies to provide imagery and geospatial data for the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (G-EGD) program. The renewal, which […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Hancom to Launch Korea’s First Private Earth Observation Satellite in First Half of 2022
Hancom InSpace will launch Korea’s first private satellite for Earth observation in the first half of 2022, the company announced September 29. Once launched, the satellite, Sejong-1, would make Hancom […]
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Launch
FAA to Investigate Safety Concerns Raised in Letter by Current, Former Blue Origin Employees
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed it will investigate claims that 21 current and former employees at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin made about the safety of the company’s rockets in a […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Signs JUPITER Satellite Systems Contract with Egyptian Government
Egypt’s state-owned National Company for Telecommunications Services (NCTS) has contracted Hughes Network Systems to develop the ground systems that will support the operation of the government’s TIBA-1 Ka-band satellite. TIBA-1’s […]
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Finance
HawkEye 360 CEO Says Next-Gen Satellites Reaped $50M in New Contracts This year
HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini said Thursday that the radio frequency (RF) data and analytics firm’s newly launched next-generation satellites have enabled the company to secure more than $50 million […]
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Podcast
How Startup Space’s Youngest-Ever Winner Found Gold in NASA’s Idea Storage Closet
Adisesh Yeragudi just graduated from Rutgers University… and also became Startup Space’s youngest-ever competition winner at SATELLITE 2021. His company, AV SpaceTech, is building a modular ion space propulsion engine […]
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Mobility
Air France Installs Intelsat 2Ku In-Flight Service on 60 New Aircraft
Air France will install Intelsat‘s 2Ku high-speed satellite In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service on 60 of its new A220-300 aircraft. Intelsat is equipping the aircraft now and will be ready to […]
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Space Economy
Spire, SpaceChain Team Up to Prove Blockchain’s Feasibility in Space
Two space-as-a-service solutions providers are teaming up to demonstrate the feasibility of blockchain technology computation in space. Spire Global, a publicly traded space data analytics company, announced it entered into […]
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Manufacturing
Terran Orbital to Build New $300M Manufacturing Plant on Florida’s Merritt Island
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 […]
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Launch
Astranis Moves Debut Satellite Launch to SpaceX Falcon Heavy in Spring 2022
Astranis‘ first full commercial communications satellite will now launch in the spring of 2022 as a secondary payload on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. The San Francisco-based Geostationary Orbit (GEO) small […]
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Partner Content
Interview With Spacebridge at SATELLITE
SpaceBridge is known for developing Very Small Aperture (VSAT) hubs and terminals for satellite connectivity. CEO David Gelerman spoke with Via Satellite at SATELLITE 2021 about the progress the company […]
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Mobility
SES, Hughes Achieve Multi-Orbit Satellite UAV Connection During Collaborative Demo
Hughes Network Systems and SES have demonstrated the ability to connect remotely piloted aircraft with satellites in Geosynchronous (GEO) and Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO), the satellite operators announced early Wednesday. Hughes […]
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Partner Content
Video Interview With ThinKom at SATELLITE
Antenna developer ThinKom has had a number of announcements lately, from its work with Telesat on the Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation to a new family phased-array antennas for use […]
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Partner Content
Video Interview With Ball Aerospace at SATELLITE
Matt Little, senior systems test engineer at Ball Aerospace spoke with Via Satellite at SATELLITE 2021 about the company’s approach to developing phased array antenna technology at attractive consumer price […]
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Finance
Virgin Orbit Enters AI Software Agreement with BigBear
Commercial launch service provider Virgin Orbit will now be able to provide AI-powered insights and data to its government and commercial customers under the terms of a new software agreement […]
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Partner Content
Video Interview With AvL Technologies at SATELLITE 2021
AvL Technologies produces satellite communications antennas and positioners. The company’s antennas serve a variety of use cases including vehicle mounts and manpack antennas for the U.S. military. Todd Brown, AvL […]
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Magazine
Back at SATELLITE: The Industry Emerges from Quarantine
This year marks a milestone anniversary for the annual SATELLITE conference and exhibition. What started as a modest gathering of satellite professionals in a parking garage 40 years ago has […]
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Finance
Palantir to Cement Partnership with BlackSky Once it Completes SPAC Merger
Artificial Intelligence software giant Palantir Technologies has committed to an equity investment in space-based geospatial intelligence company BlackSky once it completes its planned business combination with Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. […]
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Government/Military
Ramon.Space Wins Israel Space Agency Space Computing Contract
The Israel Space Agency awarded a contract to space computing systems company Ramon.Space to provide a space computing payload for a mission scheduled to launch in early 2022. Under the […]
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Government/Military
Intelsat Certifies ThinKom Phased-Array Antenna for FlexMove Network
Intelsat has certified ThinKom Solutions‘ land-mobile ThinSat 300 phased-array antenna for use on the operator’s FlexMove government satellite network. ThinKom completed a series of over-the-air tests at Intelsat’s Mountainside Teleport […]





























