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Finance
Yahsat Completes Thuraya Takeover, Reshapes C-Suite
United Arab Emirates-based operator Yahsat completed its acquisition of a majority and controlling stake in mobile satellite services operator Thuraya and announced a series of new executive appointments to the […]
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Launch
Spaceflight, SpaceX Set for Largest Dedicated Rideshare on U.S. Rocket
Rideshare launch and mission management provider Spaceflight will launch more than 70 small satellites from nearly 35 different organizations on a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force […]
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Mobility
Thaicom Scores 30-Ship Fleet Connectivity Deal from Uniwise Offshore
Asian support vessel operator Uniwise Offshore has selected Thaicom’s high-speed maritime broadband service, Nava Fibre-to-the-Ship (FTTS) to enhance operations for its entire fleet of more than 30 vessels, the companies […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin-led Group Invests Millions in New Terran Orbital Nanosatellite Facility
Lockheed Martin, Beach Point Capital, Goldman Sachs and a consortium of investors issued $36 million in Series B financing to end-to-end nanosatellite and microsatellite services and solutions provider Terran Orbital. […]
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Finance
Report: Six-Times More Smallsats Will Launch in the Next Decade
Euroconsult expects about 7,000 new smallsats to be launched over the next 10 years, representing a six-fold increase from the 1,200 units launched over the past decade. Spacecraft from 50 […]
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Mobility
OilComm Adds ExxonMobil, Noble Energy Speakers to IT/OT Panel
The OilComm and FleetComm Conference will welcome Andrew Taylor, Supervisor, Cyber Security Vulnerability Testing and Management Team, ExxonMobil and Rob Nolan, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Noble Energy as special guest speakers on […]
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Technology
Startup Space Spotlight: RBC Signals on Improving LEO Capabilities
When Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems started dominating commercial satellite industry conversations, Christopher Richins saw an opportunity to launch a profitable delivery business. As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of his […]
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Magazine
For Farmers, A Picture is Worth More Than a Thousand Data Sets
There are several large orchards and tree farms scattered among the hills at the eastern edge of Pennsylvania along the Delaware River — managed and maintained by the same family […]
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Finance
Phasor Adds Satellite Industry Veteran to Board of Directors
Veteran satellite legal and financial expert Phillip Spector joined the board of directors for antenna systems manufacturer Phasor. A former attorney with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, and executive vice […]
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Uncategorized
Tackling Constellation Debris with Japan’s Astroscale
Despite skepticism from space industry analysts, Japanese entrepreneur Nobu Okada was certain that the emergence of satellite constellations would push operators to invest in orbital debris removal solutions. This […]
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Government/Military
Trump Denies Bridenstine’s Preferred Pick for NASA Deputy Administrator
Yesterday, U.S. President Donald Trump nominated U.S. Senate Deputy Sergeant at Arms James Morhard to be NASA’s new deputy administrator. Reactions to the nomination were mixed, considering that NASA Administrator […]
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Finance
Analysts Predict a Golden Age for Cubesats… If they Can Get Launched
If predictions from recent analyst reports are correct, CubeSat builders are about to enter a five-year period of intense growth as the commercial space industry transitions to small-satellite-centric business models […]
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Government/Military
Russia to Procure New Remote-Sensing Satellite
The Russian space agency Roscosmos is planning to issue a manufacturing contract to the Research and Production Association of Machine-Building for a new remote-sensing satellite worth $147 million, the Russian […]
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Finance
Astroscale Cuts the Ribbon on its First Ground Station
Japanese space debris-removal company Astroscale has established its first ground station in Totsuka, Yokohama, the company announced July 6. The ground station will provide data transmission and reception services in […]
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Technology
Atos Looks to Improve Satellite Production with New Testing System
Aerospace technology developer Atos has rolled out its lightweight, compact Protection Unit for Satellite Testing (ProUST) univerSAS satellite power testing system to market, the company announced July 5. It the […]
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Finance
DigitalGlobe Taps Retired Air Force Colonel to Lead Defense Programs
DigitalGlobe has appointed U.S. Air Force Col. (Ret.) Mike Edwards vice president and senior advisor for defense programs, the Maxar Technologies-owned imagery satellite operator announced July 5. Edwards will report […]
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Mobility
Yahsat CEO Wants in on the Mobile Internet-of-Things Market
Yahsat’s recent acquisition of mobile satellite operator Thuraya gave the company a fleet of five satellite, a wealth of new C-, Ka-, Ku- and L-band resources, and the ability to […]
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Launch
Spaceflight to Launch Fleet Space Centauri 1 on ISRO PSLV
Spaceflight Industries will send Fleet Space Technologies’ 10-kilogram Centauri 1 nanosatellite into orbit on an ISRO/Antrix Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) sometime in 2018. The Adelaide, Australia-based Internet-of-Things startup is launching […]
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Government/Military
Airbus: ESA Planetary Research Satellite on Track for Launch
Airbus completed construction and integration of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS) at its Madrid-Barajas facility in Spain, putting the satellite on track for its scheduled launch […]
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Mobility
StandardAero Brings Honeywell JetWave to European Gulfstream Jets
StandardAero will now be able to install Honeywell JetWave Ka-band satellite communications systems and radome equipment on Gulfstream GV/GV-SP aircraft registered in Europe after receiving a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) […]
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Connectivity
Intellian Granted Japanese Certifications for FleetBroadband Terminal
Satellite antenna systems developer Intellian received Japan’s TELEC radio equipment certification for its Inmarsat FleetBroadband FB250R and FB500R terminals. The TELEC certification confirms that the FleetBroadband terminals meet technical standards […]
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Connectivity
Gilat Receives $153.6 Million for National Fiber Backbone in Peru
The Peruvian government’s investment fund Fondo de Inversion en Telecomunicaciones (Fitel) awarded $153.6 millon to Gilat Satellite Networks for two wireless infrastructure projects in the nation’s Amazonas and Ica region. […]
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Government/Military
PTS Could Unlock Major Opportunities for Commercial Satellite
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) will aggressively seek commercial satellite industry partnerships to meet nearly all of its future needs for the Protected Tactical Satcom […]
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Finance
AT&T and Time Warner: Reaction to US Mega Merger
In one of the biggest deals in U.S. media history, AT&T has been given the go-ahead to acquire Time Warner. Given that AT&T owns DirecTV, one of the largest satellite […]
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People
Tech Companies Need to Participate in the Automation Job Killer / Job Creator Debate
There’s no avoiding it: tech companies that are invested in machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) need to address the impact that automation will have on jobs. It’s time to […]
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Finance
SSL’s Adam Marks on the New Economics of Commercial Space
Adam Marks joined satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) as its new chief strategy officer in early May from Thales Group, where he served as vice president of strategy and […]
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Technology
Startup Space Spotlight: Voyager SatBuilder Brings Satellite Engineering to the Cloud
Emerging aerospace company Voyager Space Technologies hopes to pioneer a new approach to automated spacecraft design that lowers the barriers of entry to space for future generations. The company’s intelligent […]
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Finance
Startup Space Spotlight: Israel’s NSLComm is Supercharging Smallsat Bandwidth
Israeli aerospace startup NSLComm has achieved what it considers to be an industry first. It has developed a flexible and expandable pattern-shaping spacecraft antenna that self-corrects on deployment to enable small […]
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Connectivity
Can CBRS OnGo Shared Bandwidth Replace the Beloved Wi-Fi?
Could the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) bandwidth replace Wi-Fi as the world’s common connectivity link? According to Preston Marshall, head of access for Google and director of the CBRS […]
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Finance
Swarm Technologies in Stealth Mode After Unauthorized Launch
The Atlantic’s Marina Koren investigates the mystery surrounding how little is known about Swarm Technologies – the California-based startup aerospace company that made history this past January by becoming the […]





























