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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 […]
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Finance
Startup Space Spotlight: OSS Takes Inspiration from Origami
Oxford Space Systems (OSS) is a deployable antennas and systems manufacturer that builds its hardware using “origami-inspired techniques” and lightweight, low-cost, flight-proven materials. Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mike […]
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Government/Military
Cubesat Repair Robots from Navy Ensign Closer to Launch
Don’t ever think that you can’t produce meaningful, impactful work during an internship. Just ask U.S. Navy Ensign Edward “Ned” Hanlon, who along with a team of fellow Midshipmen, are […]
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Government/Military
Post-Brexit GPS Blues for UK, Australia’s New Data Investment
The U.K. space industry continues to figure out how to maintain its status as a leading space-faring economy while dealing with frustrating, post-Brexit realities and the question that just won’t […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Using Satellite Data to Meet Sustainability Goals
Fred Krupp, president of Canada’s Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), gave a recent TED talk about the organization’s plans to launch a satellite in orbit that will gather data about the […]
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Government/Military
The Importance and Capability of Satellite Imagery
In honor of Jim Bridenstine’s confirmation to the post of NASA Administrator, I present three stories highlighting the importance and capability of satellite imagery to study and better know our […]
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Feature
SATELLITE 2018 Provides a Much-Needed Boost of Confidence for an Evolving Industry
I’ll get right to the point — SATELLITE 2018 was a huge win for the satellite industry for a long list of reasons that should have left everyone feeling excited […]
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Opinion
Conceptualizing the Transition to 5G Beyond Speeds and Standards
While attending several telecommunications conferences and trade shows throughout the past couple of years, I’ve heard a wide variety of opinions on how the industry should define the separation between […]
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Feature
2017 Satellite Executive of the Year: Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO, SpaceX
It is 09:30 a.m. on her ranch in Texas, and we are talking to the 30th Via Satellite Executive of the Year, Gwynne Shotwell about everything from her history at […]
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Feature
What’s Happening at SATELLITE 2018?
Chairman Jeffrey Hill provides a summary of highlights planned for this year's SATELLITE program.
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Uncategorized
Flashback to The Most Discussed Topics of 2010 in the Satellite Industry
As we count down the final few days of 2017, we take a look back to see what satellite operators were thinking at the turn of the decade and how […]
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Government/Military
Amazon Aims to Host More Classified Data with New Secret Cloud
From Via Satellite’s Executive Editor Jeffrey Hill: Of course, Amazon is on top of its cybersecurity game and, of course, this is all happening behind the scenes. The “AWS Top […]
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Technology
On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Moves Closer to Reality
From Via Satellite’s Executive Editor Jeffrey Hill: I’m not sure SpaceX wants their constellation characterized as “small,” “cheap,” and an alternative to reusability (especially when the rockets are reusable), but […]
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Technology
3 Takeaways from Cybersecurity Experts at CyberSat
Cybersecurity threats and protocols aren’t exactly the most comfortable topics for public discussion. Few are eager to reveal their practices and even fewer are willing to ask for guidance out […]
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Connectivity
FBI: More Cyber Attacks Now Blend in with Normal Network Behavior
Recent trends in malicious cybersecurity activity show that hackers are becoming much more adept at breaching networks using acquired “legitimate” credentials (such as outdated test login accounts to Virtual Private […]
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Government/Military
Congressman Babin Hints that Cybersecurity Could be Included in Larger Commercial Space Legislative Package
U.S. Congressman Brian Babin, R-Texas, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Space, said his group is working on legislation with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct a new […]
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Feature
The Road to 5G: Historical Milestones
An timeline of the telecoms industry's progress toward 5G.
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Government/Military
US Senator Chuck Schumer Argues Against Weather Satellite Budget Cut
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer recently cited this Buffalo News article while criticizing the U.S. House of Representatives for proposing to cut $369 million from the next-generation weather […]
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Finance
Ghana Enters the Space Race with First Satellite On-Orbit
A great day for our friends in Ghana as the nation celebrates launching GhanaSat 1 — its first satellite — into orbit on a SpaceX rocket. While Ghana’s government didn’t […]





























