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Finance
Former Airbus Executive Chris Emerson Joins ALL.SPACE as Chairman of the Board
Chris Emerson, the former Chairman and CEO of Airbus US Space and Defense, was appointed Chairman of antenna manufacturer ALL.SPACE‘s board of directors, the company announced Monday. Emerson currently serves […]
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Connectivity
OneWeb’s New Military and Emergency Response Terminal Can Fit Inside a Backpack
Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator OneWeb launched a new “person-portable” lightweight user terminal (UT) for military operations and emergency response teams working in areas beyond the reach of terrestrial […]
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Finance
Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Joins Rivada Networks Board
Michèle Flournoy, the former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense who served during President Obama’s first term in office, has joined Rivada Networks’ Board of Directors, the company announced Thursday. Flournoy […]
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Finance
Spire Posts Record Revenue, Loss Reduction in 2Q 2023 Just Before Planned Stock Split
Space-based data, analytics and space services provider Spire Global turned in one of its best fiscal quarter performances in 2Q 2023, reporting its strongest revenue haul and lowest operating loss […]
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Finance
With Viasat-3 Status Still in Limbo, CEO Mark Dankberg Outlines Possible Responses to Total Loss Scenario
On what should have been a cheerful Q1 2024 financial earnings call to promote strong year-over-year revenue growth, Viasat Chairman and CEO Mark Dankberg spent most of his time explaining […]
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Podcast
The Value of a Lunar Economy Explained
Why are the world’s space faring nations racing back to the Moon? What is the value of establishing a new lunar economy? In this episode of On Orbit’s Future Space […]
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Government/Military
Pixxel Wins Grant to Build Multi-Payload Satellites for India’s Air Force
Indian hyperspectral earth-imaging technology firm Pixxel won a grant under the Indian Air Force‘s iDEX Prime program to manufacture miniaturized multi-payload satellites, the company announced Tuesday. Pixxel will to develop […]
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Technology
Satixfy Selected Quantic-X Microwave for Modular RF Hardware on Beam-Hopping JoeySat
Quantic X-Microwave confirmed Wednesday that it was contracted by satellite communications systems developer SatixFy to provide up/down converters for the fully regenerative digital processed payload it installed on-board “JoeySat,” one […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Spire Rolls Out New Weather Monitoring Platform Designed for Energy, Supply Chain Logistics
Space data and analytics provider Spire Global launched a new weather monitoring and alerting platform on Wednesday that it hopes will “revolutionize global weather awareness for the energy, supply chain […]
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10 Hottest
10 Smallsat Startups to Watch in 2023
Today’s space startup landscape is arguably the most difficult and competitive it has been in several years. Space investors, now much more cautious following a string of big bank failures […]
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Podcast
On Orbit’s Future Space Economy Series: Laws and Liability in Space
Space is an exciting new frontier for the global economy, but like all frontiers, it exists largely without a legal framework to guide and protect the people and businesses that […]
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Imagery and Sensing
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 7 Satellites Are Now Operational
HawkEye 360‘s Cluster 7 satellites have begun operation just under two months after launching into orbit on April 15 — a new record for the space-based radio frequency (RF) data […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Capella Space Wins Five-Year SAR Imagery Purchase Deal from NASA
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery provider Capella Space has been awarded a five year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by NASA‘s Earth Science Division for high-resolution SAR imagery. The agreement will […]
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Finance
Planet Labs Reports 31% Jump in Q1 Revenue, But Spooks Investors With Cautious Forecast
Earth imagery and data company Planet Labs (Planet) saw its fiscal first-quarter 2024 (Q1 2024) revenue total jump 31% year-over-year (YoY) and crossed a threshold of 900 global data subscribers, […]
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Government/Military
SES Space & Defense to Provide Satellite Connectivity to AWS’ Modular Data Center
SES Space & Defense will provide satellite-powered network connectivity to Amazon Web Services‘ (AWS) Modular Data Center serving the U.S. Department of Defense under a new agreement announced Thursday by […]
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Government/Military
SAIC Wins $64M Award to Develop, Implement Application System for SDA’s PWSA Constellation
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $64 million contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to develop, implement and maintain the Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) Application […]
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Finance
York Completes Acquisition of GN&C Developer Emergent Space Technologies
York Space Systems has completed the acquisition of Emergent Space Technologies, a developer of mission software and Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) solutions for multi-spacecraft missions headquartered in Maryland with […]
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Connectivity
E-Space Completes CNES-Commissioned Feasibility Study of its LEO Constellation System
Greg Wyler’s new satellite constellation company E-Space announced Thursday that it completed a five-month feasibility study of its space-based IoT solutions and services. The study, commissioned by the French Space […]
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Finance
Slingshot Aerospace Hires Spaceport Cornwall’s Melissa Quinn, Axiom Space’s Megan Sieffert
Melissa Quinn, the former head of Spaceport Cornwall, has joined spaceflight safety data and tracking company Slingshot Aerospace as its new general manager of Seradata, the launch and satellite database […]
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Government/Military
Northrop Grumman Completes RGS-A Preliminary Design Review for NIWC Ahead of Schedule
Northrop Grumman Corp. completed a successful preliminary design review (PDR) of the Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) it has been working on for the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific‘s […]
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Imagery and Sensing
UK Space Agency Backs Satellite Applications Catapult, GHGSat Partnership for Methane Emissions Data Access
Satellite Applications Catapult and GHGSat have formed a partnership to open an international analytics center co-located in London and Edinburgh and provide satellite data on global methane emissions for research […]
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Mobility
Intelsat to Upgrade Japan Airlines Fleet with 2Ku In-Flight Connectivity Service
Satellite operator Intelsat reached an agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL) to upgrade about 50 Boeing 737s and 767s to the company’s 2Ku inflight connectivity solution. Intelsat’s 2Ku service includes a […]
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Mobility
Kymeta Releases Peregrine u8 LEO Terminal for OneWeb Maritime Customers
Kymeta’s new electronically steered Peregrine u8 LEO terminal is now commercially available to maritime market customers on OneWeb’s LEO network. The Peregrine u8 LEO terminal is designed for all large […]
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Mobility
United Airlines Signs with Panasonic Avionics for Astrova In-Flight Service in the Americas
Panasonic Avionics secured its first customer in the Americas for its new Astrova in-flight engagement (IFE) solution. The company announced Tuesday that it signed an agreement with United Airlines (United) […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in NUVIEW’s LiDAR Satellite Constellation
Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio joined a consortium of investors participating in Florida-based Earth observation company NUVIEW’s latest financing round, the company announced Monday. The consortium, which includes DiCaprio, MaC […]
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Mobility
Hughes Partners with OneWeb to Distribute Global In-Flight Connectivity Services
Hughes Network Systems announced Monday that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with LEO satellite constellation operator OneWeb to serve as a OneWeb connectivity services distributor to the […]
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Finance
Pixxel Picks up Google as an Investor in $36 Million Series B Financing Round
Hyperspectral Earth-imaging technology startup Pixxel raised $36 million in its Series B funding round and added Google to its list of investors, the company announced Thursday. Some of Pixxel’s existing […]
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Technology
CGI Federal Successfully Demos Microsoft Azure Satellite Backhaul for U.S. Marine Corps
CGI Federal confirmed Wednesday that it successfully completed pilot testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital Cloud Access satellite backhaul and Nokia Private 5G communications for the U.S. Marine Corps. The demo […]
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Government/Military
Arcfield Nets $158M in US Intelligence Space, Ground Systems Integration Contracts
U.S. government services and mission support provider Arcfield announced Wednesday that it was awarded multiple classified systems contracts from an unnamed U.S. intelligence agency totaling $158 million in its 2023 […]
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Mobility
flyExclusive Expands Fleet Commitment of Gogo AVANCE
Gogo Business Aviation has scored a contract with flyExclusive to upgrade a fleet of 40 private aircraft with Gogo’s AVANCE L3 and AVANCE L5 in-flight connectivity platform. Gogo is flyExclusive’s […]





























