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Launch
Rocket Lab USA Establishes New Program to Accelerate Satellite Launching
Launch and space systems company Rocket Lab established a Responsive Space Program on Thursday that will open a direct line of communication with satellite operators to understand their mission requirements […]
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Space Economy
Atomos, Addvalue Partner to Develop LEO OTV Tech Using Inmarsat Elera Service
Denver-based in-space transportation company Atomos Space entered into a technology partnership with Addvalue Innovation, a communication terminals provider, to develop orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that relocate Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites […]
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Connectivity
SatixFy Achieves First 5G LEO Satellite Backhaul Link with OneWeb Constellation
SatixFy Communications confirmed Wednesday that its electronically steered multi-beam array achieved a high-speed, low-latency 5G backhaul link with a OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation satellite during a June 28 demonstration […]
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Launch
Can Europe’s Newest Spaceports Turn the Continent into a Global Launch Hub?
In order to have meaningful access to space to meet the demand for launch services, the world needs more spaceports and launch centers. British and European launch services could also […]
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Finance
Lux Capital Invests in Tom Mueller’s Impulse Space Startup
Impulse Space, an in-space transportation services startup launched in 2021 by SpaceX founding member Tom Mueller, has secured $10 million in funding from Lux Capital. This brings Impulse Space’s recent […]
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Finance
BlackSky Promotes Imagery Industry Veteran to CFO
BlackSky Technology has named its new CFO. The geospatial intelligence company announced June 16 that it promoted Chief Development Officer Henry Dubois, a veteran of the satellite imagery industry, to […]
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Space Economy
Collins Aerospace Issues NASA xEVAS Program Sub-Contract to Sidus Space
Space-as-a-Service company Sidus Space has been tapped to join the Collins Aerospace team that was awarded NASA‘s Exploration Extravehicular Activity (xEVAS) services contract at the beginning of June. Sidus Space […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Engineers Use Jupiter System to Connect 5G Smartphones to the Internet
Hughes Network Systems successfully tested 5G satellite backhaul services on the its Jupiter System ground platform, the company announced June 14th. During a series of tests at its Germantown, Maryland […]
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Connectivity
AXESS Networks Deploys Massive Satellite Network Infrastructure for Mexico’s CFE
CFE Telecomunicaciones e Internet para Todos (CFE TEIT), a subsidiary of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission, has deployed AXESS Networks satellite services and technology under the national “Internet for Everyone” development […]
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Technology
Northrop Grumman Completes Mynaric Laser Comms System Demo for SDA
Northrop Grumman successfully completed a demonstration of a secure, networked laser communications system for proliferated-LEO constellations using Mynaric’s Condor Mk2 optical communications terminals. The demonstration is part of a contract […]
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Launch
Momentus Manages to Deploy Two Customer Satellites from Malfunctioning Vigoride OTV
Momentus reported late Monday that it was able to deploy two customer satellites from its Vigoride demonstration orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), which experienced several anomalies after its launch. The U.S. […]
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Launch
AST SpaceMobile Confirms New SpaceX Launch Date for BlueWalker 3
SpaceX will launch AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida during the week of August 15, according to an AST SpaceMobile statement posted Monday. BlueWalker 3, which […]
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Podcast
John Deere’s Kiel Ronning Sees Data-Driven Solutions for Food Shortages
In this episode of Via Satellite’s On Orbit Podcast, John Deere’s Industry 4.0 lead Kiel Ronning joins us to talk about how his company is working to solve the global […]
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Technology
Airbus is Conducting R&D on Optical Satellite Links for Ground, Aircraft, and Other Satellites
Airbus Americas Vice President of Research and Technology Amanda Simpson confirmed Friday that the manufacturer is conducting research on inter- and intra-satellite optical link technology with universities in California. During […]
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Podcast
US, UK, and Argentine Government End Users Outline What They Need from Commercial Partners
On this special episode of On Orbit, government satellite technology program directors from the United States, United Kingdom, and Argentina join us to explain how they are working directly with […]
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Imagery and Sensing
NASA, ESA, and JAXA Expand Earth Observing Dashboard to Include Environmental Data
NASA announced Thursday that it reached an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to expand the Earth-observing satellite data sharing agreement the […]
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Space Economy
Euroconsult Predicts On-Orbit Services Will Generate More Than $4B in 2031
Rapid growth in on-orbit space services will create a market that generates $4.4 billion in revenue by 2031, according to analysis firm Euroconsult’s first-edition Space Logistic Markets report published May […]
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Technology
ViaLite Wins Expanded L-Band Links Order from Emirates Teleport Operator
Ground systems technology company ViaLite Communications won an expanded order for ViaLiteHD L-band links from an unnamed teleport operator in the United Arab Emirates. In a May 19th announcement, ViaLite […]
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Podcast
Boosting Smallsats to Geostationary Orbit With GeoJump’s Isa Fritz
You may not realize it, but the distance between Low-Earth Orbit, where most small satellites reside, and Geostationary Orbit, where nearly all of the much larger satellites live, is pretty […]
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Finance
AST SpaceMobile Hires Veteran Cogent Exec as New CFO
Space-based cellular broadband company AST SpaceMobile hired finance and telecom banking veteran Sean Wallace as its new executive vice president and CFO. Wallace previously served as CFO for global internet […]
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Technology
NASA Issues $95M in SBIR Phase II Financing to 110 Small Businesses
NASA issued early-stage Phase II ‘s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) financing to 110 U.S. small businesses to support technology development on a range of projects spanning foldable solar arrays […]
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Launch
Momentus Clears FCC Regulatory Hurdle for Next Month’s Vigoride Launch
Space transportation and infrastructure services company Momentus received a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday authorizing the company to use radio frequencies to communicate with its Vigoride […]
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Podcast
Startup Space Winner Dr. Luisa Buinhas of Vyoma Balances Building Tech and Building Her Business
On this episode of On Orbit, we welcome the grand prize winner of the 2022 Startup Space entrepreneur pitch contest, Dr. Luisa Buinhas. She is the co-founder of Vyoma Space, […]
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Manufacturing
Inmarsat’s Second I-6 Satellite Enters Thermal Vacuum Testing
United Kingdom operator Inmarsat confirmed Thursday that its second I-6 series satellite — I-6 F2 — has begun the months-long thermal vacuum testing process. The satellite, manufactured by Airbus Defense […]
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Technology
Precious Payload, Ienai Space Unveil “Launch.ctrl” Space Navigation Tool
U.S. and United Arab Emirates-based space tech company Precious Payload released the first API software integration of the “Launch.ctrl” space navigation tool it developed with “ienai GO” software by Spanish propulsion solutions provider Ienai […]
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Finance
Space Startups Received a Record $15B in Financing in 2021, BryceTech Reports
Investors gave a staggering $15 billion in total financing to startup space companies in 2021, according to a report published Wednesday by BryceTech. This nearly doubles the previous record of […]
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Podcast
Why Argentina is Investing in a Future-Focused, Government-Supported Space Economy
After a short break following the SATELLITE 2022 conference, Via Satellite’s On Orbit podcast returns with a very special interview with two of Argentina’s top science and technology government officials. […]
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Finance
24 Space Industry Executives Sign Diversity Workforce Pledge
Two dozen executives from the space industry’s largest companies signed an Aerospace Corp.-drafted industry pledge Tuesday morning to increase workforce diversity, report annual data on diversity in senior leadership roles, […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Satellogic Makes Contact with Newly Launched Mark V Satellites
Satellite imagery provider Satellogic successfully launched five additional spacecraft to Sun-Synchronous Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on Friday aboard SpaceX‘s Transporter-4 Falcon 9 rideshare mission originating from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. […]
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Technology
Lockheed Martin Publishes Open-Source Standard for On-Orbit Docking
Aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin published an open-source, non-proprietary Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard for on-orbit spacecraft docking on Monday and made it available for download on their website. The […]





























