Kendall Russell

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Nav Canada and Aireon completed two successful flight tests of the company’s satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system in December with a reported receipt of […]

China Great Wall Industries Corporation (CGWIC) orbited Kepler Communications’ first telecommunications nanosatellite, KIPP, on Friday, Jan. 19, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in Northwestern China. The mission serves as a […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Flight 4 mission successfully lifted off on Jan. 19. The launch took […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) just managed to squeeze in a successful launch for the U.S. Air Force before the government shutdown that has extended into Monday. But what could the […]

Via Satellite is proud to announce the nominees for its prestigious Satellite Executive of the Year award for 2017.

The Colombian government sees satellite as a potentially cheaper (and therefore attractive) alternative to deploying hundreds of miles of fiber. The question is: what’s the most cost-efficient way for an […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched a commercial Earth Observation (EO) satellite, Ansaro 2, on Jan. 18, using an Epsilon 3 solid fuel rocket. The Epsilon 3 carried […]

Noble Corporation has selected Speedcast International to provide new IT communications equipment and fully managed connectivity services to its global drilling fleet. Through a combination of satellite Very Small Aperture […]

SES announced that the new SES 15 spacecraft has been operational at the 129 degrees west orbital position since Jan. 1. SES 15 flew into orbit on a Soyuz rocket […]

Britain’s decision to extract itself from the European Union (EU) has caused it to lose an important satellite monitoring center. The U.K. won the contract in 2010 to host the […]

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne hot-fired an RS-25 engine in a test that marked another milestone toward the first crewed flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS), while laying groundwork […]

Atlas Space Operations and Xenesis, a communications company that focuses largely on the space-to-ground hardware market, have announced a partnership to develop a global optical communications network designed for high […]

Iceye has published the first radar image obtained by its Iceye X1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite. The image depicts Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 15, at 21:47 […]

Planetary Resources announced it has begun to receive telemetry from Arkyd 6 spacecraft, a 6U CubeSat containing a demonstration of technology designed to detect water resources in space. The Indian […]

DataPath has announced the appointment of two new executives, naming Carter Johnson as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Brad Majeres as its inaugural Chief Operations Officer (COO). As CFO, Johnson’s primary responsibilities include […]

U.K.-based Effective Space announced it has secured the first contract for its in-orbit satellite servicing spacecraft, dubbed Space Drone. Under the contract, which is valued in excess of $100 million, […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) has broadened its satellite and media solutions with the addition of IP-based delivery solutions and Over-The-Top (OTT) service. AsiaSat stated it recognizes the demand for […]

GomSpace has purchased a launch for several nanosatellites onboard a LauncherOne rocket from the California-based company Virgin Orbit. The flight, which is bound for a low-inclination orbit, is scheduled to occur […]

Speedcast International has announced the appointment of John Truschinger as Chief Information Officer (CIO), reporting to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pierre-Jean Beylier. Truschinger is a veteran of the U.S. Marine […]

Advantech Wireless announced that a customer from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has certified the company’s 1.2m Engage Class VSAT FlyAway Terminal, a fully integrated tri-band system designed for […]

A research associate at the University of Maryland believes in-orbit satellite servicing spacecraft akin to the one under development at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) could heighten tensions […]

Viasat has won an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an initial ceiling of $350 million for advanced equipment, systems, services and support to modernize ground/air situational awareness, tactical data […]

Cubic Corporation announced its GATR satellite antenna systems will proceed to Full Rate Production (FRP) for the U.S. Army’s Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2) program. The FRP decision will enable […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Jan. 12. Because […]

Eutelsat Communications released new data about the TV channels it broadcasts from its 7/8 degrees west video neighborhood at the CABSAT trade show in Dubai. According to Eutelsat, the neighborhood’s […]

A team of oceanic researchers from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington is preparing to launch a new CubeSat this summer, dubbed SeaHawk 1. The satellite will fly into […]

Telesat announced the successful launch of its first Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, an important milestone in the company’s plans to deploy a global LEO constellation to provide broadband communications […]

Finnish startup Iceye announced the successful launch of its proof-of-concept satellite mission, Iceye X1, on the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) PSLV C40 rocket. The Iceye X1 microsatellite is equipped […]

The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced the Norwegian Space Center has ordered a new, 15 kg microsatellite satellite called NorSat 3. Construction is well underway at SFL’s manufacturing facility at […]

According to rumors circulating at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Verizon is working on new services to ensure it can compete with Over-the-Top (OTT) content providers like Hulu and […]