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Mobility
Atlas Space Operations Names a New COO
Atlas Space Operations announced that Mark Malosh has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to joining Atlas, Malosh was a founding member of the technical team at […]
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Connectivity
NATO to Upgrade UHF Satcom Control Stations with ViaSat
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has awarded ViaSat a contract to upgrade its Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications control stations to comply with the Integrated Waveform (IW) baseline. The […]
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Finance
Triumph to Build Landing Gear System for Dream Chaser
Triumph Group announced that its Integrated Systems business unit will provide the landing gear system for the Dream Chaser spacecraft, a reusable, lifting-body vehicle in support of NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services […]
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Connectivity
Intellicom to Help Develop AWN’s Air-to-Air Broadband Network
Airborne Wireless Network (AWN) announced that on Dec. 26, 2017, it entered into a service agreement with Intellicom Technologies to support the development and advancement ABWN’s Infinitus Super Highway. ABWN has […]
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Technology
How Satellite Can Predict Disease Outbreaks
Clever data mavericks have found a number of ways to leverage the information collected by satellites orbiting above, from calculating income growth profiles for agriculture to tracking the global oil […]
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Government/Military
Scotland Hopes to Become a Major Player in NewSpace
Scotland has been a fast riser in the new era of space technology, with companies such as Clyde Space setting a high bar for other NewSpace entrants. The Scottish government is […]
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Connectivity
UrtheCast Close to Securing Funding for EO Constellation
In a recent update on its ongoing corporate initiatives, UrtheCast stated it has entered into an agreement with an institutional investor for $175 million in financing for the company’s UrtheDaily […]
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Connectivity
Dish Media Networks Contracts More Capacity on Amos 4
Spacecom announced that Nepal’s Dish Media Network has furthered its long-term connection on the Amos 4 satellite with a contract for more capacity. Amos 4, from its 65 degrees East […]
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Finance
SpaceX to Launch Mysterious Zuma Satellite on Friday
SpaceX is preparing to launch a highly classified payload for the U.S. government this week, known only as “Zuma.” Other than it being a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, no […]
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Launch
Israel to Launch Three Nanosatellites in Formation
Scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, will attempt to fly a group of autonomous nanosatellites in formation for the first time this year. The satellites will launch […]
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Finance
Via Satellite’s Top 10 Spaceflight Photos in 2017
Each year, the global space industry raises the bar on what mankind is able to accomplish beyond the confines of the Earth’s atmosphere. Amid the uprise of fully reusable rockets […]
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Finance
ISRO Sets Date for PSLV Comeback Launch
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced an official launch date — January 10 — for its Cartosat 2 satellite and 31 other secondary payloads. This is the first […]
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Connectivity
Russia Restores Contact with AngoSat 1
RSC Energia announced Friday that it successfully restored its communications link with the AngoSat 1 spacecraft. Energia lost contact with the satellite shortly after its launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in […]
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Finance
JAXA Experiments with New Satellite in Super Low Earth Orbit
JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries successfully launched two new Earth Observation (EO) satellites in the days before Christmas: the Global Change Observation Mission–Climate (GCOM-C) spacecraft, nicknamed Shikisai, and the Super […]
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Connectivity
Fourth Set of Iridium Next Satellites Arrive Safely in Orbit
Iridium Communications announced that the fourth set of 10 Iridium Next satellites, launched Dec. 22 by SpaceX, are functioning nominally and have begun the testing and validation process. Not only […]
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Technology
Satellite Images of the World in 2017
Like most years, 2017 was a mixture of great triumphs, inconceivable tragedies and controversial events whose lasting impacts on history remain to be seen. 2017, however, also marked a flagship […]
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Finance
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Prepares for January Demo Flight
SpaceX’s new Falcon Heavy rocket has gone vertical for the first time on Launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Now upright, the rocket will undergo testing ahead of […]
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Finance
A Glimpse Into the Future of India’s Commercial Spaceflight
India’s space industry has had a banner year, with the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) bringing its number of total successful launches to 39. For […]
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Technology
Satellite Payloads Market to Exceed $18.1 Billion by 2022
Analyst firm Research and Markets estimates the satellite payloads market to be valued at $11.84 billion in 2017, and projects it will reach $18.15 billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth […]
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Connectivity
Russia Loses Contact With Newly Launched Satellite… Again
Russia promptly lost contact with Angola’s first telecommunications satellite after launching it from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 26. This comes just weeks after a similar incident in […]
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Technology
UrtheCast, SIIS Sign Mutual Distribution Agreement
UrtheCast and its subsidiary Deimos Imaging have signed an agreement with SI Imaging Services (SIIS) for the mutual global distribution of their respective product portfolios. Deimos Imaging and SIIS’ space […]
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Technology
Vector and Nexus Partner to Bring Cryptocurrency to Space
Nanosatellite launch provider Vector announced a partnership with Nexus to host its decentralized cryptocurrency in space using Vector’s GalacticSky software-defined satellite platform. According to Nexus, this partnership also allows future […]
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Government/Military
Kymeta Completes Kalo Sea Trials for US Government
Kymeta announced that its Kymeta Government Solutions (KGS) division has successfully completed month-long sea trials on small watercraft with an undisclosed U.S. government customer using its Kalo satellite internet services […]
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Government/Military
MDA to Support NATO’s Maritime Command and Control
MDA announced that it has signed a contract valued at approximately CA$15 million ($11.8 million) with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Communications and Information Agency (NCI). MDA will build […]
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Connectivity
5 Business Deals That Shook Up Satellite in 2017
According to analysts at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC), cost reduction targets are driving more Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in aerospace than ever before. 2017 also marked some of the largest transactions on […]
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Finance
SpaceX Spurs UFO Frenzy with Last Launch of 2017
SpaceX has officially reached the midway point of the Iridium Next launch campaign, lofting an additional 10 satellites for the constellation in the evening hours of Dec. 22. Illuminated against […]
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Government/Military
Restore-L Mission Passes Preliminary Design Review
SSL announced that the Restore-L mission to provide satellite servicing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has completed an extensive NASA review called the Mission Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and is […]
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Connectivity
ESA’s Next Satellite Propelled by Butane
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) next miniature satellite will be its first able to change orbit, the agency announced. Thanks to a compact thruster resembling a butane cigarette lighter, the […]
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Connectivity
Honeywell, Karamba Join Forces on Connected Car Cybersecurity
Honeywell and Karamba Security announced the two companies are collaborating to showcase an end-to-end automotive cybersecurity solution for monitoring and securing vehicle communications and reducing exposure to cyber threats resulting […]
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Finance
Blue Origin Launches First Commercial Suborbital Payloads
Blue Origin announced that its New Shepard vehicle flew again for the seventh time on Dec. 12. Known as Mission 7 (M7), the flight featured the company’s next-generation booster and the […]





























