Kendall Russell

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $45.5 million contract to provide Military Code (M-Code) Early Use (MCEU) capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS). Part of the Air […]

Japan-based Infostellar has raised $7.3 million in a funding round led by Airbus Ventures to develop an antenna sharing platform that it describes as being similar to Airbnb. Essentially, Infostellar […]

LeoSat Enterprises, which is launching a constellation of up to 108 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communications satellites, has entered into a strategic agreement with Supernet, based in Pakistan. Through this […]

SES has selected Arianespace for its fifth launch of four O3b satellites joining its Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) fleet. The satellites will fly on a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) has selected L3 Electron Devices to provide next-generation Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) for its High Throughput Satellites (HTS). According to L3, the new TWTA provides […]

Harmonic announced that iKO Media Group has deployed its media processing and delivery solution to expand the reach of iKO’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television services. By optimizing iKO Media Group’s […]

Kymeta has spun out a new division, the Kalo Business Unit, in preparation for the launch of commercial availability of the service. The company joined forces with Intelsat in Q1 […]

SES has contracted Boeing to build seven Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for its new network system, O3b mPower. According to SES, O3b mPower will deliver fully managed services in […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced it has received a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) sole-source, three-year, single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide training-related products and services […]

Globe Telecom has awarded Gilat Satellite Services a five-year, multi-million dollar managed service contract to enable accelerated deployment for the mobile operator’s rapid network expansion throughout the Philippines. Per the […]

Recent studies have presented higher probabilities of in-orbit spacecraft collision risk compared to previous models, according to Space Data Association (SDA) Chairman Mark Dickinson. In light of these findings, Via […]

Ursa Space Systems has unveiled its Caribbean Oil Storage Report, a weekly report of Caribbean oil inventories. The product is the newest release in a series of regional expansions to achieve […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) has awarded Azur Space Solar Power a multi-year, long-term purchase agreement to supply high-efficiency, multi-junction space solar cells for SSL’s next-generation solar arrays. In the future, […]

Iridium Communications has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Magnitude Space, an emerging small satellite company. According to Iridium, the MoU reflects the company’s interest in exploring collaborative partnerships with […]

The Australian Department of Defense has awarded two tech start-ups — Myriota in South Australia and New Zealand’s IMeasureU — a grant to develop a black box-esque sensor to track […]

SpaceX has marked its seventh Falcon 9 ground landing after successfully orbiting the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV 5). With Hurricane Irma […]

Timor Telecom (TT) is expanding its service uptake with SES Networks by nearly 30 percent over the O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite fleet to roll out its new 4G/LTE […]

While already providing valuable imagery around current hurricanes, such as Harvey and Irma, GOES 16 is aimed at becoming an even more critical asset for weather forecasting. High-performance optical filters from […]

EchoStar and Lockheed Martin announced that the EchoStar 3 satellite has been successfully recovered and retired per Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations following an anomaly that occurred in late July. […]

EchoStar’s Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Jennifer Manner is a 5G maverick, and has penned a number of articles for Via Satellite discussing the major policy issues surrounding the […]

Lockheed Martin’s second, fully-assembled GPS 3 Space Vehicle (SV) completed a realistic simulation of its future launch experience and passed this critical acoustic environmental test with flying colors on July […]

Despite numerous delays since SpaceX first unveiled its Falcon Heavy plans in 2011, it seems the rocket has a chance of meeting its November launch deadline after all. SpaceX just completed testing of Falcon Heavy’s first stage cores at its facility in Texas, clearing one of the major milestones before the rocket’s inaugural launch...

ViaSat announced it has delivered an end-to-end Link 16 communications system to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) for its Halifax-class frigates. The upgrade will enable the RCN to more effectively […]

ETL Systems has announced the creation of Stingray, a new Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber solution. According to the company, VSAT Fiber provides fiber connectivity […]

Norwegian shipping company Grieg Star has chosen Marlink’s Sealink VSAT Premium for its entire general cargo open hatch fleet of 33 vessels. Operating on multiple routes worldwide, Grieg Star’s ships […]

The CubeSat arena is growing fast — Spaceworks’ latest market assessment predicts an 80 percent increase in CubeSat launches this year compared to 2016. However, according to EnduroSat founder and […]

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group and Sky Perfect JSAT have confirmed that SpaceX will launch the two companies’ shared condominium satellite, Kacific 1/JCSAT 18. SpaceX will launch the satellite in the […]

Intelsat and Lamhas announced a multi-year agreement for satellite services supporting media distribution in India via the Intelsat 20 satellite. Lamhas is using a C-band, multiple channels per carrier broadcast […]

Bluesky Cook Islands, the sole provider of fixed phone, mobile and broadband services to the Cook Islands, has increased the amount of satellite capacity it is using from SES Networks […]

The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced that, following five years of service as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Christopher Slaughter will step down effective Dec. 31. Slaughter will […]