Mark Holmes

Viasat has made a key move in the maritime market. It is furthering its relationship with Cobham Satcom to bring a new maritime connectivity system ahead of its slated launches […]

LONDON — Top officials from the U.K. Space Command and U.K. Strategic Command looked at how space could impact government operations going forward at Global Milsatcom in London this week. […]

E-Space is a step closer to providing services in Saudi Arabia, one of the Middle East’s biggest markets. The company announced Nov. 9 that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) […]

SES has made inroads into the mining sector in Africa. It has teamed up with an African mining company, Shevon on a two-year deal which will see Shevon use SES […]

OneWeb’s Africa ambitions were boosted Wednesday by the news of a new distribution agreement as it looks to bring its satellite Internet connectivity services across Africa. It has appointed Airtel […]

Intelsat has won a key new broadband contract in Africa. MTN, a multinational telecommunication group offering cellular network access and business solutions, will work with Intelsat to deliver broadband in remote […]

SES has signed a new launch deal with Arianespace for its EAGLE-1 satellite, a LEO satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe. The […]

CyberSatGov brings together key influencers from the government, satellite, and cyber communities to talk about the growing security threats to satellite assets. The war in Ukraine has brought this topic […]

At World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) in Paris recently, there was a lot of chatter about a potential combination of Intelsat and SES. Rumors swirled, but this has always been […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) which will see it provide data reception support of the Biomass satellite scheduled for launch in late […]

Satcom Direct and Honeywell will sell Inmarsat’s new SwiftJet IFC service for business jets, Inmarsat revealed Oct.19. SwiftJet offers seamless global coverage and maximum speeds of 2.6Mbps, up to six […]

The era of Starlink Aviation is now here. SpaceX has made no secret of its desire to become a major player in the IFC market, and has now taken the […]

Rivada Space Networks (RSN) has signed a partnership agreement with SpeQtral, an emerging company in the area of in quantum-secure communications systems. The two companies announced the deal, Oct. 19. […]

Satellite operator Intelsat signed a multi-year and multi transponder agreement with ARTEAR to meet the media company’s entire content distribution and contribution needs in Latin America. ARTEAR is a part […]

Ball Aerospace’s new Vice President of Strategic Operations is Hope Damphousse, the company announced Oct. 19. Damphousse starts the role immediately, and in this role, she will lead Ball Aerospace’s […]

Aireon has won a new deal in the air traffic market. It will provide its space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data for air traffic surveillance in Azerbaijan airspace, as a […]

Mynaric has won a new contract with Northrop Grumman as part of a key Space Development Agency (SDA) program. The company announced Oct. 18 that announced it will provide Northrop […]

Panasonic Avionics will now sell and support OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency in-flight broadband services to commercial airlines worldwide. For Panasonic, it gives them a multi-orbit strategy in an increasingly competitive market. […]

SES has made a significant new move in the broadcast arena. It has launched a new dedicated satellite distribution platform for sports and events content. SES announced the platform, Oct. […]

Ireland is getting set for a historic moment as it has moved a step closer to launching its first satellite – Educational Irish Research Satellite 1 (EIRSAT-1). It was announced […]

Anuvu has high hopes for its new Dual-Panel Ka-Band Inflight Connectivity Antenna System (DPSAA) which it unveiling this month at the Airline Passenger Experience Association Expo in Long Beach, California. […]

Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD 13F satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. The all-electric satellite was launched by SpaceX on Oct. 15 from Cape Canaveral. It is the first of two new […]

The UK Government has made a further investment to boost the UK space sector. It has unveiled a new competition offering £15 million ($16.8 million) in funding for UK businesses […]

Inmarsat is launching a series of new bundled services for its airline customers on its OneFi passenger experience platform. The company announced the new bundles for its connected platform on […]

Skyrora has experienced a setback in its plans to have its first orbital launch in the United Kingdom next year. The company announced Thursday that its suborbital Skylark L rocket […]

This article is part of a new series, in which Via Satellite interviews people in the industry at different points of their careers, with a focus on career decisions-making, and […]

SES has signed a new deal with one of the biggest telcos in the Middle East to help companies accelerate their digitalization plans, involving Microsoft and the cloud. SES announced […]

Ovzon has hired Noora Jayasekara as its new CFO. Ovzon announced the appointment Oct. 11 and Jayasekara will start the role at the start of November. Jayasekara most recently held […]

Satellite Vu has a new CFO. Satellite Vu announced Oct. 11 that it had hired Camilla Taylor to be its new CFO ahead of its upcoming satellite launch. Previously Taylor […]

Eutelsat has seen sharp increases in revenues in mobile connectivity and fixed broadband for the three months to the end of Sept. 30. These were two of the highlights of […]