Mark Holmes

SpiderOak has won a new contract from the U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMO UAS) that will see it perform supply chain analysis and cybersecurity assessments for multiple vendors participating […]

At a recent event at Chatham House in the U.K, the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.K. spoke four years after Russia’s invasion talking about the future of warfare. Valerii Zaluzhnyi […]

Heading into SATShow Week, Via Satellite interviewed the executives of some of the companies featured in our ’10 Hottest Companies in Satellite’ for 2026 to get their takes on some of the […]

Canada is the latest nation to significantly invest in improving its space capabilities by announcing details of a new spaceport. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is to invest $200 […]

Marlink is launching a new cloud platform for its maritime customers as it looks to bring a more efficient IT set-up to customers. XChange NextGen is an edge cloud platform […]

Isar Aerospace will launch the ‘ELSA-M’ In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission, thanks to a new deal with Astroscale Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. The mission will be launched […]

The European Defence Agency (EDA) is going to explore the Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) region in space in a major new research project. The project, called VLEO-DEF, will design […]

Sweden has moved one step closer to being and to control and launch satellites into orbit from its own territory from a national security perspective. SSC Space has signed an […]

Tyvak International, a subsidiary of Terran Orbital, has won a new cubesat contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). It will develop Farinella, a 6U CubeSat that will support ESA’s […]

Eutelsat has terminated contracts with Russian satellite operator, RSCC for the RSCC-owned and operated Express AT1 and AT2 satellites. Eutelsat said this termination was down to the failure of RSCC’s […]

ALL.SPACE has entered into a new strategic partnership with satellite operator Viasat. As a result of this partnership, the ALL.SPACE Hydra terminal will operate on the Viasat Global Xpress (GX) […]

SpaceBridge is going to launch a new technology solution during SATShow 2026, the UniHub. This is a key launch for the company as UniHub aims to offer a more dynamic, […]

ST Engineering iDirect is teaming up with Q-KON, to launch Intuition Unbound across Africa and bring better connectivity services to the region. Q-KON is an African satellite engineering and service […]

SSC Space is bringing a new optical ground station (OGS) into service at its site in Santiago, Chile. It will enable free-space laser communication between satellites and the ground, strengthening […]

IonQ has signed another collaboration deal in the field of quantum computing. It will team up with the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) on SEQCURE (Securing Experimental […]

A long-awaited rocket launch from the U.K. has moved a significant step closer. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has delivered its first and second stages of the RFA ONE launch vehicle […]

LONDON — Virgin Galactic expects to start flying the next generation of its suborbital spaceship, the Delta Class, by the end of the year, Sir Richard Branson said this week during […]

BlackSky has won a seven-figure renewal deal with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). It has secured this award under the company’s NGA Luno A Facility Monitoring Delivery Order. According […]

Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg joins Via Satellite for a Thursday Morning Conversation video interview. Dankberg shares who he’d travel to space with, and how “The Innovator’s Dilemma” has influenced him.  […]

Marlink has made a move in bringing state-of-the-art LEO based services to its maritime customer base. It is launching a new hybrid connectivity service – Sealink Multi-LEO. It will deliver […]

Skyroot Aerospace is set for a critical year as it counts down toward the debut launch of its Vikram-1 rocket, targeted for April of this year. The launch startup, founded […]

Orange is taking another step forward in the direct-to-device (D2D) arena with partnership deals signed with AST SpaceMobile and Satellite Connect Europe, a European joint venture between AST SpaceMobile and […]

Aalto has signed a new deal with one of the biggest telcos in Asia. It has signed a deal with Telkomsel that will commit to advance Indonesia’s Stratospace ecosystem, to […]

Viasat and Rohde & Schwarz are coming up with a new narrowband non-terrestrial networks (NB-NTN) IoT test plan for connectivity via satellite. The collaboration aims to ensure that chipsets, modules […]

SES is helping to bring better connectivity to people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), working with Africa Mobile Network (AMN). Together the companies now support more than 1,100 […]

The issue of quantum computing is becoming more important in the space cybersecurity community, and Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) is now launching a new initiative in […]

Iridium has made a further move in the IoT market, launching a new IoT module that integrates Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) satellite service, LTE-M cellular connectivity, and GNSS positioning […]

Contrivian and Big Network are to merge an interesting piece of consolidation in the networking software arena that will have direct relevance to satellite players. The combined platform aims to […]

This year is already off to a bold start, shaping up to be one of the most interesting ones of the current decade. We have already seen a slew of […]

Via Satellite’s annual 10 Hottest Companies rounds up 10 “must watch” companies in the satellite industry, from constellations, manufacturing, launch, and more. Via Satellite editors chose the companies on this list based on […]