Mark Holmes

SES continued to fortify its cloud strategy with the signing of a new dedicated connectivity deal with one of the world’s biggest IT companies, Oracle. The contract, which SES announced […]

The commercial reality of parabolic flights launched from the United Kingdom is now one step closer with the news that Blue Abyss, and 0-G Launch have signed a memorandum of understanding to […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has won a new contract from the UK Space Command worth 22 million pounds ($28.85 million) to build a for a 150 kg satellite based […]

ST Engineering iDirect and its partners are hosting a series of webinars focused on advanced mobility technology and its impact and importance to end user customers. As part of that […]

Thaicom is the latest satellite player to sign a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as it looks to deploy a cloud-based satellite TV broadcast distribution platform for the Asia […]

QVC UK will continue to broadcast on SES satellites after the two companies signed a five-year contract renewal. In an announcement released April 4, SES said that the deal will […]

The in-space economy is a dynamically developing part of the space ecosystem, as the space industry works to commercialize ways to refuel and extend the lives of satellites. During the […]

ABS has won a new multi-year capacity deal with Taiwanese service provider Teleport Access Service (TAS), the company announced March 29. TAS will distribute Buddhism-based channel Hwazan TV on the […]

Comtech Telecommunications has won a new contract with SES to supply O3b mPOWER 5.5 meter gateways, small gateways, and user terminals, SES announced March 30. The antenna hardware comes in […]

At SATELLITE 2022, one of the key topics of conversation was how the satellite industry can work better with the telecoms industry. Neil McRae, the chief architect at BT, was […]

Synspective, a Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data and solutions provider, has raised another $100 million in financing. The company announced the Series B funding round on March 29. […]

One of the world’s leading telcos Orange is teaming up with AST SpaceMobile to test its space-based cellular broadband network. The two companies announced the non-binding MoU on March 25. […]

I write this editor’s note at a strange time. On the one hand, I am about to come to SATELLITE for the first time in three years and see our […]

When Via Satellite spoke to Greg Wyler in 2020, I asked if this was it for him and the space industry, that after O3B and OneWeb, he would follow a […]

The space industry saw an unprecedented wave of financial interest in 2021. At one of the opening panels of SATELLITE 2022, “Space Goes Public: The Experts Speak,” finance experts talked […]

SATELLITE 2022 is expected to spark many talking points as the satellite industry gets together in force to debate the future of the industry. In this analyst roundtable, Via Satellite […]

In the run-up to SATELLITE 2022, we talk to Jim Rosenberg, CTO and co-founder of Wavestream, about the drive to better standards in the satellite industry. Jim has some particularly […]

SpaceChain has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi as it looks to tap into markets in the Middle East, the company announced March 16. SpaceChain will look to spearhead […]

Skyrora has opened a new rocket engine testing facility in Scotland, the company announced March 15. The site allows Skyrora to concentrate its launch development operations for the purpose of […]

Intelsat has placed a multimillion-dollar order for Gilat Satellite Networks‘ SkyEdge IV Taurus modems to expand its capabilities the in-flight connectivity (IFC) arena, the companies announced Monday. SkyEdge IV Taurus […]

Xiplink is with working with Lanner Electronics to make its disaggregated virtual network functions available to the Lanner ecosystem. The two companies announced the collaboration, March 11. Xiplink believes the collaboration […]

Hispasat, the Spanish satellite operator, is piloting a new tele-education project in Panama for the Panamanian government. The company said March 11 that it is bringing tele-education services to the […]

Hispasat has joined forces with streaming and content protection company Nagra, to develop a wholesale OTT (over-the-top) television solution targeted at customers in Latin America. The solution, announced March 9, […]

Today’s Thursday Morning Conversation takes us all the way to Canada to talk to a veteran of the industry, David Gelerman, CEO of SpaceBridge. We talk about everything from his […]

Globalstar has appointed former AT&T Exec Dave Haight to be its new vice president of IoT, the company announced March. 8. Haight joins Globalstar after working on developing the IoT […]

Spire Global has signed a space services deal with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to build four 6U Lemur satellites for SNC to conduct radio frequency (RF) collection and analysis, the […]

Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), the government division of Yahsat, has signed a new deal in the comms-on-the-move (COTM) arena, the company announced March. 7. YGS has teamed up with EDGE […]

Wyld Networks is joining forces with Treevia to deploy its IoT sensor-to-satellite technology with Treevia SmartForest, a digital platform for forest operation management. The companies said better forest management is […]

Intelsat, which announced a collaboration with TIM Brasil this week, has signed another telco deal, this time in Africa. Orange Mali selected Intelsat to bring 3G and 4G connectivity to […]

Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) this week features Todd Brown, director of Business Development at AvL Technologies as the company gets set for an exciting SATELLITE 2022. We talk […]