Mark Holmes

Airbus Defense and Space’s first  aircraft of the Zephyr program, the Zephyr S HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite), has successfully landed. After taking off July 11 in Arizona, Zephyr S logged a maiden […]

Arianespace has secured a highly important contract with one of most high profile companies in the NewSpace arena. The launch service provider announced today that it had signed a multi-launch […]

RigNet has won a lucrative cyber-security contract with one of Asia’s biggest telcos. It has signed a deal with Singtel to provide its global customers with CyphreLink, a sophisticated satellite and […]

Rocket Lab has won a key new launch contract with a customer in the Middle East. The company has signed an agreement with Circle Aerospace for ten dedicated Electron launches, […]

Dutch Hiber and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) are teaming up to create a state-of-the-art and reliable ground station infrastructure for Hiber’s Low Power Global Area Network (LPGAN), named Hiberband, the […]

Boeing has taken a significant step into the world of 3D printing, thanks to a key new investment in a company based out of Burlington, Massachusetts. It announced yesterday that […]

SpaceX has successfully launched a satellite for one of Asia’s biggest telcos. The company confirmed early this morning that its Falcon 9 had successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex […]

Lockheed Martin has shipped the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, where it will be prepared for an October liftoff […]

Inmarsat, which is heavily targeting the aviation market, has released a major new market study on the IFC market looking at customer dynamics and future trends. It has unveiled findings […]

Newtec’s Dialog multiservice platform is being used by global telecommunications provider Milano Teleport to boost its services for the maritime market, Newtec confirmed yesterday. Targeting namely yachts (via the “Orbis Yacht” brand) and cruise liners (with “iSeaglobal”) which both require very high-bandwidth connectivity, especially […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s advanced tactical booster program has completed two successful hot-fire tests of a motor that had been conditioned to mimic extreme cold- and hot-soak conditions for air-launch application. The […]

Satellite pay-TV continues to be a tough business for Dish Network in the United States, as the operator continues to see its subscribers migrate to a number of Over-the-Top (OTT) […]

As part of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) latest efforts to bring 5G services to the United States, the agency made a number of major announcements yesterday that establish […]

Marlink has acquired extra satellite capacity to tackle increased demand from its cruise and superyacht markets. The company announced today that it has added new satellites and beams to its […]

Orbcomm reported a strong increase in its revenues in the first half of this year compared to the same stage last year. However, its net losses through the end of […]

Globalstar’s SPOT satellite technology will be playing a key role in a major European sporting event, the company announced August 2. Globalstar Europe Satellite Services confirmed that the Perskindol Swiss […]

Inmarsat produced a better-than-expected set of results, which saw a particularly strong performance in the aviation market. The operator announced that overall revenue for the six months to the end […]

For the six months to the end of June, Telesat derived revenues of around CA$444 million ($341.23 million), a decrease of four percent compared to the first six months of […]

Eutelsat issued its full year results today, which saw falls in both overall profit and revenue. Its revenue for the 12 months until the end of June reached 1.407 billion […]

Maxar Technologies reported its second quarter results, which saw some notable highlights such as reaching $578.9 million in revenues for the quarter. Unlike this quarter last year, Maxar was able […]

SES saw a fall of more than 17 percent in net profits for the first half of this year, compared to the same stage last year. This was one of […]

Earlier this month, Spanish satellite operator Hispasat announced it was joining SKY Perfect JSAT as a strategic investor in an exciting new satellite operator, LeoSat — who could become a […]

CommunicAsia brought lots of talking points this year as the industry gathered to talk about the market and the growth prospects in this most vibrant of markets for satellite communications. […]

With cybersecurity being such a hot topic for satellite, the industry is stepping up its efforts to make sure it doesn’t find itself front and center on CNN one day. […]

SKY Perfect JSAT is one of the biggest satellite operators around with a strong position in Japan and throughout Asia. But, how will it grow its business going forward? Via […]

SES is hoping it will see significant growth in the networks side of its business over the next few years. This would show that satellite operators could grow revenues away […]

It has been a momentous week for the U.K. space industry with the government unveiling ambitious plans to take the industry to the next level. Scotland in particular is on […]

Today has been a pivotal day for the United Kingtom space industry. The U.K. government announced definitive plans for new spaceports, which will enhance its satellite and rocket launch capabilities. […]

Following the rejection of a $3.2 billion takeover bid from EchoStar, U.K. satellite operator Inmarsat is now under pressure to show its vision of the future, said Berenberg satellite equity analyst […]

Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, has joined the board of directors of Apollo Fusion, a satellite propulsion company, after helping it secure $10 million in Series B financing from […]