Microsoft is getting into the satellite ground station business with Azure Orbital. Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of the offering, a ground station service that allows satellite operators to communicate to and control their satellites, process data, and scale operations directly with Microsoft Azure.  Microsoft is building its own ground stations, and also partnering…

Iceye brought in $87 million in its Series C funding round, the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) company announced Tuesday. This funding round is more than double what Iceye raised in previous rounds, bringing its total financing raised to $152 million. The company plans to use this funding round to launch four SAR satellites this year,…

ManSat is now offering preliminary regulatory reviews to help space engineers understand the regulations needed to legally operate in space.  Mansat said in a Monday release that these reviews are free and confidential, as a place for entrepreneurs to ask questions about spectrum, its availability and the associated regulations and licensing procedures. ManSat specializes in…

OneWeb is set to resume launches with Arianespace in December to build out its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet constellation. The satellite operator announced Monday that Arianespace will provide 16 more launches, each placing another 34 to 36 satellites into OneWeb’s constellation.  This update comes as OneWeb is in the midst of a restructuring deal…