Author: Rachel Jewett

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed its critical design review (CDR) for 16 missile tracking satellites that will be part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. Now...

Telesat signed a deal with Aalyria to deploy its Spacetime networking software to manage customer traffic for Telesat’s Lightspeed satellite constellation. The deal announced Tuesday is a 10+ year agreement....

The White House released a National Spectrum Strategy on Tuesday, developed in coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  President Biden released...

Terran Orbital cut its revenue guidance for 2023 nearly in half as Rivada Space Networks has not made a milestone payment for its constellation deal.  Terran Orbital announced its third...

What do satellite policy and space movies have in common? For starters, space debris often plays a key role in both. In this episode of On Orbit, we talk about...

SpaceX launched two O3b mPOWER satellites for SES, and a 90-payload rideshare mission in a busy weekend of Falcon 9 missions. SES confirmed that the fifth and sixth O3b mPOWER...

Intelsat has hired Raytheon Technologies exec David J. Broadbent as its new president of Government Solutions. Intelsat announced the hire on Nov. 13, effective immediately.  Broadbent is now responsible for...

Hamid Akhavan is now CEO of Dish Network ahead of the EchoStar/Dish merger close, the company announced Monday. Akhavan is currently the CEO of EchoStar, and it was already in...

Qualcomm is ending its direct-to-device relationship with Iridium because smartphone manufacturers are not adopting the satellite-compatible chips. Analysts say the price and the lack of technology standards were contributing factors. ...

Spire Global posted a 34% year-over-year increase in revenue in the third quarter of 2023 and raised the low end of its guidance for the full year. Spire announced its...