Author: Rachel Jewett

The Viasat and Inmarsat merger has secured another regulatory approval to move forward, this time from the FCC. The FCC issued an order on May 19 approving the transaction, stating...

Gogo is rolling out a new electronically steered antenna (ESA) for business aviation to enable broadband from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, FDX. It is the second antenna in its Gogo...

President Biden has nominated Anna M. Gomez for the empty spot commissioner spot on the FCC, the White House announced Monday.  Gomez is a telecommunications attorney who serves as a...

The On Orbit podcast has reached 100 episodes! Thank to our listeners for tuning in over the past three years for engaging conversations with the people driving the business of...

SpaceX’s Saturday launch lofted satellites for both Iridium and OneWeb. The mission deployed five spare satellites for Iridium’s Low-Earth Orbit constellation, and 19 more OneWeb satellites.  Both operators confirmed post-launch...

Blue Origin will now land astronauts on the surface of the Moon, as the Jeff Bezos-owned company won the second NASA human landing system award on Friday. It is a...

Inmarsat has ordered three small Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites from Swissto12 for the eighth-generation of its L-band network. The three I-8 satellites will be based on Swissto12’s HummingSat satellite platform...

German space startup Reflex Aerospace has booked a slot on a SpaceX mission to launch its demonstration satellite in fall 2024. Reflex also expanded its seed funding round with a...

Spire Global’s CFO Thomas Krywe plans to step down from the company in September, Spire disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Wednesday.  The announcement comes as...

SSC has a new 10-year contract to build and manage a satellite network portal (SNP) in Northwest Canada for OneWeb. The site is currently under construction and will serve as...