Author: Rachel Jewett

OneWeb Tests LEO System With Kymeta u8 Antenna OneWeb and Kymeta have tested the Kymeta u8 antenna with OneWeb’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. The companies reported Tuesday that in...

Last summer, Amazon Web Services dove further into the space sector by establishing the AWS Aerospace and Satellite Solutions division. AWS signaled its serious intent by placing retired U.S. Air...

Via Satellite’s Executive and Technology of the Year awards are two of the industry’s highest honors, highlighting outstanding success in leadership and technological achievement. In a normal year, the winners...

Rocket Lab has started construction on a new facility that will increase production of reaction wheels to fulfill growing demand from satellite constellation customers. The company said this expansion comes...

Omnispace and Vulcan Wireless have tested voice and data communication between the company’s on-orbit satellite and military communications radios, the companies announced Thursday.  Omnispace used the existing on-orbit satellite from...

HiSky plans to demonstrate its Smartellite terminals with a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellite hosted by Spire Global dubbed “Ella1.” The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) and the European Space Agency...

Dutch satellite industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company Hiber B.V. has appointed a new CEO. Roel Jansen who joined Hiber as chief commercial officer in March, is now the company’s...

Two different working groups of satellite companies have put out calls for an interoperability standard for space and ground system networks.  The Digital Interface Standards (DIS) working group, representing Communications...

GI Partners has completed its acquisition of Orbcomm. The all-cash transaction values Orbcomm at approximately $1.1 billion, including net debt. This deal makes Orbcomm a private company, and its stock...

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, Via Satellite managing editor Rachel Jewett chats with Iceye CEO and Co-Founder Rafal Modrzewski. Iceye is one of Via’s 10 Hottest Companies, and sells Synthetic...