Author: Rachel Jewett

President Trump’s budget proposal for NASA looks to cut funding for the agency by 24%, while increasing funding for human space exploration and slashing space science funding.  The Trump-Vance Administration...

Eutelsat Group has appointed Orange France CEO Jean-François Fallacher to lead the satellite operator as CEO, replacing Eva Berneke. Eutelsat announced the change on Monday morning after a board decision...

In this week’s episode, On Orbit interviews Femi Ishola, founder and CEO of Phemotron Systems, winner of the 2025 Startup Space competition at SATELLITE. Ishola is from Lagos, Nigeria, and...

The FCC granted Lynk Global approval to provide satellite direct-to-device services in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.  Lynk is working with mobile network operator (MNO) partner Docomo Pacific, subsidiary...

Revenues in the Airbus Defence and Space segment were up 11% year over-year in the first quarter, as Airbus reported Q1 2025 results on Thursday. CEO Guillaume Faury expressed support...

Sidus Space signed an MoU this week with Saturn Satellite Networks to work together on a low-cost, high-performance Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite solution.  Saturn Satellite Networks is developing the SBN-X...

New O3b mPOWER satellites for SES will increase capacity of the constellation by nearly 30% this year, which will bring critical capacity for customers in government, maritime, and aero, CEO...

The Japan Exploration Agency (JAXA) has selected Aerospacelab, in partnership with Mitsui Bussan Aerospace (MBA), to supply the satellite platform to host JAXA’s SAMRAI payload in a demonstration mission.  This...

Myriota is expanding its space services deal with Spire Global to add 16 more satellites for IoT connectivity.  Myriota has worked with Spire to deploy its constellation since 2021. Earlier...

A Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket suffered an anomaly during a Tuesday launch, losing the payload for customer Lockheed Martin.  The Alpha FLTA006 mission launched at 6:37 am PDT from Vandenberg...