Rachel Jewett

The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command awarded BAE Systems a contract to build radio frequency (RF) terminals for a space-based data layer. BAE Systems announced the award on Oct. […]

CesiumAstro plans to expand to Florida with an announcement this week to build an engineering and manufacturing facility in Melbourne on the Space Coast. The facility is expected to add […]

As Europe plans to reserve a portion of its mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum authorization for European operators, a European think tank argues it should go further and maximize European […]

Rocket Lab is further delaying the first launch of its Neutron rocket as it works through fixes after an issue with the first stage tank uncovered earlier this year.  Rocket […]

Comtech expects its satellite divestiture to Gilat Satellite Networks to close by the end of the calendar year, leadership confirmed this week.  Comtech CEO Kenneth Traub gave investors a bit […]

Cailabs has secured an order from Omani space communications company Durri Space for three optical ground stations under a deal announced Thursday.  Durri Space intends to operate an optical communications […]

A Ukrainian defense advisor accused SpaceX of limiting Ukraine’s access to Starlink as Ukraine faces increased attacks from Russia. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk disputed the claim and said […]

Reflect Orbital has ordered two launches from India’s emerging launch provider Skyroot Aerospace. The company says it is bringing on new launch providers as it deals with a crunch in […]

SES has selected Lyntris as the payload integrator for its work for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite-Global (PTS-G) program.  Space Systems Command contracted both SES and Viasat in […]

Viasat has placed an order for multiple All.Space Hydra MAX satcom terminals which are designed to transmit multiple satellite links simultaneously. The Hydra Max terminal is now approved for operation […]

European industrial and defense group CSG is now the largest shareholder in Canadian satellite manufacturer MDA Space after making an investment to hold 9.5% equity in the company. The investment, […]

York Space Systems will support a multi-vendor interoperability demonstration as part of a recent U.S. Space Force award for the Space Data Network (SDN).  York Space was one of five […]

Kratos’ OpenSpace ground system platform was used in a recent KT SAT demonstration that showed end-to-end connectivity across a native, multi-vendor 5G New Radio (5G NR) non-terrestrial network (NTN).  Kratos […]

Planet has debuted a new, continuously updated map of the world’s population built through a collaboration with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington […]

Veon-owned operator Banglalink will bring SpaceX‘s Starlink Mobile service to its customers under a new agreement announced Friday. Bangladesh will be the first country in South Asia to introduce the […]

India’s Astrogate Labs is teaming with South Korea-based Spacebeam to demonstrate laser communications, including optical ground stations.  Under the MoU, they plan to bring together the companies’ respective tech in […]

L3Harris will build an all-glass telescope for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission expected to launch in the mid-2030s.  The European Space Agency (ESA) is leading the mission, with […]

SpaceX announced a deal Thursday afternoon to acquire nationwide, low-band spectrum from Grain Management to improve service for  Starlink Mobile and enable the service to operate indoors.  SpaceX and Grain […]

Startup Fortastra raised a $30 million Series A round as the company aims to establish “persistent, multi-orbit security coverage” in orbit.  Founder Mike Smayda, a SpaceX alum who also co-founded […]

Amazon and Blue Origin — two companies owned by Jeff Bezos with separate satellite constellation plans — reached new manufacturing milestones. Amazon reached the milestone of manufacturing 1,000 Amazon Leo […]

American Airlines is expanding its planned rollout with SpaceX’s Starlink for in-flight connectivity to now include its full mainline fleet of both Airbus and Boeing aircraft.  The rollout, targeted to […]

Eutelsat signed a capacity renewal for the Eutelsat 7 West A satellite with Télédiffusion d’Algérie (TDA), Algeria’s national broadcasting network operator. TDA has been a long-time customer of Eutelsat and […]

Gilat Satellite Networks reports recent contract wins totalling $38 million for its SkyEdge system and connectivity projects in Peru.  Wednesday, Gilat announced $10 million in orders from an unnamed satellite […]

The FCC approved SpaceX’s request to deploy 15,000 satellites for direct-to-device (D2D) services, while deferring some of SpaceX’s requests.  This 15,000-satellite system is designed to provide both mobile satellite services […]

Northrop Grumman has selected a ThinKom antenna to provide satcom for the U.S. Navy’s E-130J Phoenix II aircraft, which will assume the Navy’s TACAMO mission.   Northrop Grumman is developing the […]

The state of California is integrating Iceye satellite data into statewide emergency operations as part of a new agreement. California opened a modernized state operations center (SOC) for emergency response […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received multiple contracts worth more than $100 million combined for space and cyber capabilities to provide space intelligence data. Kratos’ work under these contracts […]

York Space Systems will integrate a government space domain awareness (SDA) into a spacecraft headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), marking the first time the company has integrated a satellite for […]

German launcher in development Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has made another change to its CEO leadership, after naming a new CEO last year.  RFA has appointed Alexander Dahm, COO of […]

Canadian space domain awareness (SDA) company NorthStar Earth & Space began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning after completing a SPAC merger this week.  NorthStar completed […]