Rachel Jewett

Welcome to the annual Via Smallsat edition — where Via Satellite rebrands to focus on the smallsat industry. We are thrilled to present the third group of Rising Stars, a […]

NASA and Blue Origin have agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the New Glenn rocket at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to advance work on the […]

Two new Galileo satellites, SAT 33 and SAT 34, have entered service, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Friday. These satellites are now adding capability, resilience, and autonomy to […]

Top telco CEOs shut down the idea of establishing a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with a satellite player, saying they do not see satellite broadband as meaningful competition […]

Iceye and KT SAT have a new strategic partnership to offer flood monitoring solutions in South Korea to government and commercial organizations. This marks the first deployment of Iceye Solutions […]

Intellian has released a new terminal for Iridium’s GMDSS maritime safety service, based on the Iridium Certus 100 service.  The terminal, announced Thursday, is used with the Global Maritime Distress […]

Frequency Electronics reports $18 million in recent contract wins, including an $11 million award from an undisclosed major aerospace prime contractor to support a proliferated satellite program.  President and CEO […]

The FCC voted to approve another C-band auction on Wednesday, which will see satellite operators clear 160 megahertz of the upper C-band.  This C-band auction looks to build on the […]

Lite Coms has recieved a $22 million contract from an unnamed government and defense customer to provide satellite communications to support operational readiness. Lite Coms is an integrator and manufacturer […]

The FCC approved an overhaul of its space and earth station licensing process on Wednesday to create what it calls a “licensing assembly line.”  The order passed on Wednesday discards […]

Iridium grew revenue and subscribers in the second quarter, while the company is in the midst of a deal to be acquired by Rocket Lab. The satellite operator reported $225.2 […]

Contrivian has completed its merger with networking software company Big Network in a move that the company says creates a vertically integrated, multi-modal connectivity platform. The merger was first announced in […]

Northrop Grumman’s next-generation space vehicle for on-orbit refueling and satellite life extension is on its way to orbit after a SpaceX launch on Tuesday.  SpaceX launched the MRV-MEP mission on […]

Poland has committed 656 million euro ($748 million) to Europe’s IRIS² constellation, which will fund nearly 10% of the constellation.  Under the agreement signed Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland will fund […]

Skyroot Aerospace successfully reached orbit in the first launch of its Vikram-1 rocket over the weekend, making history as the first private orbital launch from India.  The company launched the […]

ThinKom’s ThinAir GT2517 terminal is the first airborne antenna to complete SES’s Government Technology Certification (GTC) to operate on SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation. The ThinAir GT2517 is a Ka-band terminal […]

Spire Global has hired Eric Mellinger, a Mantech International Corporation executive, as COO to lead business development and go-to-market strategy.  Mellinger was with Mantech for nearly eight years, serving as […]

Signals intelligence company HawkEye 360 reports demonstrating tactical direct downlink while participating in the multilateral Valiant Shield military training alongside Lockheed Martin.  HawkEye 360 detailed a machine-to-machine pipeline with Lockheed […]

NASA’s upcoming Artemis III mission will use Starlink mini laser terminals from SpaceX to downlink imagery and video to mission control in Houston.  Under an agreement announced on Thursday, NASA […]

BosonQ Psi Federal LLC (BQP) has secured SpaceWERX funding to advance the company’s quantum-assisted AI platform to improve space domain awareness (SDA). This is the company’s first federal contract.  The […]

This webinar brings together players who are actively building the orbital compute stack to debate the business case, the physics, and the path to commercial viability. Viewers will gain perspective […]

Keysight Technologies will lead a European Space Agency (ESA) development program looking at how blockchain technologies can be used to detect anomalies for 5G non-terrestrial networks (NTN).  The award announced […]

In a recent demonstration during a 5G Automotive Association event, Viasat demonstrated a satellite voice call fully integrated into the infotainment system of a BMW Group vehicle.  The demonstration in […]

AST SpaceMobile has pushed back the expected timing of its launch campaign to early 2027, the company disclosed this week. The company also launched a share sale to raise $1 […]

The FCC may explore allowing unlicensed wireless devices like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth  to communicate directly with satellites for direct-to-device (D2D) service.  FCC Chairman Brendan Carr proposed a new proceeding on […]

South Africa’s top internet service provider Herotel will distribute Amazon Leo satellite connectivity to residential customers under a new deal with Amazon announced Wednesday.  Herotel is launching its own satellite […]

Sometimes Thursday Morning Conversations (TMCs) are all about timing. It is a great time to talk to Applied Aerospace & Defense, a diverse space tech company, which recently went public […]

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) awarded Parsons Corporation subsidiary Space Ground System Solutions a contract to continue its work supporting satellite ground systems software and operations at the Blossom […]

Frontier Airlines and other Indigo Partners airlines will roll out SpaceX‘s Starlink in-flight connectivity (IFC) under a new deal announced Tuesday that covers more than 1,000 aircraft. This is Frontier’s […]

Iridium’s positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) chip is now commercially available, with the satellite operator reporting more than 150 organizations have expressed interest in the chip.  First announced in October, […]