Rachel Jewett

Ligado has chosen Mavenir as its partner to develop base stations for its 5G mobile satellite network, the company announced Thursday. Mavenir is an end-to-end, cloud-native network software provider.  Ligado […]

Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Baird has been named president of Vox Space, Virgin Orbit subsidiary that provides launch services to the national security community.  Baird has held […]

Hughes Network Systems has been awarded one of several prime positions on a U.S. Air Force contract to support its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). Hughes announced Tuesday that it […]

Spacecom and Get SAT have demonstrated the Get SAT Micro Sling Blade Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) on the AMOS-17 satellite, reporting 5 Mbps forward and 25 Mbps return rate. The […]

Arianespace launched the second high-resolution satellite in the new Airbus Defence and Space constellation on Monday on a Vega rocket, along with four rideshare cubesats.  The Vega launch vehicle took […]

AST SpaceMobile, which is working to build a space-to-cell network, posted its first set of financial results after going public in April.  For the second quarter of 2021, AST SpaceMobile […]

Vislink has closed on an $18.3 million acquisition of Mobile Viewpoint, in a deal the company said creates a “global live video powerhouse” that can address growing demand for internet […]

BlackSky has completed a joint pilot project with Palantir Technologies Inc. integrating BlackSky’s commercial satellite imagery and analytics into the Palantir enterprise platform for defense and intelligence customers.  Palantir is […]

Shareholders of NavSight Holdings Inc. approved a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Spire Global on Aug. 13. The business combination is set to close on Monday, and the combined […]

Satellogic has signed a deal to provide satellite data to African geospatial solutions company GeoTerraImage. The data will be used for large-scale agriculture management and to develop new food systems […]

Smallsat launcher Astra reported its first set of financial results since going public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger on July 1.  The company released its second-quarter 2021 […]

Telesat revenue dipped 10% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same time last year, according to the operator’s financial results released Friday. The Canadian satellite operator reported […]

Maxar Technologies has added two new subscribers to its Rapid Access Program (RAP). The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) and the Colombian Air Force have each […]

Inmarsat is rolling out an upgraded narrowband L-band network called Elera for Internet of Things (IoT) service using capacity from its soon-to-launch I-6 satellites.  Elera will use capacity from two […]

South Korean manufacturing and technology company Hanwha has joined OneWeb’s ownership consortium with a $300 million investment for an 8% share in the company. This investment brings OneWeb’s total equity […]

Mynaric has finalized its deal with SpaceLink for Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) terminals at up to $28 million, the company announced Thursday. The agreement was previously announced in May of […]

Rocket Lab has signed a deal with in-space manufacturing company Varda Space Industries to produce three Photon spacecraft that will integrate with the company’s “space factories.”   Varda Space is working […]

OneWeb has signed an MoU with northern Canada telco Northwestel for broadband connectivity. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, the companies will work together to deliver new connectivity services to remote […]

Stockholders of Stable Road Acquisition Corp the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Momentus on Wednesday. Momentus will begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol […]

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, Via Satellite managing editor Rachel Jewett chats with Spire Global CEO and Co-Founder Peter Platzer. Spire is one of Via’s 10 Hottest Companies, and […]

The U.S. Space Force has awarded the first on ramp of the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 to three emerging smallsat launch providers: ABL Space Systems, Astra Space, and Relativity Space. […]

Gilat Satellite Networks grew its revenue by nearly half in the second quarter of 2021 compared to last year. The Israeli satellite networking tech company reported $56.9 million in revenues […]

Space is likely heading toward more hybrid, interoperable architectures, the deputy commander of the U.S. Space Command said Monday at the Small Satellite Conference.  Just like how terrestrial devices connect […]

Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners is in talks to acquire satellite service provider Marlink. The companies said in a Monday announcement that any transaction would be subject to customary […]

SpaceX is in the process of making its first acquisition of a satellite company. According to FCC filings from August 6, SpaceX has reached an agreement to buy satellite Internet […]

Intelsat is expanding its partnership with telco Orange to provide cellular backhaul services in French Guiana. Orange will leverage the Intelsat 10-02 satellite to upgrade and expand its existing 2G […]

Another Canadian province is investing into Telesat’s Lightspeed network. The Ontario government announced Friday that it is investing $109 million Canadian dollars ($87 million) for dedicated capacity on the Low-Earth […]

Maxar Technologies is pushing back the launch of the first satellite in its WorldView Legion constellation to mid-March 2022. This is an additional delay after last quarter, the launch slipped […]

Viasat reported record revenue of $665 million during the first quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, a 25% increase from the same time last year. This revenue boost came from […]

SES delivered 875 million euros ($1 billion) of revenue in the first half of 2021, as a decline in Video revenues slowed down, and Networks performance stayed flat. Revenue in […]