Rachel Jewett

Intelsat continued to see gains from its acquisition of Gogo’s Commercial Aviation division in the second quarter of 2021. Total revenue of $507.9 million was up 5% compared to the […]

Is space too crowded? With the increasing pace of satellites being launched to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), some raise the alarm that space is getting crowded and dangerous. But what is […]

Anuvu’s investment in a constellation of small satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) will give the company dedicated, flexible capacity to better serve its mobility customers, CEO Josh Marks tells Via […]

SES has selected Gilat Satellite Network’s global mobility platform to serve cruise lines and maritime service providers. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, customers will be able to access satellite-enabled services delivered […]

Hughes Network Systems saw an 8.6% boost in revenue during the second quarter of 2021 compared to 2020, driven by higher sales for equipment and consumer broadband. This revenue growth […]

Maxar Technologies has completed in-orbit testing for the SXM-8 satellite, and handed the spacecraft over to SiriusXM. The SXM-8 satellite was launched by SpaceX on June 6, 2021.   This satellite […]

The White House has named Chirag Parikh as executive secretary of the National Space Council. Parikh is the senior director of Azure Space at Microsoft, and was previously the director […]

Eutelsat Communications reported a 3.5% dip in revenues in its 2020-21 fiscal year compared to the prior year, but the 1,220 million euros ($1447 million) in revenue was at the […]

AST SpaceMobile will launch the prototype satellite BlueWalker 3 for its space-to-cell network on a SpaceX rocket in March 2022. The company announced the launch agreement on July 29.  Describing […]

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has returned to flight after a May launch failure with a mission for the U.S. Space Force.  The mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex […]

Space-based data company Spire Global released financial results reporting a roughly 35% increase in revenue in the first half of the year, compared to the same time period in 2020 […]

Revenues at Airbus Defence and Space were flat in the second quarter of 2021, at 2.4 billion euros ($2.9 billion), compared to the same quarter in 2020.  This was in […]

Boeing‘s Defense, Space & Security division reported $6.9 billion in revenue in its second quarter 2021 (Q2) financial results, a 4% bump from the same time period in 2020. Most […]

The satellite industry is moving into new use cases beyond traditional use cases around communication, intelligence, and navigation, as the industry grows and hundreds more satellites are launched to space […]

French state-owned news television network France 24 has renewed a multi-year service agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) for capacity on AsiaSat 5. This agreement will continue distribution of France […]

Anuvu, formerly Global Eagle, plans to launch a constellation of small satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO), called MicroGEO, in partnership with Astranis.  Anuvu announced Tuesday that the companies are targeting […]

Sales at Lockheed Martin’s Space division rose 10% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same time last year. According to the company’s Q2 2021 results reported on […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Avio a contract to develop a new version of the Vega launch vehicle, Vega-E. The contract, announced July 23, is worth 118.8 million […]

SES has signed a three-year capacity deal with iSAT Africa to provide 4G mobile service in East Africa via the O3b mPOWER satellite constellation. Financial terms of the deal were […]

Spire Global will continue to participate in NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program after signing a $6 million contract extension. Spire announced the contract on July 14.  The CSDA […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the Momentus special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), its sponsor, the sponsor’s CEO, the company, and founder Mikhail Kokorich for misleading claims about […]

Satellite executives highlighted the importance of working with global governments to bridge the digital divide and provide connectivity to remote areas. Satellite connectivity is known to be an attractive option […]

Amazon has acquired a team of wireless internet experts from Facebook’s satellite connectivity group in recent months. The news was first reported by The Information, and a Facebook company spokesperson […]

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, Via Satellite managing editor Rachel Jewett joins as host to chat with Swarm CEO Sara Spangelo. Rachel and Sara spoke on June 29, just […]

Intelsat is dropping the name Gogo from the Commercial Aviation division that it retired last year, the company announced July 13.  Intelsat announced the move to acquire Gogo’s Commercial Aviation […]

ThinKom Solutions is developing a new phased-array user terminal designed to operate in higher millimeter-wave frequency bands to work with next-generation satellite constellations in  Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbit […]

A record number of satellites were launched into orbit in 2020, according to the Satellite Industry Association’s (SIA) State of the Satellite Industry Report. By the end of 2020, there […]

Spacecom has signed an extension deal worth $14 million with D.B.S. Satellite Services, which operates Yes DTH in Israel. Yes will continue to lease capacity from the AMOS-7 and AMOS-3 […]

Nearly two decades after founding Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson has made it to space, in a flight that could signify the start of space tourism. Brason was along for […]

NASA has finalized its contract with Northrop Grumman to develop the living quarters for astronauts working on the Gateway, the planned in-orbit moon outpost. NASA announced July 9 the firm, […]