Rachel Jewett

Airbus reported a 55% decline in revenue in the Second Quarter (Q2) of 2020 compared to 2019, as the company’s CEO said the financials show the visible impact of the […]

Telesat released its Second Quarter (Q2) financial results Thursday, reporting consolidated revenue of $208 million Canadian dollars ($155 million), a decrease of 10% compared to the same period in 2019. […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched NASA’s Perseverance rover on Thursday, marking the culmination of years of work by thousands of people since the project was announced in 2012.  A […]

Speedcast International signed a new bandwidth agreement contract with Intelsat, in which Intelsat’s connectivity infrastructure and services will support Speedcast’s customers. This agreement comes out of Speedcast’s Chapter 11 proceedings […]

The Boeing Company continues to take a hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the grounding of its 737 MAX. Boeing released its Second Quarter (Q2) results on Wednesday, with […]

Oklahoma Republican Senator Jim Inhofe has placed a hold on the nomination of Mike O’Rielly to be FCC Commissioner over the FCC’s recent Ligado decision. Inhofe announced Tuesday that he […]

Hughes announced this week that it will invest $50 million into OneWeb, joining the U.K. government and Bharti Enterprises in their acquisition of the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)  constellation company.  Hughes […]

Virgin Galactic unveiled the design of VSS Unity cabin on Tuesday in a virtual event, sharing images of what its commercial passenger space flight experience will look like.  The six […]

Iridium released its Second Quarter (Q2) financial results on Tuesday, reporting total revenue of $140.2 million, a 2% decrease compared to the same time period in 2019. Iridium reported a […]

This summer, Hughes Network Systems has conducted two tests of its HeloSat satellite communications system, and the company’s Defense Senior Director Wayne Marhefka tells Via Satellite these tests show the […]

Primo Space, an early stage Italian venture fund focused on space startups has closed at about $68 million (58 million euros). The funds included contributions from the European Investment Fund […]

Hughes Network Systems is joining the U.K. Government and Bharti Enterprises in their acquisition of OneWeb. Hughes announced Monday that it will invest $50 million with the consortium, and continue […]

Viasat has raised $175 million from affiliates of Intercorp, and affiliates of The Baupost Group, L.L.C., Viasat’s largest shareholder, the company announced Thursday. Under the terms of the investment, the […]

U.S. Space Command reports it has evidence that Russia recently conducted an anti-satellite weapons test. In a Thursday announcement, Space Command said Russia released a new object into orbit from […]

XipLink, a manufacturer of  Wide Area Network (WAN) acceleration technologies, and Galaxy Broadband Communications have integrated XipLink’s XipOS optimization software into the Galaxy Multi-Satellite, Microwave and LTE Hybrid Networks. The […]

  Representatives from Telesat and SpaceX dug into their companies’ plans for constellations in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and how they can provide backhaul in Via Satellite’s Cell Backhaul Digital Week […]

Global Eagle has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to facilitate a sale of its assets to a group of loan holders. The company, which provides In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) […]

Lockheed Martin continues to see sales increases despite the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, the company reported Second Quarter (Q2) 2020 net sales of $16.2 billion, compared to $14.4 billion in […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has delivered a solution for Telefonica International Wholesale Services (TIWS) for a satellite communication project in Argentina including rural broadband services and cellular backhaul.  The companies announced […]

Virgin Galactic has hired Disney executive Michael Colglazier as the company’s new CEO. Colglazier has decades of experience at Disney, and was most recently president and managing director of Disney […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation launched a spacecraft for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Wednesday on its Minotaur IV launch vehicle. The launch took off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in […]

SES Americom filed a $1.8 billion claim in Intelsat’s bankruptcy case on Tuesday, alleging  breach of contract related to the C-Band Alliance (CBA).  In the filing, SES said the two […]

A few years ago, Ursa Space Systems’ first customer called the company with a problem. Ursa had delivered a geospatial data image to the customer, but the customer wasn’t able […]

“We were looking at the telemetry and going — ‘This isn’t right. This isn’t right. Something is definitely going wrong,’” said Doug Liddle, CEO of In-Space, recounting what it was […]

ManSat Group has appointed Rachel Beattie as CFO. Rachel joins the company from SMP Partners Group, having previously held various senior financial management roles within the online and digital technology […]

Skyrora has established an engine test complex in Scotland, and the complex has already seen the successful testing of two engines. The U.K.-based smallsat launcher said Tuesday that the complex […]

The acrimony between Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and Gilat Satellite Networks over the ongoing acquisition has heated up, as Comtech argues it is not required to close on the acquisition, and […]

Planet has signed a reseller agreement with its partner in Geographic Information System (GIS) software, Esri. Planet announced Monday that Esri will be reselling satellite imagery, extending access to Planet’s […]

BBC Studios (BBCS) and its subsidiary UKTV have awarded SES a multi-year contract to manage the playout and distribution of over 50 linear channels, and associated Video on Demand (VOD) […]

The first flight of the Chinese rocket Kuaizhou-11 carrier rocket carrying two satellites failed on Friday, Chinese state media reports. The rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center […]