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Connectivity
DISH Hires T-Mobile Exec for Wireless Plans
DISH Network has hired a former T-Mobile executive to oversee the company’s wireless buildout strategy. The company announced Monday that Dave Mayo is now executive vice president of Network Development and […]
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Finance
Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Sells Radiation Testing Business
Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES), is selling its Cobham RAD radiation testing business to Radiation Test Solutions (RTS), which specializes in the design, analysis, and testing of semiconductor devices and materials for […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat Deploys IoT Solution for Mining Tailings Management
Inmarsat has deployed a new product, Tailings Insight, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution for monitoring mining tailings storage facilities. The solution is available in two propositions, Tailings Insight – […]
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Connectivity
Satellite Operators Agree to Clear C-Band on FCC’s Timeline
The five satellite operators — Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES, Star One, and Telesat — involved in the FCC’s C-band clearing have agreed to vacate their spectrum on the FCC’s accelerated timeline, […]
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Government/Military
Accion Systems, US Air Force Research Laboratory Partner on Electrospray Tech
Accion Systems and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have reached a partnership to research and develop electrospray technology. The goal is to create high-efficiency systems capable of delivering […]
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Government/Military
DOD Gives Northrop Grumman $7M Modification for DMSP Contract
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems a $7,304,322 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement modification to its contract for Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) sensor sustainment. The DMSP has […]
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Government/Military
US Army Awards Comtech Additional Funds for Mobile Satellite Equipment Contract
The Mission-Critical Technologies group of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded $1.6 million in additional funding to its sustainment contract to provide ongoing sustainment services for the AN/TSC-198A SNAP (Secret Internet […]
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Connectivity
Ligado Receives $100M in New Investments
Ligado Networks has received more than $100 million in new investments for its work to build 5G Internet of Things (IoT) networks, the company announced Thursday. This funding comes after […]
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Launch
FAA Approves SpaceX Starship Flight Tests, Prototype Explodes
SpaceX has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for suborbital flight tests of its Starship rocket prototype from the test site in Boca Chica, Texas. The approval, issued […]
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Launch
Rocket Lab Won’t Let COVID Stop ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ Mission, Sets New Target Launch Date
Rocket Lab has set a new launch window starting June 11 for its 12th Electron launch, dubbed “Don’t Stop Me Now,” which was postponed from March due to COVID-19 restrictions. […]
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Finance
EXCLUSIVE: Intelsat Shareholders Send Angry Letter Asking for Representation in Bankruptcy Court
Intelsat shareholders are banding together to make sure their interests are represented in the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, according to a letter that was filed with Acting United States […]
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Connectivity
Intelsat, SES, Solidify Plans to Clear C-Band Spectrum Quickly
SES and Intelsat both elected on Tuesday to clear a portion of the C-band spectrum in the United States in line with the FCC’s accelerated timeline in order to receive […]
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Launch
India’s Vestaspace Technology Plans for Constellation of 5G Satellites
Vestaspace Technology, an Indian small satellite manufacturing company, released plans on Tuesday to launch a constellation of 35 or more satellites across India with the intention of building 5G speed […]
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Launch
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne Experiences Anomaly During Test
Virgin Orbit ended the launch demonstration of its small satellite air-launched LauncherOne rocket early on Monday, when an anomaly occurred early in the first stage of the rocket’s flight. Much […]
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Magazine
Mobility Market’s Post-Pandemic Predictions Remain Positive, For Now
The mobility market segment has been a bright spot in the satellite industry in recent years, as video revenues continue to decline. New advances in ground system technology like flat […]
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Connectivity
Intelsat Deploys Managed Cellular Backhaul Solution for U.S. MNOs
Intelsat has deployed Intelsat CellBackhaul, an end-to-end managed service aimed at helping Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) provide 4G and 5G broadband across the United States and especially in rural areas, […]
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Launch
Skyrora Says Suborbital Rocket Ready for Launch after Static Fire Test
Skyrora recently completed a full static fire test of a mobile launch complex with a Skylark L rocket — a milestone that the U.K. smallsat launch company said shows the vehicle […]
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Mobility
Roccor Unveils Helical L-Band Antenna for Link 16 Signals
Roccor, a small satellite market hardware supplier, has created a deployable L-band antenna that it says makes the reception and transmission of Link 16 signals via spacecraft possible. This development, […]
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Finance
Relativity Space Hires SpaceX Launch Lead
SpaceX’s Senior Vice President of Production and Launch, Zachary Dunn, is moving to Relativity Space as the company’s vice president of Factory Development, Relativity announced Monday. Eric Berger of Ars […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Commerce Department Issues Regulation Changes to Support Remote Sensing
The U.S. Department of Commerce released new regulations on Tuesday that are intended to improve the licensing process for private U.S. satellite remote sensing operations, in order to increase openness […]
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Finance
York Space Systems Expands Denver Production Facility
York Space Systems has opened a new production facility in Denver, the aerospace company announced Tuesday. The new space triples the footprint of York’s existing production facility, and will expedite […]
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Government/Military
Q&A With Isotropic Systems CEO on New Defense Innovation Unit Contract
Isotropic Systems has received an antenna evaluation and development contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an organization within the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract will test the ability […]
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Finance
Astroscale Opens New Funding Round with I-NET Investment
Astroscale Holdings Inc. has opened a Series E funding round and secured Japanese data center provider I-NET Corp. as its first investor, the company announced Monday. Astroscale hopes to close […]
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Finance
Regulus Cyber Raises $4M in Series B Round
Regulus Cyber, which offers cyber security for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), has raised $4 million in a future Series B Round. In a Monday announcement, the Israeli-based company said […]
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Finance
Phase Four Partners with Marubeni Corporation
Phase Four has reached an agreement with Marubeni Corporation as an exclusive representative of its Maxwell line of satellite engines in Japan. Phase Four also said in a Monday announcement […]
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Launch
ULA Launches X-37B Spaceplane for US Space Force
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the Atlas V 501 from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday, at 9:14 a.m. EDT, carrying the […]
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Finance
PNT Startup Xona Space Systems Raises $1M in Pre-Seed
Xona Space Systems, a startup working on a secure and precise Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) satellite service, has raised a $1 million in a pre-seed round led by 1517, […]
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Technology
LeoLabs Deploys Automated Satellite Collision Avoidance Platform
LeoLabs, Inc. has released LeoLabs Collision Avoidance, an automated collision avoidance platform for satellite operators. The product is powered by LeoLabs global network of radars and built on the LeoLabs […]
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Government/Military
Envistacom, Lite Coms Receive Custom Satcom System Order from US Army
Envistacom, LLC, has been awarded a task order to deliver Satcom On The Quick Halt (SOTQH) communication systems for MRZR vehicles to specialized U.S. Army units. The systems combine terminal […]
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Finance
Intelsat Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Intelsat and some of its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division. Intelsat said the […]




























