-
Mobility
Satcom Global Integrates Intellian NX Series With its Aura VSAT
Satcom Global’s Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) solution now includes Ku-band hardware from the Intellian NX series of maritime VSAT antennas, including the v85NX, v100NX, and v130NX models, the […]
-
Government/Military
FCC Eases Rural Health Care Program Bidding Requirements, Extends Filing Window
The FCC has taken steps to assist participants in its Rural Health Care Program as part of its work to ensure that hospitals and health care providers have the resources […]
-
Government/Military
CACI Awarded Navy IDIQ Satcom Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded CACI Inc. a $180 million Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) performance based, cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract for special operations communications systems, satellite communications, and network support services. The contract […]
-
Imagery and Sensing
GHGSat Supplies Bloomberg With Risk Data Informed By Satellite
GHGSat is supplying Bloomberg its methane emissions risk predictions data for the Permian Basin in the southwestern United States, the company announced Wednesday. The risk index is calculated using GHGSat’s […]
-
Launch
New Zealand Government, Rocket Lab Postpone Launch Due to Coronavirus
Rocket Lab announced on Tuesday that it has paused preparation on its next launch in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mission was scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex […]
-
Government/Military
GSA Contracts with RigNet for IT
RigNet has been awarded a five-year U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) for Information Technology Professional Services contract. This contract includes three 5-year renewal periods for a […]
-
Launch
OneWeb Launches 3rd Satellite Batch on Arianespace Soyuz, Confirms Layoffs
Arianespace performed its second OneWeb launch in 2020 on Saturday, March 21, launching 34 satellites into orbit aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle. Arianespace and Starsem carried out Flight ST28 […]
-
Connectivity
Eutelsat’s Konnect Africa To Provide Internet for 3,600 Schools
Konnect Africa, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, Schoolap and Flash Services has committed to providing high speed internet to several thousand schools across the Democratic Republic of Congo as part […]
-
Government/Military
SEAKR to Work With Lockheed Martin on Space Force PTS
SEAKR Engineering has been selected to join Lockheed Martin’s team to help design and build a prototype payload for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite Communications, or PTS, program. […]
-
Connectivity
Dish Lends AT&T Spectrum for Coronavirus Response
DISH Network is providing 20 MHz of AWS-4 and all of its 700 MHz spectrum to AT&T at no cost for 60 days in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last […]
-
Government/Military
Northrop Grumman Receives $48M DoD Contract for MUOS
Northrop Grumman has received a $48.2 million single award, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the procurement of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) to […]
-
Finance
Israel’s Spacecom Appoints Dan Zajicek as New CEO
The Board of Directors of Spacecom, which operates the AMOS satellite fleet, has appointed Dan Zajicek as new CEO, effective April 1, the company announced Thursday. Zajicek has been the […]
-
Connectivity
SatSignature Deploys Cloud-Based Satellite Spectrum Monitoring Service
SatSignature has deployed what it calls the world’s first spectrum analyzer-in-the-cloud service, offering constant global satellite spectrum monitoring, recording, and analysis in web-based subscription packages. The company, which announced the […]
-
Connectivity
Startup Lynk Claims First-Ever LEO to Cell Message
Lynk Global said that it has reached the first-ever milestone of successfully connecting a satellite in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to a mobile phone on Earth, and has sent a text […]
-
Government/Military
L3Harris Wins $20M NASA Antenna Telescope Contract
NASA has awarded L3Harris Corporation the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Engineering Development Unit Telescope contract, the Agency announced Monday, March 16. The cost-plus, fixed-fee, 36-month contract has a total […]
-
Launch
SpaceX Hits Reusability Milestone, Misses Booster Landing
SpaceX launched yet another batch of 60 Starlink satellites on Wednesday morning and used a first stage booster for the fifth time, but did not successfully land that booster — […]
-
Launch
Intelsat Selects SpaceX to Launch 40e Satellite
Intelsat has selected SpaceX as its launch partner for IS-40e, which is set to launch in 2022. The Geostationary (GEO) satellite, which will be manufactured by Maxar Technologies, is set […]
-
Finance
MPIQC Moves Into Florida’s Space Life Science Lab
MPIQC Inc., which provides electronic contract manufacturing solutions and services, is moving into its new U.S. base at the Space Life Science Lab (SLSL) in Exploration Park in the Cape […]
-
Government/Military
Phase Four Receives AFWERX In-Space Propulsion Contract
Phase Four has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by Air Force tech accelerator AFWERX, to adapt its Maxwell in-space propulsion system for defense users. The […]
-
Finance
Former Cell Tower Executive Appointed New CEO of Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has named board American Tower Corporation CEO James Taiclet as president and CEO, effective June 15. Tacilet, 59, has been on Lockheed Martin’s board since 2018, and will […]
-
Launch
Arianespace Suspends Guiana Space Center Launch Campaigns
Launch campaigns at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana have been suspended because of Covid-19, and the need to fully implement the measures from the French government, Arianespace […]
-
Finance
Space Symposium Postponed Amid COVID-19 Response
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Space Foundation has postponed the 36th Space Symposium, which was scheduled for March 30 through April 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Space Foundation announced […]
-
Connectivity
DISH Lends T-Mobile Spectrum for FCC’s Coronavirus Initiative
DISH Network is providing its entire portfolio of 600 MHz spectrum to T-Mobile at no cost for 60 days, the company announced Monday, in response to the spread of COVID-19. […]
-
Government/Military
Hughes to Support Satcom for U.S. Army’s Gray Eagle UAV; Partners with OneWeb
Hughes Network Systems has received a Data Link Modernization (DLM) contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) to provide advanced satellite communications systems for the U.S. Army‘s MQ-1C Gray Eagle […]
-
Finance
NanoAvionics Opens Office in Midwest, Signs Full Mission Contract
NanoAvionics is opening a new sales and engineering support office in Columbia, Illinois, which will be the first satellite factory in Illinois and the Midwest. The Columbia facility is the […]
-
Connectivity
Speedcast Launches Standardized SD-WAN Solution
Speedcast International Limited has launched a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution that it said blends satellite, LTE, wireless, and fiber technologies. The solution is designed for onshore and offshore […]
-
Connectivity
Spacebridge Delivers Backhaul Solution to African MNO
Spacebridge has delivered a solution for 2G/4G mobile cellular backhaul over satellite network to a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in Africa. The company said the solution will service unserved remote […]
-
Imagery and Sensing
Capella, Rocket Lab to Launch SAR Satellite to Mid-Inclination
Capella Space has signed a deal with Rocket Lab to launch one of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites in its Whitney Constellation, calling it the first-ever SAR satellite to […]
-
Imagery and Sensing
Sen Selects NanoAvionics to Build Video Nano-Satellites
Sen, a British space company working to provide real-time Ultra-High Definition (UHD) video of Earth, has signed a multi-million euro contract with NanoAvionics to build the first five nano-satellites of […]
-
Finance
Viasat and Blacktree Partner to Meet the Needs of Australian Defence Force
Viasat has announced a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) signed with Blacktree Technology, an Australian-based communications systems design and integration company, in November 2019. The companies say the agreement will help […]





























