Rachel Jewett

French photonics technology startup Cailabs has raised 57 million euro ($67 million), led by financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to scale up production of its optical ground stations.  […]

GSMA, a group that represents the mobile ecosystem, has released a policy paper for direct-to-device services, recommending priorities for policymakers enacting D2D regulatory frameworks. GSMA has had a spectrum task […]

U.K.-based startup Messium looks to use hyperspectral satellites to monitor nitrogen in crops. The company announced a 3.3 million euro ($3.9 million) seed round this week, led by UK Innovation […]

The Idaho Department of Lands will deploy a statewide satellite-based wildfire detection and monitoring system through a new partnership with OroraTech USA.  OroraTech said Sept. 10 that the system uses […]

Rendezvous Robotics, a new startup focused on space infrastructure emerged from stealth mode this week with $3 million in pre-seed funding. The company is started by a team with experience […]

Boeing is applying additive manufacturing technology to solar array production for satellites, in an update the company says can improve production time by 50% compared to current timelines.  Boeing explained […]

Comtech Telecommunications’ defense-grade SLM-5650B modem has been certified to operate with SES’s O3b mPOWER Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation, Comtech announced Wednesday. The modem can be used to provide hybrid communications […]

HawkEye 360 has ordered nine new spacecraft from SFL Missions, including spacecraft featuring upgraded antenna and radio systems. The satellites will be deployed in three clusters for HawkEye’s radio frequency […]

Over the past year, Umbra has expanded its business from operating a commercial SAR constellation to also offering Mission Solutions — where it develops bespoke and custom space systems for […]

Finish satellite manufacturing startup ReOrbit has raised a 45 million euro Series A round, led by Springvest. The company called it a milestone for Europe’s space and defense sector, and […]

Neo Space Group is acquiring in-flight entertainment provider Display Interactive in a move to strengthen its position in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market.  Display Interactive is based in Paris and […]

The FCC has closed its investigation into EchoStar after EchoStar announced two massive spectrum sales to AT&T and SpaceX. EchoStar disclosed in SEC filings on Sept. 9 that the investigation […]

Panasonic Avionics and Intellian Technologies are working together on a new aviation antenna compatible with Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation. The antenna is intended only for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), and Panasonic noted […]

EchoStar is canceling its plans for the direct-to-device (D2D) satellite constellation announced last month, instead selling spectrum to SpaceX that will be used for Starlink’s own D2D services in a […]

New player in the small GEO space AscendArc has sold its first satellite to KT SAT, the satellite arm of Korea Telecom. AscendArc announced the deal on Thursday, and is […]

Viasat is finally set to have access to the full capacity of a ViaSat-3 satellite, announcing Thursday that the second satellite in the trio is scheduled for launch on a […]

Eutelsat is bringing all of its activities together under the Eutelsat brand, while maintaining OneWeb as the name of its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.  Since Eutelsat acquired OneWeb in 2023, […]

Satellogic has a new strategic partnership with satellite data analytics company Suhora that gives Suhora exclusive rights to market Satellogic’s imagery and data in India and Nepal. Satellogic announced the […]

ST Engineering iDirect has reported a recent demonstration that showed interoperability between its ground system and the 5G core. In the demonstration, a non-3GPP satellite network connected with the 5G […]

Italian satellite IoT company Apogeo Space is looking to enter the Latin American market with a new agreement with Telespazio Brasil. The companies said Wednesday they have a shared goal […]

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler Communications have reported a successful air-to-space optical communications demonstration using Space Development Agency (SDA)-compliant optical terminals.  The demonstration announced Tuesday took place between […]

Viasat reports that its JetXP business aviation in-flight broadband service has five times more capacity across the Eastern United States with the use of Honeywell JetWave or Gogo Plane Simple […]

Orbit Communication Systems is rolling out a new on-the-move satcom terminal geared toward military vehicles and maritime vessels. The company announced the new MPT30Ka Satcom On-The-Move (SOTM) terminal on Tuesday. […]

DE-CIX has announced it will integrate SpaceX’s Starlink into its interconnection ecosystem in India, and it is the first internet exchange operator in India to do so. This comes as […]

Nuview has been awarded additional $5 million in funding from the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC) program for development of its LiDAR payload.  Nuview said this funding […]

NASA awarded Redwire a single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a $25 million ceiling for biotechnology support on the International Space Station. Under the contract, Redwire is eligible to receive […]

Rocket Lab hosted the opening of its Launch Complex 3 in Virginia on Thursday. The site at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport will serve as the test, launch, and landing facility […]

Sky Perfect JSAT is joining an R&D project to demonstrate satellite-based quantum key distribution (QKD) led by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).  The project is part […]

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has an agreement to acquire TransponderTech for its portfolio of connected commercial maritime products. TransponderTech, based in Sweden, is owned by Saab AB.  Teledyne said TransponderTech designs […]

SpaceX’s 10th Starship test flight made progress after a string of failures this year, successfully deploying a batch of dummy Starlink payloads before completing a soft splashdown in the Indian […]