Rachel Jewett

United Airlines has received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first mainline Starlink-equipped aircraft, ahead of the first commercial flight planned for Oct. 15.  The FAA approved […]

Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation reaches 129 satellites after United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched another batch on Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was Kuiper’s fifth […]

SpaceX has filed with the FCC asking to launch 15,000 new satellites for direct-to-device service that would use the spectrum SpaceX purchased from EchoStar.  According to the filing SpaceX submitted […]

Voyager Technologies has selected Vivace Corporation to manufacture the primary structure of the Starlab commercial space station.  Vivace is an aerospace manufacturer that produces hardware for a wide range of […]

Satellite operators Viasat and Space42 are pitching a new way to approach the direct-to-device (D2D) market, based on shared spectrum and treating satellites like shared infrastructure of cell towers. The […]

SpaceX launched three science and weather satellites for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Wednesday. The launch for NASA heliophysics mission IMAP, or the Interstellar Mapping and […]

Swissto12 has opened a new engineering and R&D facility in Madrid, Spain to accelerate development of satellite systems and user terminals. The company has a growing Spanish team of engineers […]

Terran Orbital has completed delivery of 42 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1, Transport Layer.  Lockheed awarded Terran Orbital the subcontract in 2022 […]

Voyager Technologies said it has acquired proprietary technology in optical communications from BridgeComm, the company announced Monday. Voyager said this acquisition will allow the company to deliver optical communication solutions […]

ETL Systems is a leading radio frequency (RF) designer and manufacturer and the company’s technology supports satellite networks for many of the top satellite operators. With the increase in satellite […]

Representatives from 11 communications and technology policy organizations wrote a joint letter to the FCC this week calling on the Commission to update rules for satellite power limits.  Earlier this […]

Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS) signed a launch deal with South Korean launch startup Innospace for two missions to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Innospace will launch two missions with its HANBIT launch […]

Maritime connectivity provider Pulsar International will roll out Inmarsat Maritime’s NexusWave service across 300 vessels, the companies announced last week. Installations will start in October.  NexusWave is a multi-network maritime […]

PARIS — While satellite manufacturing startups are working to lower the cost of satellite ownership, there is wide debate about the best ways to bring down cost, how to structure […]

PARIS — SES will take an agile, iterative approach to building the next-generation of its Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) network, including a new partnership with satellite manufacturing startup K2 Space, CEO Adel […]

PARIS — After EchoStar’s spectrum sales under the pressure of an FCC investigation, the company is at a pivot point with its new status of light in assets and heavy […]

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 […]