Rachel Jewett

Telesat’s GEO business declined 25% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, as the operator works toward the launch of its Lightspeed constellation.  CEO Dan Goldberg said this decline in […]

After months of rumors in the market that Globalstar was for sale, Amazon moved last month to acquire the company in a deal worth roughly $10.8 billion. Amazon will acquire […]

Global semiconductor company STMicroelectronics — a supplier to SpaceX and other space companies – expects to earn more than $3 billion from its space business over the next three years.  Remi […]

Lockheed Martin is contributing to a recently announced partnership between Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to develop sea-based launch. The three companies will collaborate on an offshore launch platform for […]

How do you future-proof your satellite network to thrive in an increasingly connected world? It’s a key question that network operators are asking as they navigate new technologies like 5G, […]

SpaceX launched 45 payloads on a mission to loft a South Korean Earth Observation (EO) satellite early Sunday morning, with a number of rideshare customers onboard as well. The primary […]

Sateliot has signed an agreement with Telefónica España to use its satellite IoT connectivity to expand Telefónica’s network in remote areas, as well as security and defense uses.  Sateliot, based […]

York Space Systems has moved to acquire terminal developer All.Space in a $355 million deal to make York a “complete communications ecosystem.”  All.Space is a leading terminal developer and manufacturer […]

The FCC on Thursday voted to adopt a new framework for Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD), which governs spectrum-sharing between GEO and NGSO systems. EPFD limits have been a hot-button […]

Canada has canceled its contract with Spire Global to build a constellation of wildfire-monitoring satellites called WildFireSat. Yet the government remains committed to the space-based wildfire monitoring program, and looks […]

SpaceX launched the final ViaSat-3 satellite on Wednesday morning to complete Viasat’s trio of high-capacity Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites.  The heavy-lift mission launched on a Falcon Heavy from the Kennedy […]

Orbcomm has closed a $460 million refinancing that the company says will support growth initiatives and large-scale customer deployments and expand its platform.  As part of the package announced Wednesday, […]

Airbus Defence and Space improved revenue, adjusted EBIT, and order intake in the first quarter of 2026.  The segment nearly doubled its order intake compared to the first quarter of […]

T-Mobile is deepening its tie with SpaceX, debuting a new broadband service for businesses called Super Broadband, that brings together 5G and Starlink in a fully managed service.  In a […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched 29 satellites for Amazon Leo on Monday evening in its sixth mission for the constellation.  A ULA Atlas V rocket lifted off from Space Launch […]

Gatehouse Satcom and Rohde & Schwarz have formalized a collaboration on 5GN non-terrestrial network (NTN) testing, combining Gatehouse’s 5G NTN software expertise and Rohde & Schwarz’s testing capabilities.  The companies […]

Signals intelligence company HawkEye 360 looks to go public this year, announcing the start of a road show for an initial public offering (IPO) on Monday.  The IPO could raise […]

Rocket Lab has introduced the next-generation of its star tracker lineup, expanding the company’s component offerings. The new High-Performance Star Tracker (ST-HP), is designed for longer duration spacecraft missions.  Rocket […]

The FCC rejected calls to change how it licenses MSS spectrum, dismissing a request by SpaceX and other operators to enter certain spectrum bands.  In an order issued Thursday, the […]

SpinLaunch plans to work with digital infrastructure provider Equinx to support the ground infrastructure for its Meridian constellation with a plan to deploy “ultra-compact teleports” at the company’s data centers.  […]

Iridium continued its growth in IoT subscribers in the first quarter of 2026, reporting a slight 2% revenue increase year-over-year.  CEO Matt Desch said the company has been going through […]

French constellation startup Univity closed a 27 million euro ($32 million) Series A round to fund two demonstration satellites as it works toward deploying a connectivity constellation in Very Low […]

Australian low-cost airline Jetstar Airways has selected Viasat’s Amara solution for in-flight connectivity on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. The Amara system will be installed across 11 Jetstar aircraft, according […]

The FCC has granted AST SpaceMobile commercial authorization to provide direct-to-device services using spectrum from its partner mobile network operators (MNOs).  The FCC released an order on April 21 approving […]

We’re closing out this edition of Via Satellite in the days after SATShow Week, before we head to Space Symposium. One of my biggest takeaways from SATELLITE x GovMilSpace is […]

Satellite technology firm Intellian Technologies detailed two new terminals coming to market — its first terminal for aviation, and a new tactical flyaway terminal.  Intellian has developed its first terminal for […]

Eutelsat has retired its Geostationary Orbit (GEO) communications satellite Eutelsat 139 West A after 22 years of service.  The operator said in a Tuesday statement that the satellite completed orbit-raising […]

Rising interest rates have made for a tough fundraising environment for space startups in the past year and a half. This environment has put the value of business cases in […]

AST SpaceMobile plans to file an insurance claim for the BlueBird 7 satellite it will lose after a New Glenn vehicle placed it into the wrong orbit on Sunday.  Blue […]

Swedish satellite operator Ovzon has debuted a new mobile satellite terminal in a small form factor, the Ovzon T8. The terminal is designed for mobility across air, land, and sea, […]