Rachel Jewett

York Space Systems will integrate a government space domain awareness (SDA) into a spacecraft headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), marking the first time the company has integrated a satellite for […]

German launcher in development Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has made another change to its CEO leadership, after naming a new CEO last year.  RFA has appointed Alexander Dahm, COO of […]

Canadian space domain awareness (SDA) company NorthStar Earth & Space began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning after completing a SPAC merger this week.  NorthStar completed […]

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon formally established the joint venture focused on direct-to-device services the telcos first announced in May of this year. Wireless industry exec Paul Roth will serve as […]

Eutelsat hit a milestone for its OneWeb refresh plan as Airbus Defence and Space completed the first 32 satellites in the refresh for launch. The satellites are set to be […]

SpaceX launched 130 payloads on an Oct. 1 dedicated rideshare mission, including milestone first missions for a number of its customers.  Transporter-18 is part of an attempt to launch three […]

Consulting firm Analysys Mason has acquired Swedish AI and ML consultancy Modulai in a move to add specialist technical AI, ML and agentic solutions capabilities to its business. Financial terms […]

Iceye, the Finnish space company known for building synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites is venturing into communication satellites — planning to build sovereign satcom satellites for governments through a new partnership […]

Meridian Space is separating SpinLaunch into an independent company, while Meridian will maintain its focus on its broadband constellation plans. This comes as Meridian will launch its first satellite to test […]

The FCC continued its push to deregulate and open up new spectrum with two major decisions on Wednesday — exempting space activities from certain federal environmental regulations and opening up […]

Satellite manufacturer Astro Digital plans to go public in a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger at a $587 million enterprise value. Astro Digital and blank check company Proem Acquisition […]

Umbra has named Ashely Durmer as the company’s new COO to lead the company’s day-to-day operations as the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and space services company looks to grow.  Durmer […]

The evolution of satellite being incorporated into 3GPP standards has been one of the key issues in the industry over the last few years, but it comes with important considerations […]

The recent HAPS flight of a Sceye vehicle also included a laser tracking demonstration. Sceye and Softbank conducted the demonstration in August, flying a Sceye HAPS from New Mexico to […]

Measat calls for sovereign space capabilities to be a national investment priority in the country’s 2027 budget process. The Malaysian regional satellite operator released five priorities for the budget process […]

Viasat has received a $42 million task order under its contract to provide managed satcom services to the U.S. Marine Corps.  Viasat has a background in providing managed satcom to […]

Planet officially opened its new Berlin manufacturing facility on Tuesday, marking facility handover and cleanroom fit-out. The 5,700-square-meter facility, announced last year to double Pelican satellite production capacity, is expected […]

Boeing Defence Australia selected New York-based Lite Coms to provide tactical satellite terminals for a beyond-line of sight (BLOS) satcom program for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).  Under the award […]

Eutelsat tested OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity in Poland for the first time in a recent demonstration on PKP Intercity’s live rail network with a Kymeta terminal. The Kymeta Kestrel […]

The final ViaSat-3 satellite entered service late last week, completing deployment of Viasat’s high-capacity satellite trio. This satellite, ViaSat-3 F2, was actually the second satellite to launch, and it launched […]

Intellian Technologies and Network Innovations plan to jointly develop and distribute multi-band Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) flyaway terminals for military and government customers under a new strategic partnership announced last […]

Katalyst Space has been selected by a Pentagon energy investment program to take part in a space-based power beaming to remote locations, working with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).  […]

Kymeta’s Kestrel u5 terminal has received certification for compliance with railway standards ahead of connectivity trials with some of Europe’s largest rail operators.  The Kestrel u5 is a flat panel […]

SatPort Infrastructure will develop, build, and host landing stations for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation, to connect Lightspeed to terrestrial networks. The two companies announced a master services agreement on Sept. […]

SiriusXM’s latest satellite, SXM-11, has entered service after launching in June. It is now the satellite radio company’s most powerful satellite in its fleet.  Intuitive Machines built the satellite based […]

Vantor has selected EnduroSat and CACI to provide the satellite bus and payloads for its upcoming Pulse fleet, the company’s move into the smallsat imaging market. Bulgaria-based EnduroSat will build […]

After achieving success on its second launch, Isar Aerospace signed a five-launch contract with rideshare provider SEOPS during World Space Business Week. This is in addition to an Isar launch […]

PARIS — How important will direct-to-device services be to mobile network operator offerings? The jury is out as European MNO execs disagreed on the value proposition and what they’re willing to […]

Direct-to-device was heralded as a win for mobile network operators as a way to expand their networks without building infrastructure in remote places. Many MNOs have struck partnerships with satellite […]

PARIS — Satellite operators find themselves at the intersection of sovereign space strategies, capabilities across multiple domains, and integration and collaboration with the tech ecosystem and AI.  These issues drove […]