Rachel Jewett

Japanese maritime transport company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) will upgrade its from Inmarsat Maritime’s Fleet Xpress service to NexusWave, the companies announced May 21.  Local Inmarsat partner JSAT Mobile […]

SatixFy Communications more than doubled revenue in the first quarter of 2025 as the satellite tech company is in the midst of a deal to be acquired by MDA Space. […]

With the start of hurricane season fast approaching, recent reports show that cuts and staff vacancies at the National Weather Service and NOAA could impact public safety services. Earlier this […]

The FCC voted to start a proceeding on Thursday that the Commission said could unlock more than 20,000 megahertz of spectrum for satellite broadband, a move that the Satellite Industry […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared SpaceX’s Starship vehicle to return to flight, despite the mishap investigation for Flight 8 in March remaining open. For Starship’s next flight, the […]

SES has signed with Impulse Space as the first commercial customer of the Helios kick stage designed to shorten the time it takes satellites to reach operational orbit. Financial terms […]

Iceye plans to develop a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation with Japanese heavy industry company IHI Corporation under a new MoU announced Thursday. IHI and Iceye plan to establish a […]

ST LOUIS — The national security lead for OpenAI demonstrated some of the geospatial capabilities of OpenAI’s new o-series “reasoning” models, which the AI organization says are capable of “complex problem […]

ST LOUIS — Commercial satellite imagery and sensing leaders see growing demand in the international market for geospatial intelligence and are looking at ways to increase collaboration and streamline the way […]

U.K.-based Space Forge raised a 22.6 million pound ($30 million) Series A round this week, to further its plans for in-space manufacturing. The NATO Innovation Fund led the round with […]

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) hosted multiple connected car demonstrations this week that demonstrated non-terrestrial network (NTN) satellite connectivity. 5GAA said these demonstrations this week in Paris focused on realizing […]

Multinational agriculture brand CNH has signed an agreement with Starlink to bring satellite connectivity to farmers.  CNH announced May 15 that Starlink will equip CNH brands Case IH, New Holland, […]

Satellite operator ABS and ground equipment company SpaceBridge plan to collaborate on managed data services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the companies announced Wednesday.  The companies aim to […]

Kepler Communications reports it has demonstrated space-to-ground optical data relay between its satellite in orbit and a Cailabs optical ground station.  Kepler’s two optical Pathfinder satellites, launched in 2023, are […]

Eutelsat Group reported 300 million euros ($335 million) in revenue in the third quarter of its 2024-25 fiscal year, down 1.9% year-over-year.  Notably, Eutelsat reported a 10% year-over-year increase in […]

A group of Democratic Senators are calling for an ethics investigation into reporting that the Senators say shows the Trump Administration is “explicitly seeking” to assist Elon Musk’s Starlink business […]

Intelsat and Cubic³ have completed a vehicle satellite connectivity test that the companies said demonstrated an integration between Intelsat satellites and Cubic³’s software platform.  This test announced Wednesday is part […]

Eutelsat Group awarded Ramon.Space a contract to provide digital communication channelizers for the OneWeb satellite extension, Ramon.Space announced Wednesday.  Ramon.Space will initially supply 70 flight sets of its digital communication […]

Arabsat has signed a term sheet with Telesat for a Gbps capacity pool of Telesat Lightspeed connectivity services. Arabsat plans to integrate Telesat Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (services) into its multi-orbit […]

The FCC is questioning EchoStar about the status of its mobile satellite services (MSS) operations in the 2 GHz band after SpaceX accused EchoStar of “barely” using the band.  The […]

Skylo is targeting the vehicle connectivity market, announcing a series of partnerships on Tuesday in its automotive roadmap. Skylo is collaborating with partners BMW Group and Deutsche Telekom to bring […]

Iceye is now supporting the utility and energy sectors with its disaster response solutions. Iceye plans to offer utilities and energy organizations the ability to access near real-time natural disaster […]

Redwire Corporation reported a 30% year-over-year decline in revenue in the first quarter of 2025 as leadership reported delays in contract awards from the U.S. government. Redwire reported $61.4 million […]

Viasat’s GX10A and GX10B satellite payloads onboard a pair of Arctic satellites in a shared satellite mission are now available, Viasat announced Monday.  GX10A and GX10B are housed on Space […]

  Gilat Satellite Networks and Gogo completed a series of test flights with an electronically steered antenna (ESA) for performance on the OneWeb satellite network.  Gilat said Monday that tests […]

Swissto12 has hired former Inmarsat executive Fredrik Gustavsson as the company’s new chief financial and strategy officer (CFSO). Gustavsson is the former chief strategy officer of Inmarsat, where he was […]

Globalstar executives said the company is positioned to minimize financial impacts from tariffs, and reaffirmed its full-year guidance in first quarter financial results on May 8. The satellite operator increased revenue […]

Rocket Lab’s first quarter 2025 results on Thursday came with a slate of announcements — a new launch contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for the upcoming Neutron […]

EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan teased plans for a direct-to-device satellite constellation during EchoStar’s investor call on May 8, saying that while EchoStar hasn’t made many announcements, it is getting plans […]

Space Systems Command selected CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat to continue development of space laser communication terminal prototypes .  The awards announced Thursday are for Phase 2 of the $100 […]