Rachel Jewett

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 […]

MDA Space grew revenue 68% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025 as the manufacturer ramps up work on satellite constellation projects for Telesat and Globalstar. CEO Mike Greenley addressed […]

Quantum computing company IonQ has signed an agreement to acquire Capella Space to accelerate its plans in quantum networking. IonQ, based in College Park, Maryland, announced the move on Wednesday.  […]

ClearSpace completed Phase 2 of the CLEAR mission, in a milestone the company said contributed to de-risking technologies for active debris removal (ADR).  CLEAR is a UK Space Agency mission […]

Ground segment as a service company Infostellar and Astro Gate have signed an MoU to collaborate on spaceport development and ground station deployment. Under the MoU announced this week, Astrogate […]

Airbus DS Government Solutions has integrated an iDirect Government software defined radio (SDR) satellite modem into its Ranger Flyaway terminal. iDirect Gov announced Tuesday that Airbus successfully integrated and tested […]

Airtel Africa signed an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlink internet to its customers in Africa, the companies announced Tuesday. Airtel African plans to use Starlink satellite connectivity to augment […]

Telesat’s backlog for its Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation is now nearly $1.1 billion Canadian dollars ($800 million) after signing a capacity deal with Viasat in April.  Earlier this year, […]

Industry leader and former Hughes Network Systems President and CEO Pradman Kaul has died, Hughes announced on May 4. Kaul was a longtime leader in the satellite industry. He joined Hughes […]

President Trump’s budget proposal for NASA looks to cut funding for the agency by 24%, while increasing funding for human space exploration and slashing space science funding.  The Trump-Vance Administration […]

Eutelsat Group has appointed Orange France CEO Jean-François Fallacher to lead the satellite operator as CEO, replacing Eva Berneke. Eutelsat announced the change on Monday morning after a board decision […]

In this week’s episode, On Orbit interviews Femi Ishola, founder and CEO of Phemotron Systems, winner of the 2025 Startup Space competition at SATELLITE. Ishola is from Lagos, Nigeria, and […]