Rachel Jewett

Two separate lunar landers built by commercial companies are now on the way to the Moon after a SpaceX launch early Wednesday morning.  SpaceX launched the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost […]

Globalstar has been through a reinvigoration over the past few years through its deal with Apple to provide the satellite capacity for iPhone satellite messaging. After a few years of […]

Momentum for direct-to-device technology and services hit a critical mass in 2024. Of course, not everyone has it on their phone today, but public consciousness reached a new level last […]

Loft Orbital raised $170 million in a Series C round, the company announced on Tuesday, along with plans to scale operations incorporating inter-satellite links and more AI onboard its satellites.  […]

BlackSky Technology won a one-year extension with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract for its satellite imagery. BlackSky announced the extension on Jan. 14, […]

Less than three months after naming a new CEO, Comtech Telecommunications is going through another leadership shakeup. The company’s board named Ken Traub as president and CEO on Jan. 13, […]

BlackSky has won multiple contracts for its analytics services through a new pilot program from the U.S. Space Force’s Global Data Marketplace (GDM), the company announced Friday.  The Global Data […]

Intelsat has expanded its agreement with Alaskan telecommunications company GCI to include multi-orbit broadband services in Alaska, the company announced Jan. 8. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  […]

Rocket Lab completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta layer satellites the company is building for the Space Development Agency (SDA), Rocket Lab announced Thursday. […]

Intuitive Machines has integrated hardware for Nokia’s Lunar cellular network onto the IM-2 spacecraft set to launch to the Moon next month. Nokia and Intuitive Machines intend to deploy the […]

The U.S. proxy company for Eutelsat Group has named its former COO Ian Canning to the role of president and CEO. Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies (EACOWT) announced the […]

After filing for bankruptcy this week, Ligado Networks sued Inmarsat Global, alleging breach of contract over a spectrum agreement between the companies. Ligado announced the suit on Jan. 7, which […]

Automotive giant Toyota is investing in Japanese rocket startup Interstellar Technologies as part of its vision for the future of mobility.  Woven by Toyota (WbyT), the mobility arm of Toyota […]

Finnish satellite manufacturing startup ReOrbit announced an MoU on Tuesday with Ananth Technologies, an aerospace and defense manufacturer in India. The MoU outlined potential collaborations, including Ananth Technologies incorporating ReOrbit’s […]

To kick off 2025, Via Satellite’s annual roundup of Top Launches to Watch is back, highlighting some of the top commercial satellites expected to launch this year. This list is […]

Ligado Networks has filed for Chapter 11 restructuring, and has signed a deal with AST SpaceMobile to allow the company to use Ligado’s mid-band spectrum.  Ligado announced the bankruptcy filing […]

EchoStarMobile, along with Murata and Kyocera AVX are debuting a new IoT connectivity product for European and North American markets. It is a new transceiver and antenna with satellite connectivity […]

Update: Blue Origin is now targeting no earlier than Jan. 12 for the first launch of New Glenn due to high seas in the Atlantic, where it hopes to land […]

SpaceX launched the Thuraya 4 telecommunications satellite for United Arab Emirates (UAE) space and AI company Space42 on Friday, Jan. 3. The mission was SpaceX’s first launch of 2025.  The […]

OneWeb service has been restored after the constellation experienced a 48-hour outage this week, Eutelsat Group confirmed on Thursday.  The outage coincided with the end of the year and began […]

A Swedish research project is kicking off in 2025 to explore integrating mobile communication and satellite communication in 6G. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) announced a grant of […]

The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) planning to merge with Lynk Global extended its deadline to complete the merger and must return more than $80 million after shareholders voted to […]

Four Astranis MicroGEO satellites are on their way to orbit after a dedicated SpaceX launch early Sunday.  SpaceX launched the four satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Cape Canaveral […]

A new consortium in the United Kingdom made up of D-Orbit, Astroscale, and ClearSpace is working to improve regulations for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO). The U.K. government’s Department for […]

Japanese satellite company Synspective ended 2024 with a public listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market and a dedicated satellite launch on Dec. 21.  Rocket Lab launched a single StriX […]

NASA announced a series of task orders on Dec. 20 under the agency’s Near Space Network services contracts. The Near Space Network provides communications and navigation services between NASA missions […]

SpaceX launched 30 payloads to mid-inclination orbit on Saturday in the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission. The Falcon 9 mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Dec. […]

K2 Space won a U.S. Space Force contract to build its first ‘Mega’-class satellite for a planned launch to Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO). The mission, set for February 2026, is called […]

Turion Space won a $32.6 million fixed-price contract to build three satellites for the Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) with multiple payloads and real-time command and control.  Under the […]

Arianespace’s longtime CEO Stéphane Israël will leave the company at the end of the year, the French launcher announced Thursday. Israël led Arianespace since 2013 and supervised 108 launches and […]