Rachel Jewett

A new report from The Aerospace Corporation examining defense and space growth in the White House’s fiscal year 2027 budget request found that more than 75% of the increase is […]

As conflicts have erupted around the world, governments and MoDs are recognizing the urgent, immediate need for space-based intelligence. At the same time, the cost to build and launch satellites […]

BlackSky reported record service revenue in the second quarter of 2026, driven by adoption of its Gen-3 satellite solutions.  The company reported total revenue of $33 million in Q2, up […]

Gilat Satellite Networks reports a demonstration of an interference detection and cancellation technology for satellite communication links, calling it a milestone toward improved operations in contested spectrum environments. Gilat said […]

Blackstar Orbital Technologies, a company developing a reusable spacecraft platform, plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. BlackStar announced the deal with SPAC Pono Capital […]

MatSing developed a new proprietary manufacturing technology that it says will enable multibeam, wideband antennas to able to transmit and receive signals simultaneously across a range of directions and frequencies. […]

SpaceX reported its second quarter earnings on Tuesday reporting revenue of $7.8 billion – nearly doubling year-over-year. Leadership set a bold target of $100 billion in annual recurring revenue for […]

Viasat reported essentially flat revenue of $1.2 billion in the first quarter of its 2027 fiscal year, reporting financial results on Tuesday. The operator previewed entry into service of the […]

L3Harris Technologies confirmed a successful deployment for its first perimeter truss reflector onboard the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite.  SpaceX launched the satellite in late April, the third deployment in Viasat’s […]

Spanish satellite startup Kreios Space is set to demonstrate an air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) system in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), tapping Kongsberg NanoAvionics to provide the spacecraft bus.  Kreios […]

Telesat signed a $1.9 billion (U.S. dollar) contract with the government of Canada for Arctic military satcom connectivity and will expand the Lightspeed constellation by 69 satellites to fulfill the […]

A new startup Endeavor Optical Networks emerged from stealth on Tuesday, with a plan to build an optical satellite network in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) for space-based data transfer.  The company […]

Hisdesat has contracted Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to build the SpainSat NG-III secure satellite communications satellite for Spain.  Airbus, the prime contractor, announced the award on July 31. As […]

ETL Systems has acquired Amphinicy Technologies, which develops software for satcom and Earth Observation markets, in a move the company said will help solve more complex ground segment challenges for […]

Xona has received FCC approval to deploy its commercial navigation constellation called Pulsar, planned for more than 250 satellites.  Xona announced Monday it has received authorization to broadcast radionavigation signals […]

Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, with the intention of refocusing its operations around business-to-business, government, and defense customers amid a decline in consumer […]

Katalyst Space has run into technical issues with attitude control on the recently launched LINK spacecraft, on a mission to rescue NASA’s Swift Observatory.  Katalyst issued an update on Tuesday, […]

True Anomaly detailed a space-to-space pursuit between the Rocket Lab-built Puma spacecraft and the True Anomaly Jackal-0004 spacecraft as part of the Victus Haze mission for the U.S. Space Force.  […]

SES will connect more than 60 Airbus and Embraer aircraft with multi-orbit in-flight connectivity (IFC) for LATAM Airlines in the next few years under a new deal announced Wednesday.  The […]

Impulse Space detailed the company’s first electric propulsion system called Electra, built to support long-duration operations in space.  This comes after a year ago, Impulse said it was exploring developing […]

Iridium and Orbcomm company Skywave have a new strategic partnership for industrial IoT to bring Iridium’s Short Burst Data (SBD) services to heavy equipment OEM customers. This is the first […]

As AI is driving explosive growth in data center construction on Earth, there’s accelerating interest in moving some of the computing infrastructure to orbit. The past few months have seen […]

Amazon has filed with the FCC to launch an Amazon Leo Direct-to-Device constellation of up to 5,105 satellites, in spectrum to be acquired in the Globalstar deal.  The system in […]

Satellite operator SES is set to receive $5.6 billion in incentive payments to clear the C-band, while Eutelsat is set to receive $504 million, according to the FCC’s final C-band […]

Back for the third year, Via Satellite recognizes a new class of 25 Rising Stars — a group of young professionals shaping the future of the space and satellite industry. […]

The annual Via Satellite 10 Smallsat Startups to Watch list highlights companies from around the world in the early stages of funding (Series A or earlier) that are on the […]

Welcome to the annual Via Smallsat edition — where Via Satellite rebrands to focus on the smallsat industry. We are thrilled to present the third group of Rising Stars, a […]

NASA and Blue Origin have agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the New Glenn rocket at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to advance work on the […]

Two new Galileo satellites, SAT 33 and SAT 34, have entered service, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Friday. These satellites are now adding capability, resilience, and autonomy to […]

Top telco CEOs shut down the idea of establishing a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with a satellite player, saying they do not see satellite broadband as meaningful competition […]