Rachel Jewett

Air Canada is expanding its in-flight connectivity (IFC) deal with Intelsat, ordering Intelsat’s IFC solution for nearly 100 more aircraft, the companies announced Tuesday.  Intelsat and its IFC predecessor, Gogo, […]

Microgravity research and manufacturing company Space Tango has hired Sita Sonty as CEO, the company announced Sept. 1. Space Tango works in microgravity applications for hardware, software, materials science, biotech, […]

Intuitive Machines has secured a $20 million equity investment, giving the company enough capital that it doesn’t have to use a $50 million line of credit. The space exploration company […]

Globalstar signed a launch services agreement with SpaceX to launch the first set of satellites in its SPOT network upgrade to support Apple’s emergency messaging service. The launch window is […]

Japanese space robotics startup GITAI raised $15 million in a Series B extension round to expand the company’s business in the U.S. and partially fund a lunar surface tech demonstration. […]

Spire Global used a reverse stock split on Thursday to raise its trading price over $1. This means that every 8 shares of Spire were merged to 1 share, reducing […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Benchmark Space Systems a $2.81 million award to further develop and test thrusters running on ASCENT fuel. ASCENT stands for Advanced Spacecraft Energetic […]

MDA is acquiring SatixFy’s digital payload division in a $40 million acquisition to increase its offerings in the digital satellite communications market, the Canadian manufacturer announced Thursday.  SatixFy is headquartered […]

SpiderOak has completed a demonstration of its OrbitSecure technology onboard the International Space Station, successfully demonstrating sending and receiving secure ops traffic between ground and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).  SpiderOak announced […]

Satellite flight software provider ReOrbit raised $7.4 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round, the Helsinki-based company announced Wednesday. Inventure VC led the round, along with participation from 10xFounders, Icebreaker.vc, […]

SatSure, an Earth observation startup based in India and focused on using satellite data for agricultural insurance use cases, raised $15 million in a Series A round. Baring Private Equity […]

Viasat snags another in-flight connectivity win, announcing a deal Tuesday to connect 30 Airbus A321neo planes for Korea’s flagship air carrier, Korean Air. The aircraft will be operated on short […]

Starfish Space reported success in stabilizing its first ‘Otter Pup’ mission, after the servicing spacecraft was deployed from an orbital transfer vehicle spinning in space.  The Otter Pup rode to […]

Former Qualcomm CEO and XCOM Labs founder Paul Jacobs is joining Globalstar as CEO, as Globalstar announced Tuesday that CEO David Kagan is retiring. The move is part of a […]

With 50 million downloads and 950,000 ratings, and an average rating of 4.8 stars, MyRadar is one of the most popular weather apps, putting weather information directly in the hands […]

Viasat will provide Wi-Fi for two ferries to Vancouver Island through a new deal with Hullo and the Vancouver Island Ferry Company. Hullo’s new high-speed ferries, Spuhéls and Sthuqi’, recently […]

LeoStella and Hera Systems are jointly bidding on manufacturing proposals for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer, the companies announced Monday. They plan to collaborate on manufacturing the […]

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) awarded Voyager Space an  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a $900 million ceiling to develop innovative open architecture intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) […]

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel put out a call for representatives from diverse and underrepresented communities to apply for membership on the FCC’s Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force, including socially disadvantaged […]

Satellite has long played a role in agriculture — from GPS satellites enabling precision agriculture, to data from Landsat observation satellites informing decisions and forecasts related to crop yield and […]

Muon Space selected Exotrail to supply five of its “spaceware” electric propulsion systems for the company’s climate monitoring constellation, the companies announced Aug. 24.  Exotrail’s spaceware is a high-thrust, electric […]

SCOUT Space has made an acquisition to strengthen its defense and technical capabilities, acquiring space domain awareness software company Free Space. SCOUT announced the acquisition on Aug. 24. Terms of […]

Astranis already has a new customer for a demonstration with its Arcturus satellite, which is in orbit over Alaska but unable to fulfill its primary mission.  Astranis announced Friday that […]

The Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite could be a total loss due to an anomaly with the power subsystem that occurred during orbit raising, Viasat said in an update Thursday afternoon. Viasat […]

Orbital Sidekick (OSK) shared the first images from its three hyperspectral satellites launched on two SpaceX rideshare missions earlier this year. The satellites are the first in the GHOSt constellation, […]

Rocket Lab launched a previously flown Rutherford engine in a Thursday morning mission from New Zealand, a milestone toward the company’s goal of reusing the entire Electron first stage. Rocket […]

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against SpaceX on Thursday for discriminating against asylees and refugees in its hiring process. The DoJ alleges that SpaceX violated the Immigration […]

A payload adapter that is the target for ClearSpace’s future debris removal mission was likely hit by other space debris, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday.  ESA reported […]

New company Gotonomi is offering satcom terminals and service for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), in partnership with Viasat. Gotonomi is a new subsidiary of U.K. company TTP – The Technology […]

In-space transportation company Momentus executed a reverse stock split on Wednesday, to raise the price of its shares so the company can continue trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.  Momentus […]