Rachel Jewett

Eutelsat OneWeb is clear to launch commercial satellite broadband in India after receiving regulatory approval. India’s space regulatory agency, IN-SPACe, granted subsidiary OneWeb India market access, the company announced Tuesday. […]

TNO and Airbus’ Netherlands subsidiary are joining the SES-led consortium for the Eagle-1 quantum key distribution (QKD) mission to build the optical ground station. TNO, an independent non-profit research organization […]

Cobham Satcom has received a multi-year contract with a U.S. prime contractor for multi-band antennas in its Tracker series. Cobham announced the deal with the unnamed prime on Tuesday, and […]

SpaceX conducted the second Starship test flight over the weekend, making progress over the first test in April, but falling short of reaching orbit.  The test took place on Saturday […]

Telenor Group is selling its Telenor Satellite subsidiary to Space Norway, the company announced last week.  Both entities are owned by the Norwegian government. Telenor is Norway’s majority state-owned telecommunications […]

Intellian Technologies is establishing a new entity in Dubai as a hub for operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. This is Intellian’s 10th global city.  This new […]

On Monday, Nov. 20, the international spectrum gathering of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference kicks off in Dubai.  Over 3,000 delegates from Member States of the ITU […]

Astranis will build a second broadband satellite for the Philippines, the company announced this week as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco.  Satellite service provider […]

Canadian manufacturer MDA is starting work on a new constellation for an undisclosed customer, the company announced Friday.  The announcement was light on details, but MDA received an authorization to […]

AST SpaceMobile is working to close strategic investment to fund the buildout of its satellite-to-cell fleet as the company approaches launch of its first commercial satellites.  The company released its […]

Hughes Network Systems announced Thursday that the Jupiter 3 satellite successfully deployed its solar arrays and antennas and passed readiness testing by manufacturer Maxar Space Systems. Hughes is now testing […]

Viasat is launching direct-to-device satellite service with Skylo and Ligado’s SkyTerra satellite network. Thursday marked an official announcement from Viasat after a non-binding MoU in March.  Skylo has a tech […]

The Centaur V upper stage for the first Vulcan Centaur rocket has arrived in Cape Canaveral ahead of its debut mission, set for Christmas Eve. United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO […]

Intellian Technologies and Marlink renewed their strategic partnership for five more years, the companies announced Tuesday. Intellian will continue to supply Marlink end users with hybrid connectivity terminals.  The partnership […]

Taiwan’s largest telecommunications company signed an exclusive distribution partner agreement with Eutelsat OneWeb for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services. Eutelsat announced the multi-million-dollar deal with Chunghwa Telecom on Wednesday.  Chunghwa […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed its critical design review (CDR) for 16 missile tracking satellites that will be part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. Now […]

Telesat signed a deal with Aalyria to deploy its Spacetime networking software to manage customer traffic for Telesat’s Lightspeed satellite constellation. The deal announced Tuesday is a 10+ year agreement. […]

The White House released a National Spectrum Strategy on Tuesday, developed in coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  President Biden released […]

Terran Orbital cut its revenue guidance for 2023 nearly in half as Rivada Space Networks has not made a milestone payment for its constellation deal.  Terran Orbital announced its third […]

What do satellite policy and space movies have in common? For starters, space debris often plays a key role in both. In this episode of On Orbit, we talk about […]

SpaceX launched two O3b mPOWER satellites for SES, and a 90-payload rideshare mission in a busy weekend of Falcon 9 missions. SES confirmed that the fifth and sixth O3b mPOWER […]

Intelsat has hired Raytheon Technologies exec David J. Broadbent as its new president of Government Solutions. Intelsat announced the hire on Nov. 13, effective immediately.  Broadbent is now responsible for […]

Hamid Akhavan is now CEO of Dish Network ahead of the EchoStar/Dish merger close, the company announced Monday. Akhavan is currently the CEO of EchoStar, and it was already in […]

Qualcomm is ending its direct-to-device relationship with Iridium because smartphone manufacturers are not adopting the satellite-compatible chips. Analysts say the price and the lack of technology standards were contributing factors.  […]

Spire Global posted a 34% year-over-year increase in revenue in the third quarter of 2023 and raised the low end of its guidance for the full year. Spire announced its […]

Comtech won a $20 million order for its next-generation troposcatter systems from the U.K.-based Spectra Group to service NATO and European customers.  The award is for Comtech’s Comet — Compact […]

As Viasat is dealing with the fallout of the anomaly on ViaSat-3, the operator is focusing its energy toward its mobility business versus residential broadband. With this shift, Viasat is […]

Rocket Lab reported a 7% year-over-year revenue increase in the third quarter of 2023, posting $67.7 million in revenue. Net loss was $40.6 million.  Revenue of $67.7 million was near […]

Aero, a semi-private airline based in the U.S., has tapped SpaceX to equip its fleet with Starlink’s in-flight connectivity service, the company announced Thursday.   Aero pitches itself as “the future […]

MediaMobil, a telecommunications company that provides internet to remote locations, signed a deal with Eutelsat Communications for maritime connectivity for ships and off-shore vessels. Eutelsat will supply its Advance managed […]