Rachel Jewett

The head of the U.S. Space Force wants to shake up how the U.S. military works in space, challenging the “comfort” that comes out of continuity, success, and the “family-like” […]

Space industry veteran Nicole Robinson is joining Comtech’s executive team as chief strategy officer, the company announced Tuesday. Robinson joins Comtech from Ursa Space Systems where she served as president. […]

Rocket Lab is planning to use a pre-flown Rutherford engine on an upcoming Electron mission, a milestone in the company’s work to make Electron a reusable rocket vehicle.  Rocket Lab […]

Dish Network Corporation placed an order for a new broadcast satellite from Maxar Technologies, the manufacturer announced Tuesday. The new broadcast satellite, designated ES XXV, will be based on the […]

Inmarsat is working to restore services from its I-4 F1 satellite after the satellite experienced an outage late on Sunday. This satellite provides L-band coverage in the Asia-Pacific region.  Inmarsat […]

The U.S. Department of Defense is working to normalize space as an operational domain, just like land, sea, and air — and doing so requires collaboration with both allies and the commercial […]

The launch market likely faces a shortfall of capacity in the near-term, but also faces the risk of oversupply in the longer term, a new report from McKinsey finds.   The […]

Maxar Technologies is rebranding its lineup of satellites to show the company’s broad manufacturing capabilities, Maxar announced April 17. The rebrand includes new names to commercialize two spacecraft buses. The […]

Orbit Fab, which aims to offer on-orbit refueling services, has raised $28.5 million in its Series A round, the company announced Monday. 8090 Industries led the round, with major investments […]

Hughes Network Systems is introducing a software-defined networking product geared toward defense needs called Hughes Smart Network Edge.  The software serves as a virtualized SD-WAN router and can remotely manage […]

Arianespace launched the JUICE space probe for the European Space Agency (ESA) Friday morning from French Guiana on an Ariane 5 rocket, kicking off Europe’s first mission to Jupiter. This […]

L3Harris Technologies will provide Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) next-generation Geostationary (GEO) imaging and sounding instruments to monitor and predict severe weather events. L3Harris has a legacy of providing these space-based weather […]

Intelsat has ordered a Northrop Grumman Mission Extension Pod (MEP) to service one of its satellites for at least six years beginning in 2026. Intelsat announced the deal on Thursday, […]

Kepler Communications has raised $92 million in its Series C funding round, led by IA Ventures. The Toronto-based company plans to use the funding to launch an optical data relay […]

Viasat has named former Verizon Media executive K. Guru Gowrappan as president, to work closely with CEO Mark Dankberg on the company’s global operations and growth strategy. Dankberg said in […]

The second batch of SES O3b mPOWER satellites are on the way to Cape Canaveral, after manufacturer Boeing announced on Wednesday that it shipped the satellites.  These are the third […]

Slingshot Aerospace shared plans on Wednesday to expand its Global Sensor Network to increase its daily observations of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by 100 times.  By the end of  this year, […]

Relativity Space is shifting its focus away from the recently tested Terran 1 rocket, to accelerate the Terran R rocket to commercial service, which the company says will meet “significant […]

Loft Federal and Microsoft will join Ball Aerospace to work on its Space Development Agency (SDA) contract for the experimental testbed NExT for 10 satellites.  SDA awarded Ball Aerospace the […]

Lynk Global has signed an agreement with Vodafone Ghana to bring mobile coverage to all of Ghana’s population with Lynk’s “cell tower in space” satellite connectivity. This is Lynk’s second […]

The FCC officially opened its new Space Bureau on Tuesday as part of a plan from the commission to rethink and modernize its satellite policy. The FCC appointed Julie Kearney […]

Multi-orbit antenna manufacturer All.Space has hired a former SES leader as the company’s new chief development officer (CDO) to help the company scale as it prepares to release its products […]

BridgeComm has demonstrated quantum encryption technology over the company’s optical ground modem, BridgeComm announced April 5.  The company tested both AES-256 and post quantum attack resistant (PQC) Kyber-1024 encryption between […]

The Space Safety Coalition released updated guidelines for sustainable space operations this month, endorsed by 27 companies and groups including The Aerospace Corporation, Avanti, Intelsat, LeoLabs, Planet, and Slingshot Aerospace.  […]

NASA has awarded Capella Space a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for the company’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, NASA announced Monday. This gives NASA five years to order Capella’s data, […]

Intelsat’s newly launched IS-40e satellite will add capacity over North America in key markets the company is targeting — commercial aviation, mobility, and network services. SpaceX launched the Maxar-built satellite […]

Loft Orbital has procured a second batch of 15 satellites from Airbus OneWeb Satellites, for the bus platform based on the OneWeb satellites. Loft Orbital announced the deal April 6, […]

Airline industry platform ch-aviation has a new long-term agreement with Spire Global for global flight analytics and insights, Spire announced April 6. The agreement includes access to Spire’s daily Flight […]

Norwegian Cruise Line is testing SpaceX’s Starlink internet service on one of its cruise ships, with plans to roll out the service across additional vessels and other brands Oceania Cruises […]

Startup Quantum Space introduced its Ranger orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) on Thursday, a new last-mile delivery service to carry payloads to Geostationary and cislunar orbits and beyond.  Calling it a […]