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Finance
Virgin Orbit to Partially Resume Operations Amid Funding Talks
Virgin Orbit, which paused operations last week to conserve capital, plans to incrementally resume operations on Thursday to prepare for the next mission as the company continues funding talks. Virgin […]
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Finance
Terran Orbital Boosts Revenue 130% in 2022 With SDA Deal
Terran Orbital reported a record $94.2 million of revenue in 2022 — more than doubling revenue compared to 2021, driven by the company’s subcontract for the Space Development Agency’s proliferated […]
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Finance
BeetleSat Names Patricio Northland as New CEO
BeetleSat, formerly NSLComm, recently named Patricio Northland as its new CEO. Northland has more than 20 years of experience in the satellite and telecommunications industries and previously was CEO of […]
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Connectivity
Sateliot Joins Global Certification Forum as Group’s First Satellite Operator
Sateliot is the first satellite operator to join the Global Certification Forum (GCF), a mobile and IoT standards certification organization. Sateliot and GCF said the collaboration announced this month will […]
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Government/Military
FCC Proposes New Sat-to-Cell Regulatory Framework to Work Toward a ‘Single Network Future’
The FCC proposed a new regulatory framework at its March meeting to facilitate satellite-to-cell service and collaboration between satellite operators and wireless companies — part of the Commission’s “single network future.” […]
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Manufacturing
Boeing Delivers First ViaSat-3 Satellite Ahead of Launch
Boeing delivered the first ViaSat-3 satellite to Viasat ahead of its upcoming launch, the company announced Monday. The satellite, a 702MP+ model, is the most powerful the manufacturer has ever […]
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Connectivity
Arsat Taps CPI for ARSAT-SG1 Gateway Systems
Argentine telecommunications company Arsat awarded Communications & Power Industries (CPI) a $20 million contract to provide telemetry, tracking and command and gateway systems for the ARSAT-SG1 satellite. Under the deal […]
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Connectivity
Apco Networks Orders 2 Astranis MicroGEO Satellites to Connect Mexico
Mexican connectivity services provider Apco Networks ordered two Astranis MicroGEO satellites to provide telecommunications services in Mexico, Astranis announced March 14. The Ka-band satellites are expected to launch in 2024. […]
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Magazine
Slingshot Aerospace CEO Melanie Stricklan and Apple’s iPhone 14 Emergency Messaging Win 2022 Executive and Technology of the Year Awards
Melanie Stricklan, Slingshot Aerospace CEO, won the 2022 Satellite Executive of the Year award, and Apple’s iPhone 14 with emergency messaging via satellite as the winner of the 2022 Satellite […]
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Mobility
CesiumAstro Jumps into IFC Market With New Phased Array Antenna
CesiumAstro is jumping into the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market, unveiling a new multi-beam flat panel terminal for aviation on Monday, March 13. It is an active phased array that can […]
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Magazine
Meet the 2023 Startup Space Pitch Contest Competitors
A new crop of startups from around the world will take the stage at the 2023 Startup Space competition, pitching their businesses for a chance to appear before leading space […]
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Launch
SpaceX Launch Takes OneWeb Constellation to 582 Satellites
SpaceX launched an additional batch of 40 satellites for OneWeb on Thursday, increasing OneWeb’s constellation to 582 satellites. OneWeb is a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity provider and competitor to SpaceX’s […]
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Finance
Gilat Satellite Networks to Acquire DataPath to Boost its Presence in the US Defense Market
Gilat Satellite Networks has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DataPath to boost its presence in the U.S. defense market, the satellite ground tech company announced March 9. Gilat said […]
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Finance
Spire Grows Revenue 85% in 2022
Spire Global grew revenue 85% in 2022 over the prior year, reporting $80.3 million in revenue in 2022. This was within updated guidance Spire provided in November. The company said […]
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Government/Military
US Space Force Offers Cape Canaveral Launch Pads to ABL, Stoke, Phantom, and Vaya Space
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 will offer launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to four new commercial companies — ABL Space, Stoke Space, Phantom Space, […]
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Technology
Maxar Awards L3Harris Large Deployable Reflectors Contract
Maxar Technologies has awarded L3Harris a contract to design and build reflector antennas for two Geostationary Orbit (GEO) communication satellites, the companies announced Wednesday. The two nine-meter unfurlable mesh reflector […]
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Magazine
8 New Faces at SATELLITE 2023
The SATELLITE trade show is known for bringing together the biggest leaders of the industry — yet the conference also highlights fresh voices whether they be new executives, end users, […]
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Magazine
Satellite-to-Cell Partnerships, Tech, and Regulatory Issues Take Center Stage
Satellite direct-to-cell is an area that has dramatically increased in activity in the past year, with new demonstrations, services, and partnerships launched. The promise of satellite-to-cell is connecting unmodified cell […]
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Launch
Japan’s Inaugural H3 Rocket Launch Fails
The first launch of Japan’s new H3 rocket failed on Tuesday. Japan’s space agency JAXA said in a news dispatch that the mission was terminated via a destruct command. The […]
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Finance
BlackSky Nearly Doubles Revenue in 2022
BlackSky Technologies nearly doubled its revenue in 2022 compared to 2021, reporting its full year financial results on Tuesday. The Earth observation company logged $65.4 million in revenue in 2022, […]
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Technology
Hughes, Inmarsat, Airbus Defense and Space Join DIFI Consortium
Some of the top companies in the satellite sector — Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, and Airbus Defense and Space — are now part of the Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability (DIFI) […]
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Government/Military
AST SpaceMobile Partners with Fairwinds Technologies to Explore Military Use Cases
AST SpaceMobile has a new agreement with government contractor Fairwinds Technologies LLC to explore opportunities to jointly market AST SpaceMobile’s satellite-to-cell service to the military market. The Monday announcement was […]
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Launch
Arianespace and ESA Say Nozzle Material Led to Vega C Failure
Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) have concluded the independent inquiry into the failure of the second Vega C launch, reporting March 3 that the second stage Zefiro 40 […]
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Connectivity
Globe Tests Lynk’s Emergency Messaging in the Philippines
Digital solutions company Globe tested Lynk’s satellite connectivity for SMS texts and emergency alerts in a trial in the Philippines, the companies announced March 2. In the trial, standard mobile […]
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Government/Military
Angola Orders Earth Observation Satellite from Airbus
Angola has ordered its first Earth observation satellite, Angeo-1, from Airbus Defence and Space. The satellite will be an Airbus S250 optical satellite. Terms of the deal, announced March 3, […]
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Finance
Sidus Space Names Eric Gillenwater as Chief Commercial Officer
Sidus Space has appointed Eric Gillenwater as chief commercial officer, the company announced Thursday. Most recently, Gillenwater served as vice president and business head of Global Carrier & Enterprise for […]
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Connectivity
Viasat, Ligado, and Skylo to Collaborate on Direct to Device Services
Viasat, Ligado Networks, and Skylo Technologies plan to work together to offer direct-to-devices services, the companies announced Thursday. The three companies have signed a non-binding MoU to offer direct-to-device (D2D) […]
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Government/Military
SDA Awards Raytheon and CesiumAstro Contracts for PWSA Network
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded both Raytheon Technologies and CesiumAstro contracts announced Thursday related to its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) network. Raytheon Technologies received an award valued at […]
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Finance
Globalstar Revenue Up 19% in 2022, Apple Loans Operator $252M to Finance Constellation
Globalstar’s revenue increased 19% in 2022 compared to 2021, and the operator said transformation over the past year sets Globalstar up for success moving forward. Globalstar announced a deal in […]
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Connectivity
IoT Provider emnify Partners With Lynk to Extend its Network
IoT provider emnify has signed a deal for satellite capacity with Lynk to enable IoT service. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, emnify customers will now be able to leverage their […]





























