Rachel Jewett

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Maxar Technologies a five-year Foreign Commercial Imagery Program contract worth up to $192 million. Under the contract announced Wednesday, Maxar will provide U.S. allies […]

Viasat’s long-awaited Viasat-3 satellite is set to launch the week of April 8, the operator announced Tuesday. The satellite has completed construction and testing after what Visat described as a […]

SpaceX launched the Amazonas Nexus satellite for Spanish satellite operator Hispasat on Monday evening. The Falcon 9 mission took off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]

CACI has signed an R&D agreement with the U.S. Army to develop advanced payload technologies, space sensor applications, and resilient Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT). The agreement is a five-year […]

Intelsat has appointed Gaurav Kharod as the new regional vice president for its Asia Pacific (APAC) region. He will take over from Terry Bleakley, who previously led the APAC team. […]

Amazon’s Kuiper satellite constellation is part of a company strategy to invest in the long-term future of Amazon, CEO Andy Jassy outlined on Thursday in his first investor call as […]

Poland-based satellite manufacturer SatRev signed a follow-on launch services agreement with Virgin Orbit for additional launches in 2023 and beyond. Under the new agreement, SatRev has the option to launch […]

Telespazio Brasil, a subsidiary of Telespazio, signed a five-year capacity contract for capacity on the ABS satellite ABS-3A, for West Hemi C-band beam. Companies announced the deal on Feb. 3.  […]

Canadian satellite service company Galaxy Broadband Communications has signed a $50 million, multi-year deal with OneWeb for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity to provide broadband service in Canada. Galaxy Broadband, […]

Samsung announced the details of its new Galaxy S23 series of smartphones this week — and emergency messaging via satellite was not one of the features.  In Wednesday’s Galaxy Unpacked […]

EchoStar Corporation announced plans for a global S-band constellation to provide IoT services on Thursday, signing a deal with Astro Digital to manufacture the satellites. EchoStar ordered 28 small satellites […]

Orbital Sidekick announced a $10 million investment on Tuesday to support growing its hyperspectral satellite constellation and commercializing its asset monitoring solution for the energy sector.  Existing investor Energy Innovation […]

Atlas Space Operations is joining the Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution provider program to resell AWS Ground Station.  The solution provider program is an official AWS program across many industries […]

Iridium Communications is rolling out a new portable wireless access device called Iridium GO! exec, an upgraded version of the Iridium GO! device that lets customers use their smartphones like […]

Tiphaine Louradour, president of ILS International Launch Services (ILS), is departing the company, ILS announced Tuesday.  Louradour took the lead at ILS in March 2020 and has been at the […]

LeoLabs entered a new space radar into service, the West Australian Space Radar (WASR), giving the company coverage of the Southern Hemisphere in the Indo-Pacific region. The new site will […]

Airbus has delivered the Inmarsat-6 to Florida ahead of its February launch, the manufacturer announced Monday. The Inmarsat satellite, I-6 F2, is part of the operator’s work to upgrade its […]

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) issued a request for information on Friday for input on its space traffic management system for the space industry.  OSC, part of the National […]

L3Harris reported its full-year 2022 financial results on Jan. 26, reporting full year revenue of $17.1 billion, down 4% and 1% on an organic basis compared to 2021.  Space & […]

GIT Satellite Communications (GIT) has become an Iridium Certus service provider and will support U.S. government customers with hardware platforms, airtime, and data services. This is an expansion of services […]

LeoStella has appointed Tim Kienberger as CEO, to lead the smallsat manufacturer succeedingCEO Mike Hettich. LeoStella, based in Washington State, is a 50-50 joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and […]

German media company High View signed a deal with SES to purchase additional satellite capacity on SES’s TV neighborhood at ASTRA 19.2 degrees East to add four free-to-air channels. SES said […]

The Boeing Company’s full year 2022 revenues in its Defense, Space & Security segment fell, while overall yearly revenues increased for the company as a whole, according to the company’s […]

Isar Aerospace secured its first U.S.-based customer, signing a multi-launch agreement with rideshare provider Spaceflight, as it works toward its first test flight of its Spectrum rocket.  Isar Co-founder and […]

Northrop Grumman continues its streak of growth for the Space Systems segment, postings its third year in a row of double-digit growth for the segment.  The company posted its full […]

Rationalization. It’s the word that venture capitalists and analysts use when describing space investment in 2022. After a string of record-setting years that saw space invest rocket to new heights, […]

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Viasat a contract for managed satcom service. Viasat announced the award Jan. 24.  The contract comes after a pilot and follow-on service […]

ST Engineering iDirect has delivered its IoT solution to ARSAT, Argentina’s state-owned telecommunications company. The IoT solution will enable a number of use cases like fleet tracking, farming data, and […]

Rocket Lab launched from the East Coast on Tuesday evening, in a milestone launch for the company that had been long delayed.  An Electron rocket launched  “Virginia Is For Launch […]

Lockheed Martin’s Space segment reported a slight dip in net sales in 2022 compared to 2021, amid a year in which full company sales were slightly down.  Lockheed Martin reported […]