Rachel Jewett

Viasat has signed an MoU with Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) to distribute satellite broadband connectivity to businesses in the Middle East and North Africa region. Batelco is a digital solutions […]

Indonesian telecommunications company PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) selected Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter ground platform for its Nusantara Lima satellite. Under the contract announced Tuesday, a total of 11 Jupiter […]

Former Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce is joining energy service company Highview Power as CEO, the company announced Monday.  Pearce led Inmarsat for nearly a decade before his departure in early […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne secured its largest-ever RL10 engine contract to deliver 116 engines for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket. Aerojet announced the deal on Monday, financial terms were not disclosed. The […]

Satellite industry veteran Yoel Gat died on April 8, SatixFy Communications announced Sunday. Gat was a 40-year veteran of the satellite industry and co-founded Gilat Satellite Networks, RaySat, and SatixFy. […]

Axiom Space and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. are forming a joint venture in Japan to offer on-orbit services to commercial and government customers. The agreement announced Monday comes after Mitsui […]

AST SpaceMobile is generating a lot of interest as it nears the launch this summer of Bluewalker 3, a satellite designed to connect directly with unmodified cellphones on Earth.  The […]

SpaceX launched an all-private astronaut crew to the International Space Station on Friday, marking the first such mission to the ISS. The mission is for Axiom Space, a company working […]

Alaska Airlines is expanding its partnership with Intelsat to provide in-flight connectivity (IFC) on 105 of the company’s new fleet of Boeing 737MAX aircraft. Intelsat-equipped aircraft deliveries have already commenced […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As the space industry continues to launch satellites at an increasingly rapid pace, both the commercial industry and U.S. Department of Defense are working toward a […]

COLORADO SPRINGS – Amazon ramped up its plans for its Kuiper constellation by signing a multi-launch deal on Tuesday with a large swath of the heavy lift launch industry. The […]

NASA has selected Blue Canyon Technologies to build eight microsatellite buses for the agency’s HelioSwarm science mission to study solar wind and space plasma turbulence. Blue Canyon, a subsidiary of […]

The U.S. Space Force is awarding Slingshot Aerospace a $25.2 million contract to support development of the company’s Digital Space Twin, which simulates scenarios in space. The Digital Space Twin […]

Boeing is opening a new small satellite production facility to take advantage of capabilities from Boeing and subsidiary Millennium Space Systems. The facility, announced Wednesday, is housed in Boeing’s manufacturing […]

Virgin Orbit’s revenue was up in 2021, but the company’s net loss increased as well. The smallsat launcher released its first-ever, full year financial results on March 29, after becoming […]

Intelsat is establishing a new satellite video neighborhood in Brazil by “seeding” antennas at more than 200 cable headends in Brazil. The satellite operator is working in cooperation with local […]

Viasat believes the cyberattack on its KA-SAT network last month that affected modems across Ukraine and Europe was “deliberate” and intended to interrupt service, the company said in a report […]

Lockheed Martin is partnering with SpiderOak Mission Systems to develop and test a zero-trust cybersecurity platform for the space data supply chain. The companies announced an agreement on Tuesday to […]

Earth imaging startup Pixxel has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Radical Ventures. Pixxel announced the funding on Monday and said it will expedite production […]

Terran Orbital completed its SPAC merger and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.  This completes the special purpose acquisition (SPAC) merger with Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. […]

SES has ordered a third software-defined Geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, the operator announced Monday.  SES-26 will be a Ku- and C-band satellite to replace SES’s NSS-12 satellite […]

Space situational awareness startup Neuraspace has raised 2.5 million euros ($2.75 million) from Armilar Venture Partners. Armilar invested in Neuraspace through its TechTransfer Fund, a venture capital fund that aims […]

Intellian Technologies is developing a new portfolio of phased array flat panel antennas. The electronically steered antennas (ESA) are designed for Ku- and Ka-band Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbit […]

OneWeb has added Eutelsat, Kymeta, and Speedcast as distribution partners for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity, the company announced this week.  Eutelsat, a shareholder in OneWeb, signed a multi-year deal […]

Isotropic Systems has completed multi-orbit antenna field tests with Telesat. Isotropic Systems’ antenna tracked and established a link with Telesat’s Phase 1 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite and a Geostationary Orbit […]

SES is acquiring DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, in a move that SES says will double its revenue from the U.S. government. SES announced […]

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has reached an agreement to acquire AXESS Networks, a teleport operator and satellite services provider with a presence in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and […]

OneWeb signed a deal with SpaceX to resume satellite launches after its Soyuz launch campaign was stymied due to Russia’s war on Ukraine. The companies announced Monday that the first […]

Euroconsult projects that satellites in Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) will make up 90% of in-orbit capacity in 2026, a complete reversal of the situation from as recently as late 2020. The […]

Rivada Space Networks plans to launch a constellation of 600 Ka-band satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to serve the telecom, enterprise, maritime, energy and government services markets, the company announced […]