Rachel Jewett

OneWeb’s board of directors voted to suspend all launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Arianespace is suspending Soyuz launches as the companies rejected steep demands from the Russian […]

SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites on Thursday morning, as the constellation is getting global attention for providing internet connectivity in the Ukraine.  A Falcon 9 rocket took off […]

Planet Labs has launched its next-generation PlanetScope Monitoring product, which takes the product from four to eight spectral bands, designed to give customers cleaner and more consistent data.  PlanetScope is […]

CesiumAstro closed a $60 million Series B funding round, co-led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures. The round, announced Wednesday, brings CesiumAstro’s total funding raised to nearly $90 million.  The […]

Update on March 3: OneWeb’s board of directors has voted to suspend all launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the company said in a statement early Thursday. An upcoming […]

SpaceLink is adjusting the plan to roll out its in-space relay constellation with plans to first launch a constellation of smaller satellites to go to market more quickly.  In October, […]

Telesat announced two collaborations this week in Africa and the Philippines on its Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. First, Liquid Intelligent Technologies reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Telesat to explore […]

Intergovernmental agency the European Space Agency (ESA) is implementing sanctions its member states have imposed on Russia, ESA announced Monday.  “We are assessing the consequences on each of our ongoing […]

Viasat is investigating a partial network outage on its European KA-SAT network that may be the result of a cyber event, the company confirmed to Via Satellite in a statement […]

York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman won Space Development Agency (SDA) prototype contracts to demonstrate mesh network of optically interconnected satellites for a data transport system. SDA announced […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Space Micro a 24-month development contract for one-to-many optical communications technology to support Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Space Micro announced the award on […]

Hughes Network Systems revenue grew 5% in 2021 to a record $1.96 million, despite a decrease in broadband subscribers. Hughes’ financials were released as part of parent company EchoStar Corporation’s […]

President Biden announced sanctions against Russia on Thursday in response to its invasion of the Ukraine, specifically targeting strategic sectors of Russia’s economy including aerospace and its space program.  “Between […]

Intelsat has emerged from a long Chapter 11 process as a private company. Its plan of reorganization, confirmed in court in December, reduced the company’s debt by more than half, […]

EchoStar Corporation has appointed Hamid Akhavan as the company’s next CEO and president. EchoStar announced Wednesday that Akhavan will succeed CEO and President Michael Dugan, who will be retiring at […]

Maxar Technologies is making a strategic investment in Aurora Insight, a radio frequency (RF) data provider. Aurora announced the strategic investment on Wednesday but did not share the investment amount.  […]

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $341 million contract for a ground-based radar system to track deep space objects for space domain awareness. The award from Space […]

Back by popular demand, Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies list highlights the “must watch” companies providing satellite communications, ground systems, manufacturing, imagery and sensing, and launch services. Via Satellite editors […]

To commemorate International Women’s Day, Via Satellite is celebrating women who have made a difference for the greater satellite and space industry, and in the lives of their colleagues. More […]

L3Harris Technologies’ fourth Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has been successfully integrated into National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U satellite, the company announced Monday.  GOES-U — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U — is […]

BlackSky reported $34.1 million in revenue for 2021 in its second-ever quarterly financials since going public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger last year.  The $34.1 million in […]

Northrop Grumman subsidiary SpaceLogistics sold its first Mission Extension Pod (MEP), the next generation of satellite servicing vehicles. Australian satellite operator Optus has agreed to purchase an MEP for its […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) have signed an agreement to support the economic development of Brazil’s space industry. AWS said this agreement is the first […]

Astroscale is moving forward with its ELSA-d mission as it is working through solutions to a spacecraft anomaly. The company said in an update on Feb. 17 that it is […]

Iridium Communications reported record revenue in 2021, continuing an eight-year revenue growth streak. The company released its full-year 2021 financial results on Feb. 17, reporting $614.5 million in revenue, which […]

Airbus Defence and Space saw a double-digit boost in order intake in 2021 compared to 2020, but also reported a slight dip in revenues for the year. The company released […]

Belgian satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab closed a 40 million euro ($45 million) Series B funding round, co-led by Airbus Ventures and XAnge. This brings Aerospacelab’s total funding to 60 million euro […]

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics awarded Terran Orbital Corporation a contract for three microsatellite class payloads in support of product demonstration. The contract announced Thursday includes three microsatellites, launch procurement, integration, and […]

Emcore Corp. on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire the Space and Navigation business of L3Harris Technologies for $5 million in cash in a deal that expands its fiber […]

African telco Orange and subsidiary Sonatel are partnering with SES to deploy and manage the O3b mPOWER constellation’s first gateway in Africa, the companies announced Wednesday. The gateway will be […]