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Stoke Space on Tuesday said it has raised $1 billion in a new funding round that will help support the first launch of its Nova rocket in early 2027 and continued […]

Autonomous systems, ubiquitous sensors, and AI-optimized targeting are positioned to transform tomorrow’s warfighting domain, where the ability to see, decide, and act first may rest with constellations in orbit rather […]

Talk to space industry aficionados about their vision of the not so distant future and you’ll hear about a world of science fiction turned reality. Fleets of orbital data centers […]

Viasat celebrates its 40-year anniversary in 2026, alongside Via Satellite. The enormous changes in the last four decades begat enormous opportunity, and fortunately Viasat has been able to convert opportunities […]

Happy 40th Birthday to Via Satellite! In 2025, ~4,500 satellites were launched into space globally – a greater than twenty times increase compared to an average, annual launch cadence 40 […]

In 1977, the Ariane development program was progressing smoothly, with the goal set at the beginning of 1973 to execute the first qualification flight during 1979. The initial qualification program […]

When Mark asked me to contribute to Via Satellite’s 40th anniversary edition, I was honored. I also had an uncomfortable realization: I’ve been working in wireless communications for roughly as […]

When I first entered the commercial space industry in 2012, we spent a lot of time explaining why small satellites mattered and the concept of disruptive innovation: a technology that […]

Forty years is a long time in any industry. In the satellite sector, it is almost a lifetime. When Via Satellite began chronicling this industry four decades ago, satellite was […]

When humans set their sights on the Moon more than a half-century ago, no one could have predicted how far government would take that vision — or how much farther […]

Smaller space companies want to see how the “commercial first” mantra of Pentagon acquisition reform translates into programs of record. The Space Force contends that its nine, new program acquisition […]

LeoLabs on Wednesday said the Space Force has awarded the company a $20.7 million contract to deliver a modified version of its Scout containerized space surveillance radar for a “new […]

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies recently upended the space policy community with a stark warning: the U.S. Space Force must prepare for an “in-person” lunar conflict with China. The […]

L3Harris Technologies on Monday said its board has appointed Sam Mehta as president and CEO effective immediately after agreeing to part ways with Chris Kubasik, who had led the company […]

For decades, satellite data has played a critical role in helping governments, emergency responders, and infrastructure operators understand the impact of disasters. Whether assessing the damage caused by a wildfire, […]

IonQ‘s Capella Space, Iceye US, and Umbra have received Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) sole source contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, the […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab, STR LLC, and […]

SpaceX  has identified a massive total addressable market (TAM) for Starlink Mobile … but many people have expressed doubts.  Let’s look at the technical issues that matter. A detailed analysis […]

Rocket Lab on Monday said a recent $266 million contract it received from the Space Force is the company’s largest ever launch contract, which calls for at least 12 suborbital […]

There is a familiar point in almost every spacecraft program when somebody finally asks where the heat is supposed to go. By then, the structure is complete, the electronics have […]

For decades, military space was the business of a few select nations. Reconnaissance and secure communications rested on a handful of exquisite, school-bus-sized satellites that had exquisite capabilities but likewise […]

Orbital data centers are now taking shape enough to have brand names. SpaceX has put Starmind on the map, with Elon Musk describing it as an AI satellite megaconstellation that […]

Building U.S. space-based moving target indication systems and the capability to disrupt Chinese military space systems is a top deterrence priority for U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, he […]

The Pentagon announced Monday it is suspending planned implementation of the next Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) phase, which included third-party audits, as it reviews the future of the program. […]

Update: SpaceX launched the SDA mission on Thursday afternoon from Vandenberg at 4:33 p.m. ET.  After a nine month pause in launches, the Space Development Agency (SDA) on Thursday plans […]

L3Harris Technologies is receiving $955 million and Sierra Space $798 million under fixed price Other Transaction Authority (OTA) rapid prototyping contracts for an expedited launch of Tranche 3, Tracking Layer satellites […]

For many years Europe organized space around clear distinctions. Civil programs were separated from defense. Commercial companies served institutional customers. Governments developed sovereign capabilities while industry provided technology and services. […]

The field of companies eligible for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3, Lane 1 awards is now at seven after U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded two […]

What do people actually do on satellite networks? And, for non-government applications, does it even matter? As thousands of new satellites are launched into orbit, much of the conversation has […]

BAE Systems is to build the buses for Vantor‘s Vantor Vantage 20 centimeter imaging satellites, the first two of which are to start operating by 2029, the companies said on […]