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Opinion
Why the Space Industry Needs the FCC’s New Anti-Debris Regulations
The Federal Communications Commission approved in September a new regulation where all non-functional Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites have to be deorbited no later than five years after their decommission. Prior […]
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Government/Military
U.S. Space Force Conducts Satellite Anti-Jamming Demonstration
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said on March 8 that it demonstrated ground-based anti-jamming satellite communications via a Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) connection between a Protected Tactical Enterprise […]
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Cybersecurity
New National Cybersecurity Strategy Features Regulation, Liability, and National Power Tools
The Biden administration on Thursday released a new National Cybersecurity Strategy that builds on work of previous administrations but goes in new directions in several areas including calling for expanding regulations to […]
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Government/Military
Army Awards Maxar Contract to Continue Support One World Terrain Effort
Maxar Technologies on Monday said it has been awarded a new contract under the U.S. Army’s One World Terrain (OWT) effort to continue to evolve and add geospatial data for […]
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Opinion
Does the Future of the Internet Depend on Satellite?
A few short years ago, the question posed by that title would have been laughable. How could the future of the internet – with its 997 terabits per second of […]
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Tech Focus Report
ReQuTech — Enabling the Success of LEO and MEO Satellite Constellations
ReQuTech stands for Research, Quality and Technology and has a clear vision to be the ‘Go – To’ Antenna Terminal designer and manufacturer for the high-end SATCOM and Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (BLOS) […]
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Tech Focus Report
HyperX Midnight By Coherent Logix: The World’s Most Advanced Space Processor
The World’s Most Advanced Space Processor – 4x The computing throughput – 50% Lower power consumption – 40% Price advantage – 75% Faster time-to-market – C Programmable – Rad-Hard, low […]
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Opinion
Is the Space Insurance Market for LEO Sustainable?
As the commercialization of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) continues at pace, there is a growing concern as to the continued availability of insurance for satellites operating in it. The last few […]
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Opinion
Generation Space Index 2022: Investing in the Future of Space
It’s hard to succinctly summarize the year 2022 for the space industry. Cheap and easy money dried up, killing the funding megarounds that were so common in 2021. But space […]
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Technology
Ground Segment Innovates to Enable the New Space Renaissance
The days of the ground satellite segment trailing space capabilities are fast disappearing with a wave of new ground advances that support multi-orbit constellations and the specifications that both 5G […]
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Opinion
The Time to Future-Proof Satellites is Now
Satellites are vital to many of our day-to-day activities. They are as critical to infrastructure such as water treatment facilities, electrical substations, and transportation operations. Whether it is navigation, communication, […]
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Government/Military
Capella Space Strengthens Government and Classified Focus With a New Subsidiary
Satellite imagery provider and technology company Capella Space on Tuesday said it has stood up a new subsidiary, Capella Federal, to better serve the federal government, in particular the classified space as […]
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Government/Military
AFRL Seeks New Mission Planning Tools for Satellites
The Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, want industry input on new […]
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Opinion
Solar Sails to New Heights
The space industry has long been interested in the opportunities offered by solar sails. Developing the analogy between space and maritime exploration, early space scientists and fiction writers have thought […]
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Space Economy
Fueling the First Space-Based Economy
When asked about how he envisions the space-based space economy 50 years from now, Clay Mowry, chief revenue officer of Voyager Space, pauses for a moment. He could take this […]
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Government/Military
US Space Force Seeks to Bolster Domestic Electronics Capacity for Future Systems
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate is seeking innovative industry solutions to bolster domestic capacity to build high-performance Strategic Radiation Hardened (SRH) and non-volatile memory (NVM) devices […]
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Opinion
Consolidation and Climate: Space Industry Trends to Watch in 2023
The past year saw huge advancements in the space industry. We witnessed landmark achievements such as the discovery of the earliest galaxies seen to date, and the release of the […]
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Opinion
How Space-Based Data Enables the Climate Solutions Posed By COP-27
Held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, COP-27 came with its lot of successes and disillusions, among which a lost opportunity to address the pressing issue of curbing the use of fossil […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Mission for US Space Force with Boeing and Northrop Grumman Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lofted the Boeing and Northrop Grumman communications satellites into orbit on Jan. 15 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the USSF-67 mission for the U.S. […]
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Finance
SAR Startup Capella Space Raises $60 Million from New U.S Innovative Technology Fund
Capella Space on Tuesday said it has raised more than $60 million in new funding it will put toward new expanding its next-generation of radar satellites and new data products as […]
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Opinion
The Regulatory Roadmap for 2023
2022 was one of the most exciting years in recent history for the satellite industry, with a number of key milestones including the inclusion of satellite in the 3GPP standards […]
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Opinion
Key Considerations for Satellite Cybersecurity in 2023
Cyber and physical threats against commercial satellites are no longer a hypothetical discussion. Russia has demonstrated intent and capability to attack commercial satellites amid the ongoing Ukraine conflict, while China […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon and Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems to Start Work on MEO Missile Tracking System
Raytheon Technologies’ Intelligence & Space and Boeing‘s Millennium Space Systems — both in El Segundo, California — are to begin building the first prototype Missile Track Custody (MTC) Medium-Earth Orbit […]
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Finance
L3Harris Completes Viasat Link 16 Deal
L3Harris Technologies on Tuesday closed its $2 billion acquisition of Viasat’s Tactical Data Links (TDL) product line, strengthening its focus on the Defense Department’s efforts to link its systems and sensors […]
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Finance
Happy Holidays from Via Satellite
Via Satellite will not publish the Daily News Feed next week. See you on January 3!
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Finance
Regulators Bless L3Harris Deal for Viasat’s Data Link Line, Moving Up Closure
L3Harris Technologies on Tuesday said it has received all U.S. and international regulatory approvals for its pending acquisition of the tactical data link product line from Viasat, with the deal now […]
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Finance
L3Harris Makes a $4.7 Billion Deal for Aerojet Rocketdyne
Nearly a year after the collapse of a proposed deal by Lockheed Martin to buy engine and rocket maker Aerojet Rocketdyne, the only independent supplier of tactical rocket motors and engines for […]
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Government/Military
GAO Report Highlights How the Federal Government Uses Commercial Satellite Imagery Bought By NRO and NGA
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlights the federal use of commercial imagery provided through the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) by eight […]
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Opinion
How Satellite NB-IoT is Useful for More Than Just IoT
With the highly anticipated Release 17 from 3GPP, narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is now on a fast track to becoming the first technology to bridge the worlds of telecom and satcom. […]
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Government/Military
DoD Space Policy Director Lays Out China’s Military Space Developments
China has launched 150 satellites so far this year to bring its total to 650 and is expected to develop an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon targeting Geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) systems, […]




























