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Opinion
Intelsat, OneWeb’s Fate Will Be Decided by Customers, Not Cash Infusions
The satellite industry is sometimes difficult to understand. OneWeb recently filed for bankruptcy, letting go of most of its staff, but not long after filed for an expansion of their […]
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Finance
Maxar To Acquire Full Stake In Satellite 3D Imagery Company Vricon
Maxar Technologies has agreed to acquire Saab’s share of the two companies’ joint venture Vricon, Inc., in a $140 million cash deal. Maxar’s Tuesday evening announcement said this will allow […]
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Launch
Relativity Space Signs Launch Contract with Iridium, Plans West Coast Launch Site
Relativity Space, a Los Angeles-based space startup using 3D-printing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to build launchers, has signed a Right of Entry agreement (RoE) with the U.S. Air Force’s […]
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Mobility
Can In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity Help Airlines Adjust to COVID-19?
As airlines slowly begin flying again, many are starting to look at the In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) technologies they have been investing in from a different perspective than prior […]
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Finance
Redwire Acquires Made in Space
Redwire, a newly formed company for space solutions, on Tuesday said it has acquired Made In Space (MIS), a provider of on-orbit space manufacturing technologies, including 3D printing and robotic […]
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Government/Military
Space Force on Track to Award Launch Service Contracts This Summer
Plans for the U.S. Space Force to award two launch services contracts for its next batch of national security space missions this summer remain on track, the Space and Missile […]
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Government/Military
DoD Releases New Strategy to Maintain US Space Superiority
The Pentagon released a new Defense Space Strategy June 17, laying out four lines of effort meant to maintain U.S. superiority in the space domain and counteract ever-growing threats by […]
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Finance
Kratos to Acquire CPI’s Antenna Business
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire the ASC Signal division from Communications & Power Industries (CPI) for $35 million in cash, a deal that […]
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Finance
Taiclet Takes Helm of Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin on Monday completed its planned leadership transition with James Taiclet entering as its new president and CEO, succeeding Marillyn Hewson who remains with the company as executive chairman. […]
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Opinion
Navigating Maritime Connectivity in Turbulent Waters
Maritime broadband connectivity has been a growth story for the satellite industry in the last decade. This was largely built on the increasing value proposition of Very Small Aperture Terminal […]
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Opinion
Space Tourism Needs Passenger Safety Regulations to Truly Take Off
Growing up, my favorite part of visiting Disneyland was climbing aboard the rocket-shaped roller coaster cart of Space Mountain and dreaming of one day visiting space. As the recent Crew […]
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Connectivity
FCC Allows Satellite Companies to Apply for Rural Broadband Funding as ‘Low-Latency’ Providers
The Federal Communications Commission has reversed course on whether to let SpaceX and other satellite providers apply for rural-broadband funding as low-latency providers. But Chairman Ajit Pai said companies like […]
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Opinion
Netflix’s ‘Space Force’ Leaves Easter Eggs for Aerospace Insiders
Calling all space nerds – Netflix’s new “Space Force” may not make the list of 2020’s best shows, but smart and accurate details relating to the military and commercial space […]
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Government/Military
GAO Report Warns of ‘Multiple Challenges’ to Next-Gen OPIR Missile Satellite Program
The U.S. Space Force needs to consider several risks to the progress of its next-generation missile warning satellite program, including the fact that its ground system may not be ready […]
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Finance
CPI Completes SATCOM Technologies Acquisition
Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has completed its purchase of SATCOM Technologies, the antenna systems business of General Dynamics. The Friday announcement came a week after the U.S. Department of […]
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Partner Content
Managing Supply Chain Challenges with Electronics Manufacturing Services
Learn how MPIQC can optimize your challenges in the supply chain as your manufacturing arm, enabling you to concentration in your core competencies: R&D and Sales. Delivering High-end quality is […]
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Finance
AE Industrial Partners Acquires Deep Space Systems, Forms Redwire
AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm dealing in the aerospace, defense, and government services markets, will form a new space-focused platform called Redwire following two recent acquisitions, the […]
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Finance
Justice Department Requires CPI to Divest Antenna Business to Complete Acquisition
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said that it is requiring Communications and Power Industries LLC (CPI) to divest its ASC Signal Division for the company to proceed with its planned […]
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Opinion
After 5G NGSO Broadband Failures – What’s Next for Investors?
In our recent column, we proposed a golden triangle of competitive differentiation in the satcom industry, comprising advantageous configurations of orbit, spectrum and payload to host a subset of 5G […]
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Technology
Economists Suggest Satellite Tax to Fix Space Debris
Throwing money at problems works in space, too! A paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that the space debris problem can be fixed once and for all, not by […]
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Government/Military
US Space Force Completes Preliminary Design Review for Next Missile Warning Satellite Payloads
The U.S. Space Force has completed the preliminary design reviews for two potential mission payloads for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) satellites that will become the U.S. military’s […]
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Opinion
Top 10 Technology Trends Expected in 2020
Earlier this year, Access Partnership highlighted the top ten trends we see for 2020 across the tech sector broadly, arising from regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), privacy, supply chain security, […]
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Launch
Satellite Manufacturing Faces Changes, Uncertainty in Coming Years
Commercial satellite operators are experiencing significant changes that are part of a shift from a legacy Geostationary (GEO) communications satellite broadcasting business to more data-centric use cases. The commercial GEO […]
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Government/Military
Report: NASA’s Human Spaceflight Chief Ousted
The head of NASA’s human spaceflight office has resigned just one week before the agency is expected to launch astronauts from American soil for the first time in nearly a […]
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Government/Military
Northrop Grumman Nabs $2.3B Space Force OPIR Satellite Contract
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $2.3 billion contract for early hardware procurement to build two satellites for missile warning in polar orbits under the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent […]
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Government/Military
Space Force Official Says DoD Could Assist OneWeb
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is weighing options to assist vulnerable space startups that have been hit hard by the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Space Force’s […]
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Government/Military
Armed Services Lawmakers Largely Slam FCC Ligado Decision
The Pentagon has for weeks now vocally articulated its case for the FCC to rescind a recent approval for Ligado to repurpose spectrum adjacent to that used for GPS, and urged lawmakers […]
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Opinion
Modernizing Military Space Requires Next-Level Collaboration, Innovation
Although hard to believe, it has been about two months since industry executives gathered for SATELLITE 2020. I wanted to take an opportunity to remember the breadth of discussions and […]
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Finance
Report: Amazon Circles Bankrupt OneWeb Assets
Amazon is circling crashed satellite company OneWeb, the British firm backed by Sir Richard Branson and SoftBank, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. The e-commerce giant is understood to be among the firms sifting […]
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Government/Military
L3Harris Receives DoD Contracts for Manpack Radios, Terminal Support
L3Harris has received $95 million from the U.S. Army to continue delivering AN/PRC-158 two-channel, software-defined manpack radios, which will be utilized in the service’s Integrated Tactical Network evaluation in late […]


























