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Summer is truly here and most of us have been enjoying being back on the road and seeing our friends and colleagues within the community. There are some interesting talking […]

The Ukrainian crisis has shed light on the criticality of space assets for military operations, with the hacking of Viasat’s KA-SAT numbing the ability of the Ukrainian armed forces in […]

Smallsats and the rise of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations have generated attention and media coverage in recent years. At the same time, orders for large satellites in Geostationary Orbit […]

“Your talent acquisition department better be on the offensive in this market. What you did in 2019 will not work in 2022,” says Chris Silva, talent acquisition leader for SpaceLink. […]

As more countries and constellation providers launch into space, the urgency for better space situation awareness and potential collision risks grows. Yet the question of whether space is really crowded […]

Welcome to the June edition of Via Satellite. It is exciting to say that the trade show season is in full swing as we return to seeing our community. We […]

The world’s energy consumption is increasing and will continue to grow. According to a report by the University of Oxford, current global energy consumption is more than 160 billion megawatt […]

Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite operators have their sights firmly set on the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market, and have made some bold statements about the impact they expect to have on […]

The half-century push to carry humans and cargo to space, initially funded by governments and enabled by investments and ingenuity of space sector visionaries, is here at last. What are […]

On February 24th, the world changed for Ukraine as Russia mounted an invasion which marked a new era in world geopolitics. In the initial stages of the invasion, cities like […]

In late December, Eutelsat announced Eva Berneke as its new CEO, tapping a leader from outside of the industry at a pivotal time for the operator. Berneke, who has worked […]

It​​ is hard to believe it has already been a month since the SATELLITE show. It was refreshing and humbling for me personally to be part of the community in […]

The in-flight connectivity (IFC) market is one of many verticals disrupted by the proliferation of satellites in Non-Geostationary Orbits (NGSO). While the aviation industry is still in the early stages […]

The space and satellite industry was back together in force at SATELLITE 2022, with greater international participation than recent years. Topics like in-orbit servicing, software, and the commercialization of IoT […]

As satellite operators have wrestled with the commoditization of bandwidth, they’ve sought to expand their offerings down the value chain, wrapping the connectivity they sell in value-added services designed to […]

IoT smallsat business development has accelerated as a force within the broader satellite community. Tracking the use and location of expensive assets, monitoring agriculture crops and livestock, creating more accurate […]

Now in its fourth year, the competition for Via Satellite’s Satellite Technology of the Year (STOTY) award gets fiercer every year. More than 30 companies entered to win in 2021. […]

Tina Ghataore, Mynaric’s chief commercial officer and president of the company’s U.S. division, won the 2021 Satellite Executive of the Year award on the back of Mynaric’s impressive deal flow. […]

I write this editor’s note at a strange time. On the one hand, I am about to come to SATELLITE for the first time in three years and see our […]

Orbital refueling serves to revive defunct satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO), refilling the empty propellant tanks of satellites that have lost their respective station-keeping capabilities. This allows satellite operators to […]

I recently stumbled upon the recording of a talk by Imma Martinez during the Satellite Applications Catapult Innovation Week 2020. Imma’s talk on human-centered design and what it means for […]

It’s all about the form factor. Flat panel antenna (FPA) is not a term widely loved in a competitive industry where everyone wants to brand their own technology — electronically […]

For decades, only the government had the means and experience to handle geospatial data, particularly for defense and intelligence purposes. But the pendulum is swinging toward an exponential growth in […]

When Via Satellite spoke to Greg Wyler in 2020, I asked if this was it for him and the space industry, that after O3B and OneWeb, he would follow a […]

When SpaceX first championed private launch vehicles using reusable rocket stages, it led to more affordable launch services, spurring the smallsat revolution in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and the birth of […]

We are getting ready for our second SATELLITE show in six months in March. We are really looking forward to this one, as we expect more global participation as the […]

As the pressure around the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) illustrated, climate change is the greatest global challenge we face today and requires action from all countries and […]

Last year saw multiple special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger announcements in the United States from space start-ups, illustrating a growing interest in space from private investors. Many experts have […]

The SATELLITE 2022 conference and exhibition comes at a time of peak activity involving public and private investment, a rapid expansion of the off-world economy, a massive deployment of satellite […]

The story of satellite communications is a tale of the search for more bandwidth. Physics defines the terrain of the search — communicating across the vast distances of space can […]