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Neil Masterson was new to the satellite industry when he joined the revamped OneWeb in November 2020 after more than 20 years at Thomson Reuters. Nearly a year later, Masterson […]

IT’S TME TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THE SATELLITE 2021 CONFERENCE Every year, at every SATELLITE show, people always ask me what excites me about the event. This year, my answer […]

For the first time, this is the SATELLITE show edition of the magazine. I could not have imagined we would ever have had a SATELLITE show in September, but these […]

The space segment has been undergoing a major transformation for a number of years now. Earth observation is moving towards a constellation approach, populating new orbit inclinations and altitudes and […]

At the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Cornwall, delegates pledged to take action to tackle the growing hazard of space debris as our planet’s orbit becomes increasingly crowded. But how can […]

While many satellite operators took hits during 2020, Iridium is reaping the benefits of its fully deployed Iridium NEXT constellation, with record subscriber growth in commercial Internet of Things (IoT) […]

Unlike Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies or Executive of the Year award, Nine CEOs to Watch focuses on leaders who are taking on significant business or technical challenges throughout the […]

The Air Force has traditionally handled the lion’s share of U.S. military space assets and operations. But costs for major programs ballooned over the years, and the United States has […]

Smallsats, new orbits, and mega-constellations have revolutionized the satellite industry space segment in recent years. The pace of technological change has led some to question whether the ground segment can […]

With thousands of satellites blanketing the planet, it’s not just hype and we’re not on the cusp — this is the time of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Detractors may continue […]

In our last edition of Via Satellite, we announced our eagerly awaited 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite, which is already causing quite a stir and generating good conversation. Thousands of […]

The satellite industry is changing. The big advantage of satellite over the years has been its point-to-multipoint capabilities. With the advent of data and video-on-demand, we are seeing more and […]

Real-time communication with satellites, especially those that are part of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations is a growing challenge. Providing frequent updates remains critical in delivering near-real-time intelligence within the Earth […]

The global shutdown in 2020 had impacts across the satellite and space sector, but there were no uniform effects and there is no industry-wide blueprint for getting back on track, […]

Just over five years ago, Facebook’s connectivity plans took a huge blow when the AMOS-6 satellite was destroyed during a Falcon 9 rocket test fire. The global connectivity giant Facebook […]

Carbon Mapper’s footage of bright red methane plumes scattered across a grayish-violet backdrop look like angry canker sores from a distance. But the aerial footage, taken from 10,000 feet above […]

The vantage point we gain from the evolution of space-based technology has prompted a fundamental shift in how we understand and navigate the world we live in — and worlds […]

Welcome to the July Edition of Via Satellite. It has been a busy few months as we rounded out a digital event series that included our first Digital LEO Forum […]

Satellite capacity pricing is increasingly becoming heterogeneous and granular. Demand-supply dynamics, managed services and a looming multi-orbit, multi-band satcom environment are a few of the reasons driving need to assess […]

A pandemic-fueled 18 months has given rise to an undeniable acceleration in the way people go about their daily lives. Globally, a largely locked down population increasingly looked to the […]

Boet Kreiken, executive vice president of Customer Experience for KLM talks to Via Satellite about the “Wi-Fication” of KLM’s fleet, and how the airline might use connectivity to improve the […]

Life interrupted: The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly spread around the world, leaving devastation in its wake and the way we lived and worked. In these extraordinary times, everything seemingly flipped upside […]

The past year-an-a-half must have felt like an out-of-body experience for the satellite industry. After nearly two decades of rapid technology innovation and broadening access to space, the COVID-19 pandemic […]

The space and satellite industry is at an exciting inflection point, as startups prove their business plans and industry standard-bearers invest in next-generation technology. Via Satellite’s third annual crop of […]

We are already almost half way through the year and there is a mood of cautious optimism that is prevailing. More of us are getting vaccinated and we can now […]

The global space economy will provide a cumulative space and satellite market revenue opportunity of more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. There is an expanding need for […]

Despite signs of a cooldown in the month of April 2021, the recent boom in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) public offerings has put this innovative financial mechanism under the […]

Now in its fifth year at the SATELLITE conference and exhibition, the Startup Space entrepreneur pitch contest has become both a must-win for the aerospace industry’s new entrants and a […]

The satellite industry is bullish on the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market. While aviation has had a tough time since the COVID-19 pandemic started, there are high hopes for a return […]

COVID-19 has had a particularly devastating impact on the aviation industry, with travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders resulting in the widespread grounding of aircraft around the world. Airlines have lost […]