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The rivalry between Ku- and Ka-band solutions has reached a critical phase with some experts predicting the shift from L-band to VSAT solutions will accelerate this still further. At the […]

Throughout SATELLITE 2017, a major point heralded by speakers was the need to cooperate to ensure the satellite industry’s survival in the coming years. In that respect, Tuesday’s closing general […]

It seems every day there is news related to a new cyber attack. This is the new reality we must all live in, and space is no different. However, quantifying and evaluating the threat is far from easy. We talk to some of the new companies in the cybersecurity space, as well as one or two cyber experts to see how they view the threat to the satellite industry.

With the demand for more lightweight, powerful antennas showing no sign of abating, developers are rising to the challenge. But will it be enough to push the market forward?

The mighty rise of smallsats will inevitably drive competition in the Earth Observation market. This will lead to delivery of new data services which, in turn, will lead to increasing demand from new customers. Within this proliferation of remote sensing satellites, not all companies will emerge as victors, but what is certain is that Earth Observation is on a steady winning streak.

At the SATELLITE 2017 Conference & Exhibition, the ambitious nature of the satellite industry shone through. Whether in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) or Geosynchronous Earth Orbit […]

The United Kingdom must regulate on a risk-aware, yet enabling, basis — allowing low cost launch capabilities, including space planes, to be the "steam locomotive" of the 21st century.

We must allocate spectrum wisely, ensuring that increasing demand from mobile operators doesn’t crowd out other worthy users.

Editor's note for the May/June issue 2017 of Via Satellite.

The launch market is entering an unprecedented era of diversity. This was one of the main conclusions of the highly anticipated launchers panel on Wednesday afternoon at SATELLITE 2017. Executives […]

Asia remains the biggest market for pay-TV with still huge untapped potential. But while DTH has undoubtedly been a success story in many markets such as India and Indonesia, OTT lurks in the shadows ready to steal satellite players’ thunder. The question is whether they will make huge inroads over the next few years.

After a turbulent recent past, Myanmar is emerging as an exciting and dynamic economy. Decades of military rule has left the country with run-down general infrastructure and a population that has gone through years of oppression, hungry for knowledge of the outside world. Today, Myanmar is demanding connectivity and information — and satellite is playing a crucial role in providing these services.

Launch rates in Asia are set to eclipse U.S. figures by 2025, showing that the region is on the path to reap significant returns. The benefits of Asia’s proliferation of smallsats include disaster management, agriculture, fast and affordable data, job creation and an expected new wave of business opportunities.

Editor's note for the Asia 2017 edition of Via Satellite

Airways New Zealand, Aireon Partner on South Pacific Operational Validation Airways New Zealand and Aireon announced that they have signed an agreement in principle to enter into an operational validation […]

As an editor and journalist for more than 20 years, I have interviewed hundreds, if not thousands, of C-Suite executives from a variety of sectors spanning all industry verticals from […]

John F. Kennedy said in 1959, “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, […]

Tom Wheeler closed out his tenure as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman in a most surprising manner — releasing a call for more than $80 billion to build out fiber-based […]

New programs are producing a robust amount of architecture that will effectively put multiple clusters of small satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in the coming years. Companies continue to […]

The satellite broadcast industry is learning to deal with what is now the new “normal.” Over-the-Top (OTT) service adoption has skyrocketed over the last year. Consumers want to watch what […]

On September 1, 2016, at Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, SpaceX observed an anomaly about eight minutes in advance of a scheduled test firing of a […]

Execs from satellite manufacturers covered a range of topics from launch to satellite servicing — but it seems the biggest takeaway was the need to push for collaboration between satellite manufacturers and their customers.

As the satellite industry faces evolving security threats from nation-states, criminals, and other rogue entities, using the right strategies to manage security is of utmost importance to all stakeholders, from […]

Satellite executives are at a critical juncture in many ways in terms of determining how they will move forward with so much recent development with Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) services

Panelists highlighted a handful of lucrative developments in the flat-panel antenna space but took on a cautious tone in warning the audience to be wary of the hype surrounding the flat-panel market...

When faced with a shifting market, business leaders more or less have two options to adapt: they can expand the business into new markets to stimulate growth, or they can […]

A group of industry experts described how they plan to position themselves in this market, as well as their predictions for its growth trajectory in the coming years at the "In-Flight Connectivity Focus: Service Providers and Airlines - Who Picks up the Tab?" panel at SATELLITE 2017.

Leaders of Eutelsat, Telesat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, and ViaSat, converged to talk everything from reduced launch prices, new markets for satellite, as well as the future for GEO-, MEO-, and LEO-based satellites at SATELLITE 2017.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, joined the SATELLITE 2017 stage and unveiled the company's New Glenn rocket as well as its first customer: Eutelsat.

Financial experts joined a panel at SATELLITE 2017 to discuss where they're looking for the biggest opportunities, what space companies need to do to attract investors' interest, and how to manage the risk that comes along with investing in an emerging market.