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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.

While the Department of Defense's (DoD) space programs and policies are at something of a crossroads right now, plenty of government and industry leaders have been thinking deeply on what to do next.

At SATELLITE 2017, a group of industry entrepreneurs gathered to address concerns about when some smallsat companies will see profitability.

A panel of CTOs and other executives from major companies in the ground segment market gathered at Monday's Opening General Session to discuss the coming challenges and opportunities they see in the near future.

Small satellites are primed to have a bigger role in military satellite communications. That was the key takeaway from the “Milspace in the 21st Century: SmallSats and Disaggregated Space Architectures” […]

KD Adamson, a futurist, author, keynote speaker and presenter, painted a vision of the future and what it means for satellite.

The chairman of the SATELLITE 2017 Conference & Exhibition answers the most frequently asked question he gets throughout the yearlong preparation for the event.

1. Ground Terminal Developments After recent innovations in the skies flooded the markets with bandwidth, it is time for ground segment to raise the bar to ensure a greater integration […]

Issues such as low capacity pricing, new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems, reusable rockets, as well as the future of satellite communications in a data-driven society, are just some of the topics that could form the basis for a number of discussions at this year's SATELLITE Conference & Exhibition.

Bangabandhu Satellite 1 Passes Critical Design Review, Advances Toward Launch The Bangabandhu Satellite 1 program has successfully passed its Critical Design Review (CDR), which took place with Thales Alenia Space […]

On behalf of all the Via Satellite team, I would like to start off by congratulating Stéphane Israël, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, who is our 2016 Satellite Executive of […]

Blockchain, the technology behind the (in)famous Bitcoin, is lauded by many as the next big thing: despite still being in its infancy, this technology promises to bring a full new […]

Founded in the 1950s, L3 Electron Devices began originally as the Microwave Tube division of Hughes Aircraft Company and was later acquired in 2005 by L3 Technologies, Inc. L3 Electron […]

As we move into 2017 the global satellite industry is in a state of transition. In order to ensure a framework for the industry’s continued success, this column takes a […]

“The miracle is this: the more we share, the more we have,” said U.S. actor Leonard Nimoy, who is probably better known for his role as Spock on U.S. television […]

CubeSats have come a long way from their origins as a teaching tool for aerospace engineering students. Robert Twiggs a professor at Stanford University first envisioned CubeSats as a learning […]

When Stéphane Israël took over the reins of Arianespace in 2013, it was at a time when the company was facing unprecedented competition in the launch services market. The emergence […]

2016 was a year where Arianespace continued to be the gold standard in the launch services sector. And thanks to its outstanding performance, Stéphane Israël, the chairman and CEO of Arianespace, has been voted our Satellite Executive of the Year.

How will satellite operators and service providers harness the power of current and future capacity to most efficiently run their networks and capitalize on growth opportunities?

As it has become tradition, in our February issue of Via Satellite we announce the nominees for our Satellite Executive of the Year. This is the most prestigious individual award […]

The satellite and space industry, along with the rest of the country, is desperately trying to figure out what the Trump presidency will mean for it. While my credentials as […]

Last year, Michel de Rosen, then CEO of Eutelsat, won Via Satellite’s SEOTY. This year we have six contenders for the award. Stéphane Israël, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, Mark […]

Cybersecurity concerns continue to dominate headlines as one of the most far-reaching cross-industry threats facing an interdependent digital world. With space becoming more contested than ever before, the threat to […]

Part One: Via Satellite’s Advisory Board Discusses One of the hottest topics at SATELLITE 2017 will no doubt be the future of new LEO constellations and whether they will be […]

Via Satellite's Satellite Executive of The Year (SEOTY) is the industry's most prestigious individual award.

Recently, we just finished work on our special 30th anniversary edition of Via Satellite where we looked back at some of the huge changes in our industry between 1986 and […]

It started in Florida, and ended in Kourou. Sebastien De Zotti, test and electrical systems operations specialist at Arianespace, visited the United States as a kid when he got his […]

The central and vital role of satellite systems in human societies, together with the growth of attacks against satellites, has shown that the security aspects of satellite systems cannot be […]

Readers will appreciate that there is international consensus that space activities need to be managed to minimize debris generation and the risk that debris may pose. This consensus is embodied […]

There was a definite change of tone at SatComRus 2016 where the Internet of Things (IoT) and how it could impact the Russian space market was the main theme. In […]