In May this year, Ryan Reid was appointed the new President of Boeing Commercial Satellite Systems International, after a more than 20-year career with the company. It is an interesting time to be the top exec of a satellite manufacturer given the inflection point that the market is at right now. Reid is responsible for…

End-to-end satellite solutions provider Terran Orbital will build a 660,000-square foot space vehicle manufacturing facility on Florida's Merritt Island. The startup company, which is based in Boca Raton, Florida, made the announcement alongside its partner organization Space Florida and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who touted Florida's "Space Coast" economic revival plan. Terran Orbital CEO Marc Bell told…

The satellite industry has been hit hard by a succession of global supply chain crises during the pandemic — including the worldwide microchip shortage. But a panel of executives from satellite manufacturers told a session Wednesday at the SATELLITE 2021 conference that the experience had helped them re-imagine the way they work with their suppliers…

Rocket Lab has started construction on a new facility that will increase production of reaction wheels to fulfill growing demand from satellite constellation customers. The company said this expansion comes after it has signed deals to supply reaction wheels for a number of undisclosed satellite constellations. The company said the facility will be able to…