Opinion

A decade ago, commercial IT underwent a widespread shift under the theme of convergence — of hardware and software, networks, cloud, and more. Today those efforts underpin modern government IT […]

Roughly half of the world’s population is still offline. Some people can’t financially afford smartphones or telecom services, while others live in areas that make even subpar service unattainable. Thanks […]

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 […]

At the start of 2021, things may not have been looking too optimistic. New variants of COVID-19 were emerging and many nations and states re-entered into draconian lockdowns that potentially […]

Following the widespread effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted the daily lives of billions of people in the past year, the world is in a critical moment in […]

I write this editor’s note after our first successful SATELLITE 2021: Digital LEO event, which brought together some of the biggest names in the industry to talk about the future […]

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

The software technology sector has been shifting from an upfront customer purchase to a service model – Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) — for years now. Using the cloud and a baseline subscription […]

Private companies from OneWeb, Boeing, and Amazon to SpaceX are busy flooding Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) with thousands of small satellites to deliver high-speed internet and other services to the most […]

Growing up, I wanted nothing more than to participate in the ever-growing field of space exploration and research. I read up on astronauts and scientists obsessively, envisioning myself in their […]

The big interviews keep coming for Via Satellite. This year, we have bought you in-depth conversations with the likes of Sunil Bharti Mittal of OneWeb and Dan Goldberg of Telesat, […]

The United Kingdom’s third country status in regards to the EU has been problematic for manufacturers, suppliers, and logistics companies with tariffs and taxes, new administrative requirements and logistical border […]

The reliance on space assets of various industrial sectors has grown tremendously over the past few years. The Indian satellite market has been bolstered by demand generation of various satellites, […]

Additive Manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, has already begun revolutionizing various manufacturing sectors, and aerospace is inline to see a similar transformation in the coming years. The technology has been […]

Since Intelsat’s bankruptcy filing in May 2020, the company has portrayed its bankruptcy and restructuring as a triumphant march to continued and greater success, with an “Intelsat Onward” website and […]

In the last edition, we featured an exclusive talking to Sunil Bharti Mittal, one of India’s richest business people about his hopes and aspirations for OneWeb. It was a fascinating […]

Government space budgets grew 10 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, demonstrating the highest yearly budget growth since 2009, according to Euroconsult’s Government Space Programs 2020 report, published in December […]

Over recent years we’ve seen some impressive advancements across the satcoms industry with boundaries pushed further than we once thought possible. It was recently reported that SpaceX’s satellite broadband service Starlink, is […]

The past year will be known as a year of strife and great difficulty for the maritime satellite communication market, as a number of key applications have been greatly affected […]

We are in the first weeks of January and a new year usually brings a new optimism, new hopes and new dreams. This year however, we start with another wave […]

As the long-awaited U.S. C-band spectrum auction is finally under way, the revenue growth outlook for the global satellite industry is improving heading into 2021, particularly for the European-listed operators. […]

As we (thankfully) close the books on 2020 and look forward to a hopeful restart in 2021, NSR’s analyst team was asked to provide their top predictions for the space […]

The era of Ajit Pai’s Federal Communications Commission chairmanship has come to an end, and with it, perhaps, the Blitzkrieg approach to regulatory engineering. Pai was determined to establish the […]

As the satellite industry aims to serve every connectivity need from global 5G networks to mission critical communications, the ever-present threat of a cyber attack is an integral consideration of […]

On December 23, shortly before the holidays, I received a press release that headlined: “European space and digital players to study build of EU’s satellite-based connectivity system.” As part of […]

Many satcom companies have suffered severely from the COVID-19 crisis. Some have succumbed to the virus, especially those servicing the aero industry have been under stress, while others have been […]

2020 has been quite a year in the satellite industry. We saw the fall and rise of OneWeb. We saw Intelsat go into Chapter 11, and then subsequently buy Gogo. […]

Imagine a world where wealthy and emerging nations alike have the means and opportunity to launch thousands of small satellites into space, each lacking navigation and control systems – and […]