E-letter: Briefs

OneWeb’s board of directors voted to suspend all launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Arianespace is suspending Soyuz launches as the companies rejected steep demands from the Russian […]

SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites on Thursday morning, as the constellation is getting global attention for providing internet connectivity in the Ukraine.  A Falcon 9 rocket took off […]

Intelsat has been working with one of Brazil’s biggest telcos to expand 4G coverage through satellite to the northern parts of Brazil, the company announced March 2. TIM Brasil is […]

Planet Labs has launched its next-generation PlanetScope Monitoring product, which takes the product from four to eight spectral bands, designed to give customers cleaner and more consistent data.  PlanetScope is […]

CesiumAstro closed a $60 million Series B funding round, co-led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures. The round, announced Wednesday, brings CesiumAstro’s total funding raised to nearly $90 million.  The […]

Update on March 3: OneWeb’s board of directors has voted to suspend all launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the company said in a statement early Thursday. An upcoming […]

SpaceLink is adjusting the plan to roll out its in-space relay constellation with plans to first launch a constellation of smaller satellites to go to market more quickly.  In October, […]

Telesat announced two collaborations this week in Africa and the Philippines on its Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. First, Liquid Intelligent Technologies reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Telesat to explore […]

Thuraya has launched its new IP-based radio communications solution, Thuraya Push-to-Talk (PTT), the company announced Feb. 28. The Yahsat-owned company developed this solution with Cobham Satcom. The solution is designed […]

Intergovernmental agency the European Space Agency (ESA) is implementing sanctions its member states have imposed on Russia, ESA announced Monday.  “We are assessing the consequences on each of our ongoing […]

Viasat is investigating a partial network outage on its European KA-SAT network that may be the result of a cyber event, the company confirmed to Via Satellite in a statement […]

York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman won Space Development Agency (SDA) prototype contracts to demonstrate mesh network of optically interconnected satellites for a data transport system. SDA announced […]

Intelsat is the latest satellite player to collaborate with software giant Microsoft. The company announced Feb. 27 the successful demonstration of what it claims is a first of its kind […]

The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire a “significant stake” in Firefly Aerospace, a deal that would add to its portfolio in the space […]

Pulse Power and Measurement (PPM) is teaming up with a leading U.K. university as its looks to develop what it calls a new approach to technology used in the radio-over-fiber […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Space Micro a 24-month development contract for one-to-many optical communications technology to support Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Space Micro announced the award on […]

Hughes Network Systems revenue grew 5% in 2021 to a record $1.96 million, despite a decrease in broadband subscribers. Hughes’ financials were released as part of parent company EchoStar Corporation’s […]

President Biden announced sanctions against Russia on Thursday in response to its invasion of the Ukraine, specifically targeting strategic sectors of Russia’s economy including aerospace and its space program.  “Between […]

Intelsat has emerged from a long Chapter 11 process as a private company. Its plan of reorganization, confirmed in court in December, reduced the company’s debt by more than half, […]

Globalstar purchased 17 new 500 kg satellites on Thursday from Canadian manufacturer Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation (MDA) in order to replenish and extend the life of its existing SPOT […]

OneWeb has signed up a new distribution partner, Eclipse Global Connectivity (Eclipse), as it looks to target the government aviation market. The company announced a new five year partnership on […]

EchoStar Corporation has appointed Hamid Akhavan as the company’s next CEO and president. EchoStar announced Wednesday that Akhavan will succeed CEO and President Michael Dugan, who will be retiring at […]

Maxar Technologies is making a strategic investment in Aurora Insight, a radio frequency (RF) data provider. Aurora announced the strategic investment on Wednesday but did not share the investment amount.  […]

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $341 million contract for a ground-based radar system to track deep space objects for space domain awareness. The award from Space […]

Intelsat is looking to get more young people across Africa involved in the space sector. The operator announced Feb. 22 that is getting ready to welcome 30 new students to […]

Measat has signed a new deal with Amagi which will see it distribute Toonz Kids via its Measat-3a satellite to households in Indonesia, one of Asia’s most lucrative pay-TV markets. […]

L3Harris Technologies’ fourth Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has been successfully integrated into National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U satellite, the company announced Monday.  GOES-U — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U — is […]

BlackSky reported $34.1 million in revenue for 2021 in its second-ever quarterly financials since going public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger last year.  The $34.1 million in […]

Northrop Grumman subsidiary SpaceLogistics sold its first Mission Extension Pod (MEP), the next generation of satellite servicing vehicles. Australian satellite operator Optus has agreed to purchase an MEP for its […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) have signed an agreement to support the economic development of Brazil’s space industry. AWS said this agreement is the first […]