E-letter: Briefs

Viasat posted $1.1 billion in sales in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2026, up 2% year-over-year, driven by growth in the defense segment. Viasat held its Q2 results...

Kymeta has hired a former General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) executive Manny Mora as the company’s new president and CEO. The appointment announced Monday is effective immediately.  Mora had a...

Eutelsat and 4iG Space and Defence Technologies (4iG SDT) have signed a new 15-year licensing deal related to the HUGEO, the Geostationary (GEO) telecoms satellite of the Hungarian HUSAT program....

AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone announced plans for a new European satellite constellation on Nov. 7 to provide direct-to-device (D2D) services. The two companies announced a joint venture earlier this year...

In the run-up to CyberSat, a key European first when it comes to a space-based cybersecurity competition has taken place in the Netherlands. This was reportedly Europe’s first in-orbit Capture-the-Flag...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – United Launch Alliance (ULA) scrubbed the ViaSat-3 F2 launch on Thursday, for the second night in a row.  Both nights ULA scrubbed the Viasat launch due to...

SES reported 1.7 billion euro ($2 billion) in revenue for the first nine months of 2025. Government revenue was one of the highlights of the first nine months, but SES...

International Airlines Group (IAG) signed a deal to implement SpaceX’s Starlink in-flight connectivity (IFC) on more than 500 aircraft across five airlines — Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, LEVEL and Vueling. ...

Filtronic has won a contract worth over 7 million euros ($8 million) to supply radio frequency (RF) assemblies for integration into a major Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation program. The...

Google is launching a new “moonshot” project focused on the future of in-space computing and solar-powered satellites called Project Suncatcher, with plans to deploy an in-orbit demonstration with Planet in...