E-letter: Briefs

SpaceX successfully launched another 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Thursday. This is the 20th batch of satellites that SpaceX has put...

Satcom Global is extending its Aura Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) maritime communications network, the company announced March 3. It is adding two new additional satellite beams, Astra 4a Nordic...

This is an excerpt of a recent Thursday Morning Conversation video, available to Via Satellite Free, Basic, and Premium members. Mauricio Segovia, CEO of AXESS Networks, recently sat down with...

Kleos Space successfully completed a hardware critical design review milestone on the second satellite cluster of the Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1) and is on track for its mid-year 2021 launch...

Wavestream’s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) high-power transceiver, the AeroStream 40Ku, has been successfully tested by Global Eagle Entertainment, achieving DO-160G certification. Wavestream is a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, which announced...

Comtech Telecommunications has closed its acquisition of UHP Networks, a satellite ground station technology company based in Canada. Comtech set its sights on UHP Networks for the company’s implementation techniques...

After winning the Telesat deal, Thales Alenia Space has followed up with another major contract worth 772 million euros ($929.8 million) with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf...

Lockheed Martin and NEC Corporation have agreed to extend their partnership utilizing NEC’s System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT), which provides Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities across product...

Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provider Iceye has entered into a partnership for a joint offering with Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and insurance. The...

Space industry research and consultancy firm Bryce Space and Technology is changing its name to BryceTech. The company, founded in 2016 by Carissa Christensen, said the new name better aligned...