E-letter: News Feed

Pacific regional telco Digicel Pacific signed a capacity agreement with SES to utilize the operator’s O3b medium-earth orbit (MEO) satellite system in providing emergency connectivity to customers impacted by a […]

Multiple Asian defense forces have selected ST Engineering iDirect’s Evolution platform for both fixed and mobile military broadband needs, the company announced Tuesday.  An unnamed Asian ministry of defense (MoD) […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Spire Global a contract to design a satellite to carry sensors to measure the ionosphere. The contract is part of DARPA’s Ouija […]

SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday morning in a mission for the U.S. Space Force — the first Falcon Heavy mission in more than three years.  The Falcon Heavy […]

Startup SpaceLink, which was working to offer in-space data relay services, is winding down operations as parent company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) is reorganizing and will no longer fund the […]

Satellite designer and manufacturer Terran Orbital Corp. on Monday said it has received a $100 million investment from Lockheed Martin to allow the company to accelerate and expand its manufacturing capabilities. Lockheed Martin […]

Telstra has expanded ground stations in Perth and Merredin, Western Australia with additional antennas to support Inmarsat’s I-6 F1 satellite, the company announced Monday. Telstra has added a second 9-meter […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) installed a solar panel park at its satellite station facility in Santiago, Chile. The company has a goal to reach zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2040, […]

Virgin Orbit will launch satellites for Spire Global, including three satellites dedicated to the NorthStar Earth & Space space situational awareness (SSA) constellation, in mid-2023.  NorthStar is using Spire’s space […]

Revenue was nearly flat for L3Harris Space & Airborne Systems segment in the third quarter of 2022, while its Communication Systems segment saw a modest increase in revenue of 4% […]

Airbus posted a 27% revenue increase in the third quarter of 2022, driven by higher commercial aircraft deliveries. Total revenue in Q3 was $13.3 billion.  Airbus reported results on Friday, […]

SatixFy Communications is now a publicly traded company after completing its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Endurance Acquisition Corp. The satellite technology company began trading on Friday on […]

Beyond Gravity announced a contract from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to supply 38 payload fairings for its Vulcan rockets for launches for Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites. This follows after Beyond […]

Space continues to be the fast-growing segment for Northrop Grumman, and the company expects growth to continue. In Northrop Grumman’s third quarter results posted on Thursday, the Space segment reported […]

Amazon is ramping up activity on its Project Kuiper constellation, acquiring a new 172,000-square-foot facility in Washington state for satellite production.  The company is moving into the second phase of […]

SES signed a multi-year capacity renewal with Claro Brasil through Embratel to support connectivity in at least eight cities with O3b mPOWER network. Embratel is the corporate solutions division of […]

Iceye is working with partners New Light Technologies (NLT) and Bana Solutions (Bana) to give flood insights to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), covering four recent major flood events. […]

As the satellite industry moves into a multi-orbit era with numerous constellations in Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO), it faces the unchanging reality that spectrum is a finite resource. The FCC, tasked […]

Mission Space signed an MoU with Sidus Space to partner on space weather intelligence data collection. Luxembourg-based startup Mission space is working to monitor space weather. It will deploy its […]

Boeing’s Defense, Space, and Security segment saw a 20% decline in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same time period of 2021 due to losses on military aircraft […]

SpaceX will start Starlink service for RVs and other moving land vehicles in December, the company announced Tuesday.  In-motion use requires a new flat, high-performance terminal, which costs $2,500, according […]

Virgin Australia selected Intelsat’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) service for its fleet of existing Boeing 737 NG aircraft and future-delivery 737 MAX aircraft. Intelsat’s 2Ku satellite connectivity solution will be installed […]

Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace finalized its acquisition of NanoAvionics and announced R&D investment in the company on Tuesday, including a focus on defense-grade reliability for its satellite buses.  The […]

BlackSky Technology received a one-year, follow-on contract worth $10 million to provide an  international ministry of defense customer in Asia. The Tuesday announcement was short on details about the unnamed […]

Gilat Satellite Networks received more than $10 million in orders for transceivers to support in-flight connectivity for a large global aerospace system integrator.  Gilat announced the deal for its U.S.-based […]

Iridium Communications increased 2022 guidance for the second time this year after posting more gains in the third quarter. CEO Matt Desch also said the company expects to share more […]

New OneWeb satellites joined its constellation for the first time over the weekend since February after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) resumed launches for the broadband operator.  OneWeb launches […]

Planet launched a nonprofit program to provide access to the company’s satellite imagery. The program provides access to Planet imagery and support services for nonprofits and non-governmental organizations with the goal […]

A new spacecraft manufacturer, Apex, emerged from stealth on Monday with more than $7.5 million in funding.  Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with participation from XYZ, J2, Lux Capital, and […]

Via Satellite magazine’s sister publication, Avionics, produces the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast. It its most recent episode, Greg Otto, who is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for ThinKom, […]