E-letter: News Feed

Satellite service provider Marlink has joined OneWeb’s distribution partner program and will offer OneWeb’s connectivity to the maritime, energy, enterprise, and humanitarian sectors. The companies announced Monday they initially plan […]

Greg Wyler, founder of O3b Networks and OneWeb, is kickstarting another space venture, E-Space. The startup announced a $50 million investment from Prime Movers Lab on Monday, and plans for […]

As more and more commercial space companies go public and their technologies become more entwined with other industries, the demand for accurate and detailed information on how these businesses prosper […]

XipLink has appointed Jaco Botha as senior vice president of Product, the company announced Feb. 4. Botha will have responsibility for all product management, product marketing and alliance partnership functions […]

Maxar Technologies has extended its satellite capacity agreement with European Space Imaging and Space Imaging Middle East, strategic imagery partners that serve customers in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle […]

Kymeta and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have formed a strategic partnership to develop products that integrate mobile satellite antennas and virtualized ground systems. According to the Feb. 1 announcement, […]

Mitsubishi Electric is getting involved in an important Australian defense project by joining Team AUSSAT, which includes Optus, Raytheon Australia, and Thales Australia, the company announced Feb. 3. Optus, Australia’s […]

The U.S. Space Force recently selected L3Harris Technologies to integrate a space domain awareness project called ATLAS.  ATLAS — Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System — is a project that […]

Iceye closed a $136 million Series D funding round, bringing the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provider’s total funding raised to $304 million. Seraphim Space led the round, which included new […]

Viasat continued its streak of record revenues in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, but pushed the highly anticipated Viasat-3 satellite launch to late summer.  The company provided an […]

Yahsat‘s dedicated government arm, Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) to provide advanced and secure satellite communication services. The contract, announced Feb. […]

SpaceX is now taking pre-orders for Starlink Premium, a more expensive Starlink service with a more capable user terminal, geared toward businesses and high demand users. SpaceX announced the service […]

Gilat Satellite Networks debuted its next-generation very small aperture terminal (VSAT) on Wednesday, the SkyEdge IV. The VSAT was designed for the evolving satellite connectivity ecosystem, to work across multiple […]

Viasat is partnering with Australian telecommunications company Telstra to build and manage the ground infrastructure and fiber network for the ViaSat-3 satellite system targeting the Asia-Pacific region. Under the 16.5-year […]

The United Kingdom unveiled its first-ever Defence Space Strategy (DSS) on Tuesday, with a commitment to invest 1.4 billion pounds ($1.95 billion) to boost national interests in space, including building […]

Fleet Space Technologies, an Australian space startup, is planning to tap into the U.S. market. The company announced Feb. 1 that it is establishing an international office in Houston, Texas. […]

Intelsat signed a capacity agreement with Sky Perfect JSAT to capacity on its JCSAT-1C high-throughput satellites over Japan and Asia to support in-flight connectivity (IFC). Intelsat and Sky Perfect JSAT […]

OneWeb is adopting LeoLabs Collision Avoidance service for its constellation as part of a multi-year agreement between the two companies announced Tuesday.   LeoLabs Collision Avoidance is a web data and […]

Isotropic Systems has demonstrated its satellite terminal to the U.S. Army, showing that separate satellites in different orbits simultaneously linked to a single multi-link antenna. The test was with the Army, […]

Telesat has tapped Cobham Satcom to supply the landing terminals for the Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network. The companies announced Tuesday that Cobham will manufacture, integrate, and install its Ka-band […]

Credit Suisse released a new report “LEO Disruption: A Starlink in the Making,” which takes a deep dive into the prospects of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite operators and compares the […]

L3Harris Technologies released its full year 2021 financial results on Monday, reporting $17.8 billion in revenue, down 2% compared to 2020. The company said the revenue decrease was due to […]

Comtech Telecommunications has released a new very small aperture terminal (VSAT) platform designed to support networks across any satellite orbit. The solution, Elevate, is the next step in Comtech’s long-term […]

Google will invest as much as $1 billion in India’s second-largest mobile phone operator, as firms race to offer inexpensive data and digital offerings in the only billion-people-plus market still open […]

Thales Alenia Space has won a contract from South Korean aerospace manufacturer and defense company LIG Nex1 to provide a digital processor for the GEO-Kompsat-3 (Geostationary Earth Orbit Korea Multipurpose […]

The U.S. Air Force AFWERX program has awarded Space Micro a contract to develop an air-to-space laser communications system. Space Micro, owned by Voyager Space, offers commercial laser communications products […]

AsiaSat has entered into a strategic partnership with Thai broadcast company Next Step t0 work on the distribution and launch of a new lifestyle HD channel, Thainess. AsiaSat announced the […]

NASA selected 12 companies as eligible for contracts for its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions. NASA announced the selections on Jan. 26, including emerging and operational launchers, […]

Comtech Telecommunications has established two new business lines focused on satellite ground technologies. Comtech said these two businesses will serve growing opportunities in satellite ground station technology, and the company’s […]

D-Orbit is the latest space company to announce plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).  D-Orbit is an in-space transportation company headquartered in Italy. Its ION […]