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Launch integrator TriSept Corporation has developed a satellite software solution to provide security controls for commercial and government spacecraft, the company announced Tuesday, Sept. 7. This is the first cybersecurity […]

OneWeb and Kymeta have tested the Kymeta u8 antenna with OneWeb’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. The companies reported Tuesday, Sept. 7 that in demonstrations in Toulouse, France, the single […]

Eutelsat Communications has selected the Hughes Network Systems Jupiter System Series 3 to enable services on the new KONNECT Very High-Throughput Satellite (VHTS). The companies announced the award Tuesday, Sept. […]

Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour has resigned as CEO of Arabsat, and the company’s board of directors has assigned Dr. Badr bin Nasser Al-Suwaidan to head the organization. The Arabsat board […]

Rocket Lab has started construction on a new facility that will increase production of reaction wheels to fulfill growing demand from satellite constellation customers. The company said this expansion comes […]

Omnispace and Vulcan Wireless have tested voice and data communication between the company’s on-orbit satellite and military communications radios, the companies announced Thursday.  Omnispace used the existing on-orbit satellite from […]

HiSky plans to demonstrate its Smartellite terminals with a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellite hosted by Spire Global dubbed “Ella1.” The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) and the European Space Agency […]

On July 11, nearly a minute into the rocket trip carrying Richard Branson, the British billionaire, to space, a yellow caution light appeared on the ship’s console. The craft was […]

Dutch satellite industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company Hiber B.V. has appointed a new CEO. Roel Jansen who joined Hiber as chief commercial officer in March, is now the company’s […]

Two different working groups of satellite companies have put out calls for an interoperability standard for space and ground system networks.  The Digital Interface Standards (DIS) working group, representing Communications […]

GI Partners has completed its acquisition of Orbcomm. The all-cash transaction values Orbcomm at approximately $1.1 billion, including net debt. This deal makes Orbcomm a private company, and its stock […]

Artificial Intelligence software giant Palantir Technologies has committed to an equity investment in space-based geospatial intelligence company BlackSky once it completes its planned business combination with Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. […]

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, Via Satellite managing editor Rachel Jewett chats with Iceye CEO and Co-Founder Rafal Modrzewski. Iceye is one of Via’s 10 Hottest Companies, and sells Synthetic […]

The National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) has awarded Spire Global a six-month contract for commercial weather data. Spire announced Tuesday that this order represents the largest volume of commercial […]

The Israel Space Agency awarded a contract to space computing systems company Ramon.Space to provide a space computing payload for a mission scheduled to launch in early 2022. Under the […]

Intelsat has certified ThinKom Solutions‘ land-mobile ThinSat 300 phased-array antenna for use on the operator’s FlexMove government satellite network. ThinKom completed a series of over-the-air tests at Intelsat’s Mountainside Teleport […]

The next generation of the Apple iPhone is rumored to support satellite connectivity, but differing reports on the capabilities have caused confusion.  Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International, who has […]

Computer software has been an integral part of our lives and the global economy for at least the last 35 years. Interestingly, the space environment, by comparison, has only recently […]

Shares in Astra Space dropped sharply from $11.68 per-share at closing on Friday to $8.90 on Monday’s opening after the launch company experienced a launch failure over the weekend that […]

Lockheed Martin unveiled a new type of satellite dish technology on Aug. 23 that the company says is applicable for a wide range of use cases on satellites and ground […]

A SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Monday, carrying more than 4,800 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and spacecraft hardware. The ISS confirmed […]

NASA has selected Ball Aerospace for two studies that will look at instrument architectures and designs for the next generation of Landsat. The Landsat program is a joint program between […]

L3Harris is expanding its satellite production facility in central Florida, which will allow the company to add a line of unclassified satellites for national defense.  The company has more than […]

Kymeta and Comtech Telecommunications have integrated their technologies in a new business development partnership. The companies announced Aug. 25 that Comtech’s UHP-200 Universal Satellite Router and the Kymeta u8 terminal […]

Amazon is taking issue with SpaceX’s plans for the second generation of its Starlink internet constellation. SpaceX has recently proposed two possible configurations for the second generation of its Starlink […]

Inmarsat has approved the Paradigm HORNET 100GX terminal for use over the Global Xpress (GX) network for commercial and military Ka-band. The approval was announced Aug. 26. The HORNET 100GX flyaway […]

In the last three months, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), previously known as Space and Missile Systems Center, has declared three Lockheed Martin GPS III satellites “available for launch […]

Mynaric has unveiled the next generation of its optical link terminal, with a commitment from an undisclosed customer. On Wednesday, Mynaric announced the CONDOR Mk3, which it says was designed […]

Astroscale successfully demonstrated its ability to capture spacecraft during a key demonstration of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) satellite on Wednesday. The long-awaited magnetic capture test represents a significant […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) is now serving the Brazilian TV market for the first time. Russia’s state-owned satellite operator announced Aug. 25 that it had signed a contract […]