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Intelsat is expanding its partnership with telco Orange to provide cellular backhaul services in French Guiana. Orange will leverage the Intelsat 10-02 satellite to upgrade and expand its existing 2G […]

Another Canadian province is investing into Telesat’s Lightspeed network. The Ontario government announced Friday that it is investing $109 million Canadian dollars ($87 million) for dedicated capacity on the Low-Earth […]

Malaysian satellite operator Measat was unable to salvage the Measat-3 satellite after it suffered an anomaly in late June. The company announced Friday that it is now in the process […]

Boeing on Thursday said it has entered a strategic partnership with the private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) to manage and expand its HorizonX venture capital arm that has already made […]

Maxar Technologies is pushing back the launch of the first satellite in its WorldView Legion constellation to mid-March 2022. This is an additional delay after last quarter, the launch slipped […]

Viasat reported record revenue of $665 million during the first quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, a 25% increase from the same time last year. This revenue boost came from […]

Earth imagery satellite operator Planet signed a multi-year launch agreement with SpaceX that includes multiple rideshare launches on the Falcon 9 rocket through the end of 2025, the companies announced […]

The Canadian Coast Guard has adopted Iridium Communications‘ Certus connectivity platform on dozens of new vessels and icebreakers for crew member internet and safety monitoring services, the operator announced Thursday. […]

SES delivered 875 million euros ($1 billion) of revenue in the first half of 2021, as a decline in Video revenues slowed down, and Networks performance stayed flat. Revenue in […]

Intelsat continued to see gains from its acquisition of Gogo’s Commercial Aviation division in the second quarter of 2021. Total revenue of $507.9 million was up 5% compared to the […]

Canadian satellite operator Telesat will use ThinKom‘s Ka2517 aeronautical antennas to connect aircraft with its upcoming Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service, under the terms of a strategic agreement […]

The government of Greece is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build what is describing as “a vibrant, sustainable, competitive, and innovative space hub in Greece as a key […]

Is space too crowded? With the increasing pace of satellites being launched to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), some raise the alarm that space is getting crowded and dangerous. But what is […]

Anuvu’s investment in a constellation of small satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) will give the company dedicated, flexible capacity to better serve its mobility customers, CEO Josh Marks tells Via […]

L3 Harris‘ space and satellite communication business divisions reported modest revenue gains in is 2021 second fiscal quarter (Q2 2021). Its Space and Airborne systems revenue increased 3% over the […]

Satellite operator SES just scored a significant contract expansion with one of its biggest telco customers. The operator announced Tuesday that Orange has signed a new agreement to create an […]

SES has selected Gilat Satellite Network’s global mobility platform to serve cruise lines and maritime service providers. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, customers will be able to access satellite-enabled services delivered […]

Hughes Network Systems saw an 8.6% boost in revenue during the second quarter of 2021 compared to 2020, driven by higher sales for equipment and consumer broadband. This revenue growth […]

With all the recent talk about space tourism and whether or not the “Overview Effect” — the personal change one experiences when seeing the Earth from space — is worth […]

Maxar Technologies has completed in-orbit testing for the SXM-8 satellite, and handed the spacecraft over to SiriusXM. The SXM-8 satellite was launched by SpaceX on June 6, 2021.   This satellite […]

Despite buzz around growth in satellite services, revenue for this segment of the satellite industry is predicted to be virtually flat through 2025, according to Euroconsult figures. Nathan de Ruiter, […]

The White House has named Chirag Parikh as executive secretary of the National Space Council. Parikh is the senior director of Azure Space at Microsoft, and was previously the director […]

SpaceLink will demonstrate its space-to-ground, end-to-end communications relay service for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) under a new research contract awarded to the company on […]

Eutelsat Communications reported a 3.5% dip in revenues in its 2020-21 fiscal year compared to the prior year, but the 1,220 million euros ($1447 million) in revenue was at the […]

AST SpaceMobile will launch the prototype satellite BlueWalker 3 for its space-to-cell network on a SpaceX rocket in March 2022. The company announced the launch agreement on July 29.  Describing […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Friday denied protests from companies affiliated with Jeff Bezos that NASA wrongly awarded a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract solely to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The complaints were filed […]

Less than two months after captivating global audiences with a trip into suborbital space, Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson will appear at the SATELLITE 2021 Conference to share stories […]

Northrop Grumman reported strong second quarter financial results on July 29, led by a number of programs in its Space Systems and Mission Systems segments. The company again raised its […]

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has returned to flight after a May launch failure with a mission for the U.S. Space Force.  The mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex […]

Space-based data company Spire Global released financial results reporting a roughly 35% increase in revenue in the first half of the year, compared to the same time period in 2020 […]