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Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operator OneWeb unveiled a new user terminal on Tuesday that it developed with partners Intellian Technologies and Collins Aerospace. The new terminal, OW1, is a […]

AAC Clyde Space is launching an African subsidiary in South Africa, the company announced Monday. AAC Space Africa will be based in Cape Town, and it will design, build, and […]

Euroconsult predicts that the number of connected aircraft could double by the end of this decade, and there will be  between 16,000 and 20,000 connected aircraft by 2030. This was […]

European launch service provider Arianespace successfully launched 34 satellites on Saturday for OneWeb, bringing the operator’s total fleet to 288 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation satellites. Arianespace sent the OneWeb satellites […]

Virgin Orbit is taking a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger to go public in a deal that values the company at $3.2 billion.  The launcher announced Monday that parent […]

SES had awarded Gilat Satellite Networks a multi-million-dollar contract for multiple broadband applications in Latin America, the companies announced Aug. 19. Gilat’s multi-service platform will support SES in cellular backhauling, […]

Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) will now distribute Viasat‘s high-speed satellite internet services to enterprise customers in Brazil after the two companies entered into a new strategic partnership agreement. Viasat announced […]

UltiSat has named Richard Koucheravy as the company’s new vice president of Sales & Business Development, UltiSat announced Thursday. Koucheravy will be responsible for driving revenue growth through new customers […]

Rocket Lab’s special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger is set to close, making Rocket Lab a publicly traded company. Shareholders of Vector Acquisition Corporation approved the SPAC merger with Rocket […]

Maxar Technologies has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $26.4 million by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to continue supporting its open mapping platform.  Under the agreement […]

Planet and Google Cloud have expanded an existing partnership on data analysis. The companies announced Wednesday an agreement to create joint solutions with Planet satellite imagery and Google Cloud’s cloud-based […]

Gilat Telecom and ST Engineering iDirect have deployed a cellular backhaul network in the Democratic Republic of Congo for Vodacom, the companies announced Tuesday. The companies installed two Newtec Dialog […]

Ligado has chosen Mavenir as its partner to develop base stations for its 5G mobile satellite network, the company announced Thursday. Mavenir is an end-to-end, cloud-native network software provider.  Ligado […]

Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Baird has been named president of Vox Space, Virgin Orbit subsidiary that provides launch services to the national security community.  Baird has held […]

Hughes Network Systems has been awarded one of several prime positions on a U.S. Air Force contract to support its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). Hughes announced Tuesday that it […]

Spacecom and Get SAT have demonstrated the Get SAT Micro Sling Blade Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) on the AMOS-17 satellite, reporting 5 Mbps forward and 25 Mbps return rate. The […]

SES has announced that Microsoft will become the first cloud provider customer for SES’s next-generation Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) system – O3b mPOWER. Microsoft plans to leverage the MEO connectivity services […]

In our continuing series profiling Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite, our latest Thursday Morning Conversation goes all the way to Israel to talk the CEO of Satixfy, Yoel […]

Arianespace launched the second high-resolution satellite in the new Airbus Defence and Space constellation on Monday on a Vega rocket, along with four rideshare cubesats.  The Vega launch vehicle took […]

AST SpaceMobile, which is working to build a space-to-cell network, posted its first set of financial results after going public in April.  For the second quarter of 2021, AST SpaceMobile […]

Phantom Space Corp., the Arizona-based company space company led by founding SpaceX member Jim Cantrell, has acquired space systems developer Micro Aerospace Solutions (MAS) operating out of Melbourne, Florida. This […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), an entity operated by the Russian state, has moved its Express-AM33 satellite from the 96.5 degrees East orbital position to the 11 degrees West […]

Vislink has closed on an $18.3 million acquisition of Mobile Viewpoint, in a deal the company said creates a “global live video powerhouse” that can address growing demand for internet […]

BlackSky has completed a joint pilot project with Palantir Technologies Inc. integrating BlackSky’s commercial satellite imagery and analytics into the Palantir enterprise platform for defense and intelligence customers.  Palantir is […]

If you’ve purchased a new car in the last decade, you probably also own a mobile satellite antenna – albeit for satellite radio. These antennas became standard issue for new […]

Shareholders of NavSight Holdings Inc. approved a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Spire Global on Aug. 13. The business combination is set to close on Monday, and the combined […]

Rocket Lab will launch AuroraSat-1 for Finland’s Aurora Propulsion Technologies as part of a rideshare mission scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year, the New Zealand launch service provider […]

Satellogic has signed a deal to provide satellite data to African geospatial solutions company GeoTerraImage. The data will be used for large-scale agriculture management and to develop new food systems […]

Smallsat launcher Astra reported its first set of financial results since going public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger on July 1.  The company released its second-quarter 2021 […]

Telesat revenue dipped 10% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same time last year, according to the operator’s financial results released Friday. The Canadian satellite operator reported […]