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Defense and security company QinetiQ and geospatial analytics firm HyperSat selected Virgin Orbit to launch a series of six hyperspectral satellites to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on its LauncherOne system. Virgin […]

Airbus has completed the Final Design Review of its OneSat satellite line with customers and space agencies, the company announced on Wednesday. This was done with development support from European […]

Dish Network Corporation has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider and will construct its 5G network on AWS, the companies announced Wednesday.  Dish also announced that […]

Growing up, I wanted nothing more than to participate in the ever-growing field of space exploration and research. I read up on astronauts and scientists obsessively, envisioning myself in their […]

Findus Venture and Spire Global are the latest two companies to look to tackle the big issue of space debris. The two companies announced April 20 that they are collaborating […]

Mobile satellite operator Iridium continued its streak of billable subscriber growth in its first fiscal quarter of 2021, ending the period with 1,518,000 total billable subscribers. This represents a 14% […]

Lockheed Martin’s Space segment saw another quarter of increased sales, as the company reported $3 billion in net Space sales in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021. This was a […]

Earth Observation Data Analytics (EOSDA) is looking to use satellite technology to make a difference in the areas of agriculture, oil and gas, forestry, and disaster recovery. The company recently […]

Amazon has signed a launch deal with ULA for nine Atlas V launches for its Project Kuiper satellite constellation. The Atlas V missions will launch from Space Launch Complex 41 […]

Myriota is partnering with sensor company Yabby Sensors, to provide dam operators and owners with a dam-monitoring solution in Australia based on Myriota’s satellite Internet of Things (IoT) platform. The […]

Gilat Satellite Networks reported April 19 that it’s Wavestream subsidiary received orders of more than $20 million for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation gateways. Wavestream was chosen as the vendor of […]

Satellite ground technology specialist ViaLite received a contract from Orange Telecom to deploy its C-band radio over fiber (RF) links at Orange’s teleport facility in Bercenay-en-Othe, France. ViaLite announced April […]

Space relay network developer SpaceLink has hired three new senior executives to is leadership team. The company named Alan Khalili as its new CFO, along with Jim Schwenke as its […]

SES and the Kazakhstan Government will explore rolling out satellite-enabled, high-speed connectivity services using the O3b mPOWER communications system to accelerate the nation’s Digital Kazakhstan project under the terms of […]

SpaceX has won yet another significant human space exploration contract with NASA. This time, the company was awarded the sole, firm-fixed price $2.89 billion milestone-based Artemis program contract to send […]

The satellite broadband market will grow to over 5 million subscribers worldwide and generate over $4 billion in revenue in 2026, according to ABI Research, which announced details of a […]

ULA is now able to compete to launch future NASA missions on its Vulcan Centaur rocket, which is currently in development. On April 15, NASA announced that it had awarded […]

The clash between Intelsat and SES over accelerated relocation payments from the C-band clearing continues. On April 14, Intelsat submitted an objection in its Chapter 11 court case, accusing SES […]

Oil and gas sector trading operations company Cisa Trading has selected Globalstar to deliver asset management solutions to its operations in Brazil. Cisa Trading said it required satellite tracking and […]

The Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) issued a ruling Thursday that rejected a challenge by Eutelsat and Viasat against French regulator Arcep’s authorization of Inmarsat’s European Aviation […]

Last week’s SATELLITE 2021 LEO Digital Forum featured many of the industry’s big hitters in a debate about how Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technologies and services will shape the future […]

Speedcast has secured a five-year contract with Stena Drilling to expand its communications service with a new solution designed to maximize operational effectiveness and support the digital transformation of Stena’s […]

Inmarsat is teaming up with OneOcean to bring navigation digital services to maritime industry, the U.K. satellite operator announced April 15. Under the terms of a new multi-phase agreement between […]

NASA awarded a contract to the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) at Utah State University to provide essential ground calibration validation for a new space-based instrument that will continue the agency’s […]

Blue Origin conducted a successful launch of its New Shepard rocket and crew capsule on Wednesday, as a verification step for the vehicle and operations before it will fly astronauts. […]

Earth Observation (EO) data company Capella Space has hired its first CFO. Jon Campagna, the former CFO of Virgin Galactic, will be joining Capella’s executive team along with Julie Ambory […]

Smallsat broadband connectivity company Astranis has completed a $250 million Series C financing round that values the company at $1.4 billion. The financing round announced Wednesday was led by funds […]

For the first time, this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation heads to Moscow, where I talk to Andrey Kirillovich, director of Integration Services and Projects at RSCC. Andrey is someone I […]

Satcom Global is forming a partnership with software company AnsuR Technologies (AnsuR) to support to its maritime and remote land-based communications customers. Satcom Global announced the partnership April 14. The […]

Lockheed Martin is releasing a new line of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites designed for larger constellations and rapid satellite production.  According to the Tuesday announcement, this line is […]