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Viasat reported essentially flat revenue of $1.2 billion in the first quarter of its 2027 fiscal year, reporting financial results on Tuesday. The operator previewed entry into service of the […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab, STR LLC, and […]

L3Harris Technologies confirmed a successful deployment for its first perimeter truss reflector onboard the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite.  SpaceX launched the satellite in late April, the third deployment in Viasat’s […]

Spanish satellite startup Kreios Space is set to demonstrate an air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) system in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), tapping Kongsberg NanoAvionics to provide the spacecraft bus.  Kreios […]

Telesat signed a $1.9 billion (U.S. dollar) contract with the government of Canada for Arctic military satcom connectivity and will expand the Lightspeed constellation by 69 satellites to fulfill the […]

A new startup Endeavor Optical Networks emerged from stealth on Tuesday, with a plan to build an optical satellite network in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) for space-based data transfer.  The company […]

Hisdesat has contracted Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to build the SpainSat NG-III secure satellite communications satellite for Spain.  Airbus, the prime contractor, announced the award on July 31. As […]

ETL Systems has acquired Amphinicy Technologies, which develops software for satcom and Earth Observation markets, in a move the company said will help solve more complex ground segment challenges for […]

Xona has received FCC approval to deploy its commercial navigation constellation called Pulsar, planned for more than 250 satellites.  Xona announced Monday it has received authorization to broadcast radionavigation signals […]

Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, with the intention of refocusing its operations around business-to-business, government, and defense customers amid a decline in consumer […]

AccelerCom has completed two engineering engagements with Eclipse Space, a sovereign satellite infrastructure company. AccelerComm supported Eclipse in defining the physical-layer architecture for its next-generation spacecraft, spanning both its Direct-to-Device […]

K2 Space has completed a $500 million Series D funding around that now values the company close to $7 billion. With this latest round, K2 has cumulatively has raised over […]

Hispasat’s Arganda del Rey (Madrid) Teleport in Spain has achieved Tier 4 Full certification from the World Teleport Association (WTA). The Arganda del Rey Teleport certification marks the 80th issued […]

The Scottish Government signed a one-year, seven-figure contract with imagery data satellite operator Planet Labs through its Computacenter reseller. The agreement, announced Thursday, tasks Planet’s German subsidiary based in Berlin […]

Spacecraft manufacturer Fortastra and industrial manufacturer Hadrian signed an MoU that establishes a framework for technical collaboration to build advanced spacecraft that can help address urgent national security space missions, […]

Sophia Space and Caltech collaboratively issued Patent No. 12,679,564, titled Space-Based Data Centers. The patent—filed in October 2024 and issued on July 14, 2026—covers architectures for the implementation of large-scale, modular […]

Satellite operator SES’s Networks business surpassed 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in revenue during its six-month fiscal period ending June 2026, according to the operator’s latest financial results issued July […]

SpaceX  has identified a massive total addressable market (TAM) for Starlink Mobile … but many people have expressed doubts.  Let’s look at the technical issues that matter. A detailed analysis […]

Resecurity is the latest cybersecurity company to join Space ISAC as a member. As a provider of cyber threat intelligence and digital risk protection, Resecurity aims to deliver advanced capabilities, […]

Katalyst Space has run into technical issues with attitude control on the recently launched LINK spacecraft, on a mission to rescue NASA’s Swift Observatory.  Katalyst issued an update on Tuesday, […]

True Anomaly detailed a space-to-space pursuit between the Rocket Lab-built Puma spacecraft and the True Anomaly Jackal-0004 spacecraft as part of the Victus Haze mission for the U.S. Space Force.  […]

SES will connect more than 60 Airbus and Embraer aircraft with multi-orbit in-flight connectivity (IFC) for LATAM Airlines in the next few years under a new deal announced Wednesday.  The […]

Rocket Lab on Monday said a recent $266 million contract it received from the Space Force is the company’s largest ever launch contract, which calls for at least 12 suborbital […]

Eutelsat detailed a recently signed MoU with Poland to help support Europe’s flagship IRIS² program. Under the agreement, Eutelsat and Polish institutions will collaborate on the development of secure satellite […]

Impulse Space detailed the company’s first electric propulsion system called Electra, built to support long-duration operations in space.  This comes after a year ago, Impulse said it was exploring developing […]

Iridium and Orbcomm company Skywave have a new strategic partnership for industrial IoT to bring Iridium’s Short Burst Data (SBD) services to heavy equipment OEM customers. This is the first […]

Virgin Media O2 has long been one of the strongest players in the U.K. mobile market. In February this year, the operator began service on O2 Satellite, its direct-to-device enabled […]

As AI is driving explosive growth in data center construction on Earth, there’s accelerating interest in moving some of the computing infrastructure to orbit. The past few months have seen […]

SES Space & Defense has announced an interesting new collaboration in the arena of space station connectivity. It will work with Starlab to develop a communication architecture to deliver continuous, […]

Amazon has filed with the FCC to launch an Amazon Leo Direct-to-Device constellation of up to 5,105 satellites, in spectrum to be acquired in the Globalstar deal.  The system in […]