E-letter: News Feed

NASA has chosen 14 companies for contract awards to develop technologies for Artemis operations on the Moon, including about $260 million to a group including Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance […]

Inmarsat revealed Thursday that it was awarded a new contract with Cobham Satcom to connect 732 fishing vessels in the Maldives to Inmarsat’s Fleet One maritime broadband services. The five-year […]

SmartSky Networks on Tuesday revealed that David Helfgott was named CEO. Helfgott most recently was president and CEO of Phasor, which went bankrupt in May. South Korean defense company Hanwha […]

Last week, the movers and shakers within the Russian space industry gathered virtually at SatComRus to talk about the future for satellite in Russia, and what the impact of the […]

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Telesat a further contract worth $18.3 million to develop and test it’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation as part of DARPA’s Blackjack program. […]

For Americans looking toward the heavens, space has always been the final frontier, a fascination that triggered a global space race and launched NASA. Since NASA was formed in 1958, […]

Spacecom revealed Wednesday that the company is teaming up with Ignite Power, a Pan-African infrastructure developer, to install e-Health connectivity solutions in remote clinics across sub-Saharan Africa. The solutions aims […]

Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) goes in a slightly different direction this week. We talk to a doctor on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Beth Healey of […]

USSI Global last Thursday revealed that Anthony Morelli was named Chief Operating Officer (COO). Morelli will report to CEO and President David S. Christiano, and oversee daily USSI Global business […]

Maxar Technologies revealed Tuesday that Esri signed a multi-million dollar contract extension to continue licensing data for the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. The expanded agreement ensures that ArcGIS […]

Astroscale Holdings Inc. has closed its Series E funding round with additional funding of $51 million. This round puts Astroscale’s total investment raised at $191 million, making it the most-funded […]

Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard suborbital rocket on Tuesday, and in doing so, set a reusability record for the rocket, and tested a lunar landing system for NASA. […]

Accion Systems will host its propulsion system, TILE 3, onboard a NanoAvionics rideshare mission. Accion Systems procured this flight as part of a U.S. government-sponsored propulsion program, and launch is […]

Spaceflight Inc. has signed a Multiple Launch Services Agreement (MLSA) with Earth Observation (EO) company HawkEye 360. Spaceflight announced Oct. 7 that it will provide capacity, engineering, and mission management […]

Facebook confirmed to Light Reading that it now operates a satellite equipped with broadband potential. “Arianespace [a satellite launch company] successfully launched a ride-share rocket mission that included a Facebook […]

KSAT reports that it delivered more than 20,000 passes on its smallsat network KSAT LITE in September, marking an all-time high. At the beginning of the year the KSAT LITE […]

We bring back previous co-host and guest Grace Graham, who was first on the podcast last July, and helped host the SATELLITE live episode, “What Does New Space Really Mean?” […]

Jordi Hereu is now president of Hispasat after the company’s board of directors approved the appointment on Oct. 8. Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), which holds 7.41% of Hispasat’s […]

RigNet, Inc. has received a multi-year contract with what it calls one of the “largest contractors” in the offshore drilling industry to provide fully managed communications services and global satellite […]

Shipping company PACC Ship Managers Pte Ltd. (PaccShip) has renewed its contract with Satcom Global Ltd, for Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) service for three years. Satcom Global has […]

AeroVironment, Inc. has demonstrated mobile broadband communication in a recent test of Sunglider, a solar-powered High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS). In the Sept. 21 test, the Sunglider broadband communication demonstration linked teams in […]

Exolaunch has signed a long-term launch agreement with SpaceX to secure capacity on Falcon 9 missions as part of SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program. Exolaunch announced Wednesday it will manifest microsatellites […]

As cyber warfare becomes the weapon of choice for adversaries, and the global economy becomes ever more dependent on space systems, space is a critical domain for cybersecurity, said U.S. […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) goes back to France to talk one of the most exciting new companies in the European space sector. We talk to ThrustMe CEO and […]

Boeing and the U.S. Space Force revealed Wednesday that the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ communications satellite successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). This was the first all-digital PDR, which […]

The Brooke Owens Fellowship revealed Wednesday, through a press release posted to their Twitter account, the introduction of the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship. This fellowship will provide Black undergraduate students […]

Momentus will become a publicly traded company through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Stable Road Acquisition Corp. In a Wednesday announcement, Momentus said the combined company will […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne has opened a new, 17,000 square-foot large solid rocket motor manufacturing facility in Camden, Arkansas. Aerojet Rocketdyne said in a Tuesday release that the large solid rocket motors […]

The UK Space Agency launched its first ever UK Space Census on Wednesday to survey the diversity of the U.K. space sector and inform future space policy. The census will […]

SES’s relationship with Microsoft continues to deepen. Last year, the operator reached a deal with Microsoft to become an ExpressRoute partner and to offer cloud-enabled video playout services. Now, SES is becoming […]