E-letter: News Feed

Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has completed its purchase of SATCOM Technologies, the antenna systems business of General Dynamics. The Friday announcement came a week after the U.S. Department of […]

Telefónica International Wholesale Services (TIWS) has completed live in-orbit testing across Telesat’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Phase 1 satellite. The companies said in a Thursday announcement that the testing demonstrated Telesat […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Data Link Solutions a $33.6 million contract for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) low volume terminal, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced Thursday. […]

Momentus, which provides in-space transportation services for satellites, will fly an OrbAstro 3U satellite to Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) onboard the SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission in 2021, the companies announced Thursday.  […]

We have a great Thursday Morning Conversation this week for you as we go to California once again to talk with one of the most well-known faces in our industry, […]

On Wednesday, Comtech Telecommunications Corp., reported its operating results for its Third Quarter (Q3), which ended April 30, 2020, reporting $135 million in net sales, a 20% decrease from the […]

  SpaceX launched an additional 60 Starlink satellites late Wednesday, marking more than 480 satellites launched for the company’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. A Falcon 9 booster launched the satellites […]

Hispasat will provide backhaul services to Red Compartida, a shared network in Mexico operated by Altán. Under an agreement the two companies announced Thursday, Hispasat’s Amazonas 5 satellite will provide […]

Intelsat S.A. released its First Quarter (Q1) 2020 results on Thursday, its first quarterly results since filing for bankruptcy in May. The company reported a net loss attributable to Intelsat […]

Virgin Galactic, the Richard Branson-owned company working toward commercial spaceflight with its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, last month announced a partnership with NASA to develop technically feasible high Mach vehicles. Through this […]

Astroscale is making a move into Geostationary (GEO) on-orbit servicing. Astroscale U.S. Inc., the U.S. unit of Astroscale Holdings Inc., is acquiring the intellectual property of Effective Space Solutions R&D […]

Thuraya and Cygnus Telecom have equipped ambulances in Dubai with satellite phones during the pandemic. Thuraya, the satellite service subsidiary of Yahsat, announced Wednesday that its partner Cygnus Telecom has […]

Globalstar, Inc., has introduced the ST100, a new, one-way satellite transmitter. Globalstar said in a Wednesday release that the ST100 is lightweight, low power and small with embedded antennas, a […]

Retired NASA astronaut Tim Kopra has joined MDA as vice president of Robotics and Space Operations, the Canadian company announced Tuesday. Kopra will be responsible for the work of the […]

Next week, we make a little bit of history as we launch digital CyberSat week, the first virtual event by the Satellite group here at Access Intelligence. An all-star lineup […]

AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm dealing in the aerospace, defense, and government services markets, will form a new space-focused platform called Redwire following two recent acquisitions, the […]

DISH Network has hired a former T-Mobile executive to oversee the company’s wireless buildout strategy. The company announced Monday that Dave Mayo is now executive vice president of Network Development and […]

Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES), is selling its Cobham RAD radiation testing business to Radiation Test Solutions (RTS), which specializes in the design, analysis, and testing of semiconductor devices and materials for […]

Inmarsat has deployed a new product, Tailings Insight, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution for monitoring mining tailings storage facilities. The solution is available in two propositions, Tailings Insight – […]

The five satellite operators — Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES, Star One, and Telesat — involved in the FCC’s C-band clearing have agreed to vacate their spectrum on the FCC’s accelerated timeline, […]

Accion Systems and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have reached a partnership to  research and develop electrospray technology. The goal is to create high-efficiency systems capable of delivering […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems  a $7,304,322 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement modification to its contract for Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) sensor sustainment. The DMSP has […]

The Mission-Critical Technologies group of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded $1.6 million in additional funding to its sustainment contract to provide ongoing sustainment services for the AN/TSC-198A SNAP (Secret Internet […]

It took two attempts, but SpaceX has made history as the first privately owned company ever to launch human beings into space. On Saturday afternoon at approximately 3:22 p.m. EST, […]

Ligado Networks has received more than $100 million in new investments for its work to build 5G Internet of Things (IoT) networks, the company announced Thursday. This funding comes after […]

SpaceX has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for suborbital flight tests of its Starship rocket prototype from the test site in Boca Chica, Texas.  The approval, issued […]

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said that it is requiring Communications and Power Industries LLC (CPI) to divest its ASC Signal Division for the company to proceed with its planned […]

In our recent column, we proposed a golden triangle of competitive differentiation in the satcom industry, comprising advantageous configurations of orbit, spectrum and payload to host a subset of 5G […]

Rocket Lab has set a new launch window starting June 11 for its 12th Electron launch, dubbed “Don’t Stop Me Now,” which was postponed from March due to COVID-19 restrictions. […]

Throwing money at problems works in space, too! A paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that the space debris problem can be fixed once and for all, not by […]