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A group of telecommunications, technology, aviation, and aerospace companies including Airbus Defence and Space and Softbank Corp., announced a partnership on Friday called the HAPS Alliance, to promote the use […]

Exotrail has signed a contract with AAC Clyde Space, to equip its customer Eutelsat with propulsion solutions for its ELO 3 and ELO 4 spacecrafts. Exotrail plans for the contract […]

Huawei presented its 5G products and solutions in London on Thursday, claiming that the Chinese technology firm is supporting 41 telecom operators in their 5G commercial releases.  Yang Chaobin, President […]

In January, CBPE Capital announced that it had invested in satellite technology vendor ETL Systems, and is open to making further investments in the satellite arena. Jolyon Latimer a CBPE […]

Tarana Wireless Inc. announced on Thursday that in January, it received $24 million of follow-on preferred equity with commitments for $36 million of additional preferred equity through October 2020, fully […]

Comtech Xicom Technology has received a contract valued at more than $8.8 million for Ka-band Solid-State amplifiers for an In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) satcom application. Comtech Xicom Technology is a California-based […]

In its financial results released Thursday for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) that ended on Dec. 31, 2019, Echostar reported $499 million in revenue. This was an increase of about $45 […]

The U.S. Space Force has completed a new service vision for enterprise satellite communications that seeks to eliminate traditional stovepipes for system acquisition and allow for rapid employment of new […]

The day before Intelsat reported full-year 2019 results that surpassed analysts’ projections, the operator sparked a feud with rival operator SES over an ex parte filing with the FCC requesting adjustments […]

Last week, Spaceflight Industries — made up of launch service provider Spaceflight, and geospatial intelligence business BlackSky — announced a deal to sell Spaceflight to Japanese company Mitsui & Co., […]

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed a new satellite production facility at the company’s Kamakura Works in Kamakura, Japan. Between this facility and existing facilities, Mitsubishi Electric’s plans to increase annual […]

The National Weather Service (NWS) has selected ERT and subcontractor Hughes Network Systems to upgrade and expand managed satellite and wireless services at NWS locations in the contiguous United States, […]

DISH Network Corporation reported its Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2019 revenue totaled $3.24 billion, a decrease of 2.1% from the $3.31 billion in revenue for 2018 Q4. Net income attributable to […]

Arianespace successfully launched a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) French Guiana on Tuesday. The mission placed JCSAT-17 for the Japanese operator Sky Perfect […]

SpaceX launched its fifth batch of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 on Sunday, but did not complete the booster landing, which would have been its 50th successful landing.  SpaceX […]

Blue Origin opened its rocket engine production facility in Huntsville, Alabama on Monday. The company plans for this 350,000 square-foot engine manufacturing facility to conduct high rate production of the […]

Intelsat has debuted FlexMove, an end-terminal managed service that it said allows people to connect to the Internet, private data networks, and cloud services from virtually anywhere in the world, […]

Gilat Satellite Networks said its first-to-flight Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) terminal has achieved what it calls an industry-first with In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) over Non-Geostationary (NGSO) satellites. The company said the […]

The Seamless Air Alliance has published what it is caling the first-ever standard for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). The standard – Seamless Release 1.0 – establishes a Modular Platform Architecture for […]

Made In Space has selected small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to support the development of the spacecraft platform for the company’s upcoming Archinaut One […]

Virgin Galactic Holdings has relocated SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, to its commercial headquarters at Spaceport America’s Gateway to Space building in New Mexico. VSS Unity, attached to the carrier aircraft, VMS […]

Calian Group has been selected by a global satellite communications operator to provide and install new Radio Frequency (RF) satellite ground systems. Calian SED, a global supplier of communication systems […]

Eutelsat released its financial results for the first half of its 2019/20 Fiscal Year (FY), and First Half revenues of its verticals were down 4.9% like-for-like compared to 2018. The […]

It’s nearly impossible to recall a time before technology advances, broadband enhancements and widespread use of connected devices hurtled us into hyper-connectivity. But, not that long ago, if you were […]

As Inmarsat constantly seeks to serve the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with the most resilient, flexible, secure, and capable mobile satellite communications, we have arrived at a time of […]

Hughes Network Systems is among the companies receiving support from FCC to expand deployment of rural broadband. The FCC has authorized more than $240 million in funding over ten years […]

Astranis has finished a $90 million financing round led by Venrock, with significant participation from existing investor Andreessen Horowitz. The company said it is building the first of its kind […]

  Channel network and content distributor AfricaXP has signed multi-year agreements with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on two Eutelsat satellites, positioned at 16 degrees East and 7 degrees East. […]

President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday that the federal government will take steps to ensure that Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services like GPS are not disrupted or manipulated, […]

Spaceflight Industries is selling its satellite rideshare launch business Spaceflight to Mitsui & Co., in partnership with Yamasa Co. Spaceflight Industries plans to leverage the capital from this agreement to […]