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Firefly Black, the national security and civil space subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, was selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Small Launch and Targets Division as […]

LeoLabs launched Kiwi Space Radar (KSR) today. As the first commercial radar to track objects in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) smaller than 10 centimeters, the KSR aims to set a new […]

Viasat revealed the availability of a government-focused terminal modification kit that aims to provide third-party terminal vendors with regional access to satcom architectures including hybrid, multi-network architectures. The modification kit […]

Qualcomm Technologies is teaming up with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to support India’s Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) and Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) in select chipset platforms […]

Days after SES announced its groundbreaking deal with Microsoft, Via Satellite caught up with SES CEO Steve Collar at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2019 in Amsterdam. Collar had spoken […]

Northrop Grumman successfully launched the company-built Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite for NASA. The first phase of the launch was aboard Northrop Grumman’s Stargazer L-1011 carrier aircraft, which took off at 8:31 […]

The U.S. Air Force‘s Next Generation OPIR Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting (GEO) satellite program, commonly referred to as NGG, achieved another milestone by completing its system/ground and space vehicle Preliminary Design […]

Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) today revealed its role in supporting MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Agile MicroSatellite (AMS) mission. BCT will design, manufacture, and operate a 6U CubeSat the mission, which aims […]

AirNet Technology (formerly known as AirMedia Group) revealed that one of its subsidiaries, Air Esurfing Information Technology (ARE), signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lufthansa Technik to provide In-Flight Connectivity […]

Northrop Grumman and its wholly-owned SpaceLogistics subsidiary sent the industry’s first on-orbit servicing satellite life-extension spacecraft, the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1), into Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit (SSTO) on an International Launch […]

International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 5 West B into super-synchronous transfer orbit using a Proton Breeze M rocket. The vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome […]

Seakr Engineering was awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Pit Boss contract supporting the Blackjack Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Demonstration Program. Key contributors to Seakr’s Pit Boss effort […]

Astroscale entered the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) phase of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission, following completion of design reviews and subsystem testing. ELSA-d, the world’s first commercial […]

Last week, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a presentation revealing the Starship test rocket, and discussed future plans of an orbital-flight launch targeted for 2020. Although there has been much […]

KVH Industries is introducing KVH Elite, a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) streaming service delivering HD-quality, dedicated bandwidth to yachts in selected geographic regions. The new KVH Elite streaming service […]

Viasat established two sovereign Maintenance, Test, and Integration Facilities (MTIF) in Canberra and Newcastle, Australia. The facilities are located to help align with Australia’s needs and provide access to service […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to design and manufacture a lightweight rocket engine thrust chamber assembly using additive manufacturing processes and materials. […]

Satelles, a provider of satellite-based time and location services, raised $26 million in Series C funding. C5 Capital led the round, with participation from Iridium Communications and existing investors. This […]

Neos, the Italian leisure airline, made headlines earlier this year when it signed a deal with Viasat to equip its fleet with the latest in In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services. Neos […]

Raytheon will develop new space systems and flight software, and provide engineering, training, and operations support for NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed by Caltech, under a five-year, $150 million contract. The […]

EOS Data Analytics (EOS), a space portfolio company of Noosphere Ventures, unveiled EOS SAR — a project to develop its own Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors intended for deployment in […]

CommScope today announced its continued partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading Pay TV operator, to bring “The New Foxtel Experience” to subscribers across the country. The New Foxtel Experience leverages CommScope […]

L-com, an Infinite Electronics brand, introduced a new line of GPS timing antennas and a 118-174 Megahertz (MHz) tunable, telescopic antenna to address the need for mobile wireless, portable instrumentation […]

Viasat revealed that its dual-band (Ku-Ka) business aviation In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certifying its use on the Bombardier […]

Kepler Communications signed a launch agreement with Innovative Space Logistics (ISL) working with GK Launch Services to deploy two satellites into sun-synchronous orbit in Second Quarter (Q2) to Third Quarter […]

Adesto Technologies, a provider of semiconductors and systems for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, is engaging with the European Space Agency (ESA) through the ARTES Competitiveness and Growth (C&G) program […]

Orbcomm, a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, was selected by Pottle’s Transportation to provide its trailer monitoring solution for their dry van fleet. Orbcomm’s […]

Agreements between SES, the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB), and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) helped enable the recent launch of Ethiosat – the first-ever dedicated Ethiopian TV platform to […]

The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed to measure sea surface height, successfully ended its science mission on Oct. 1. NASA […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is on track to announce a new commercial partner for its robotic servicing payload by the end of the year, with plans to have […]