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Maxar Technologies revealed that it was awarded multiple contracts in the first quarter of 2019 to provide Earth intelligence solutions to U.S. government agencies, with a total value of more […]

Colorado Springs-based Braxton Technologies has won a five-year contract worth up to $100 million from the Air Force Space Command to develop software to control multiple satellites and ground stations. […]

HawkEye 360 signed an agreement with BlackSky to provide Application Programming Interface (API) access to selected Radio Frequency (RF) data for customers interested in global spectrum monitoring. BlackSky intends to […]

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) successfully deployed the de-orbit drag sail on-board TechDemoSat-1. The deployment of the Icarus-1 drag sail, which was supplied by Cranfield University, marks the end of mission operations […]

Eutelsat Communications’ newest high-power broadcast satellite, EUTELSAT 7C, arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana where it will be launched as a co-passenger on an Ariane 5 rocket […]

Russia successfully launched the Proton M/Breeze M integrated launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 30 at 8:42 p.m. (Moscow time), and injected the Yamal-601 telecommunication satellite into orbit. […]

PathFinder Digital was awarded a contract by prime contractor General Dynamics Mission Systems for the delivery of MVSAT terminals for the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) program. PathFinder specializes in the development […]

Inmarsat, selected Airbus Defense and Space (Airbus) as its satellite manufacturing partner as part of a development of its Global Xpress (GX) network. The partnership aims to provide a step-change […]

Speedcast International and Contiamo GmbH, a data science company, formed a strategic partnership to deliver analytics solutions for optimized operational decision-making. The partnership aims to strengthen Speedcast’s Internet of Things (IoT) […]

Globalstar revealed that farmers have deployed a new Globalstar Internet of Things (IoT) technology solution to track and protect thousands of reindeer in the north of Finland and Sweden. Since trialling […]

Luokung Technology, a spatial-temporal big-data processing technology company, formed a strategic partnership with LandSpace Technology. The two parties will work together, focusing on satellite remote sensing data applications as the […]

Gogo revealed its plans to build a 5G network for aviation. The new Air-to-Ground (ATG) network will be designed for use on business aviation aircraft, commercial regional jets, and smaller […]

The recent launch of Russia’s Roscosmos Soyuz 2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome witnessed some dramatic events after the rocket was struck by a bolt of lightning as it made […]

Viasat revealed the availability of its new Ka-band Global Aero Terminal (GAT-5518) to provide In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services on government and business aviation aircraft — from government-focused Unmanned Aerial Vehicle […]

David Tolley will join Intelsat as its new Executive Vice President and CFO, effective June 3. He most recently served as the CFO of OneWeb and served on the operator’s […]

African Communications Satellite Company NigComSat has officially rolled out a new Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV platform in Nigeria called NextTV, which will be operated as a joint-venture with Nigus International and […]

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R Series (GOES-R) ground system contract to Peraton and Harris Corporation. The three-year contract is valued at […]

Betty Sapp, former director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the first woman in history to hold that position, was elected to join Ball Corporation‘s board of directors, the […]

On Orbit is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Via Satellite Executive Editor and SATELLITE Chair Jeffrey Hill, focusing on the socioeconomic value and problem-solving power of commercial space technologies. At […]

On Thursday night, SpaceX launched a batch of 60 internet communications satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. More than one hour later, some 270 miles above Earth, […]

Viasat revealed its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, in which it reached record annual revenues of $2.1 billion, up 30 percent year-over-year. Fiscal year 2019 […]

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C46) successfully launched its RISAT-2B Earth Observation (EO) satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) on Wednesday. PSLV-C46 lifted-off at 5:30 IST from the First Launch […]

Maxar Technologies was selected by NASA to build and perform a spaceflight demonstration of the lunar Gateway’s power and propulsion element spacecraft. Blue Origin and Draper will join the Maxar-led […]

Amazon Web Services launched the general availability of AWS Ground Station, a new service to help customers control satellites from AWS and download data from satellites into AWS Global Infrastructure Regions, […]

Telebras, a Brazilian state-controlled public telecommunications company, and Viasat revealed the final approval of their contract by The Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), also known as the Brazilian Federal […]

FMC GlobalSat will provide AT&T 4G LTE wireless connectivity to its enterprise customers to help drive the next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) and transportation applications through converged wireless services and satellite […]

China attempted to launch a top-secret military payload into space early Thursday morning, but the attempt ended in a rain of wreckage. The loss of the Long March 4C rocket […]

Viasat was awarded a contract by the Administrator of the Space Enterprise Consortium, under the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program, to deliver and test the first-ever […]

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies, received the Global Positioning Systems Directorate (GPS-D) security certification from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (USAF SMC) for its […]

HawkEye 360 and maritime risk analytics provider Windward partnered to offer new global insights into maritime domain awareness through their combined capabilities. HawkEye 360 will contribute its Radio Frequency (RF) dataset for […]