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Satellite pay-TV continues to be a tough business for Dish Network in the United States, as the operator continues to see its subscribers migrate to a number of Over-the-Top (OTT) […]

United Arab Emirates-based operator Yahsat completed its acquisition of a majority and controlling stake in mobile satellite services operator Thuraya and announced a series of new executive appointments to the […]

Rideshare launch and mission management provider Spaceflight will launch more than 70 small satellites from nearly 35 different organizations on a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force […]

Asian support vessel operator Uniwise Offshore has selected Thaicom’s high-speed maritime broadband service, Nava Fibre-to-the-Ship (FTTS) to enhance operations for its entire fleet of more than 30 vessels, the companies […]

Lockheed Martin, Beach Point Capital, Goldman Sachs and a consortium of investors issued $36 million in Series B financing to end-to-end nanosatellite and microsatellite services and solutions provider Terran Orbital. […]

Euroconsult expects about 7,000 new smallsats to be launched over the next 10 years, representing a six-fold increase from the 1,200 units launched over the past decade. Spacecraft from 50 […]

As part of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) latest efforts to bring 5G services to the United States, the agency made a number of major announcements yesterday that establish […]

Marlink has acquired extra satellite capacity to tackle increased demand from its cruise and superyacht markets. The company announced today that it has added new satellites and beams to its […]

Orbcomm reported a strong increase in its revenues in the first half of this year compared to the same stage last year. However, its net losses through the end of […]

Globalstar’s SPOT satellite technology will be playing a key role in a major European sporting event, the company announced August 2. Globalstar Europe Satellite Services confirmed that the Perskindol Swiss […]

The OilComm and FleetComm Conference will welcome Andrew Taylor, Supervisor, Cyber Security Vulnerability Testing and Management Team, ExxonMobil and Rob Nolan, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Noble Energy as special guest speakers on […]

For India’s farmers, doubling their annual income over a five-year period translates into enabling them to grow at more than 1.5 times the rate of the nation’s entire Gross Domestic […]

For the six months to the end of June, Telesat derived revenues of around CA$444 million ($341.23 million), a decrease of four percent compared to the first six months of […]

Hispasat and Gilat Satellite Networks have partnered to commercialize Hispasat’s Ka-band satellite capacity over Brazil. The contract enables Hispamar, a Hispasat subsidiary, to deliver consumer broadband and enterprise services to […]

The AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) joined a new a consortium led by SES and supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), to develop a next generation satellite-based cybersecurity system. […]

RBC Signals, a company enabling the flexible delivery of real-time data from satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and Odysseus Space are joining forces to enhance RBC Signals’ global ground […]

Eutelsat issued its full year results today, which saw falls in both overall profit and revenue. Its revenue for the 12 months until the end of June reached 1.407 billion […]

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and the National Oceanography Center (NOC) launched the first Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)- Reflectometry ocean wind data service that is global, with support from the […]

Northrop Grumman launched its Cygnus spacecraft aboard an Antares rocket on Monday, which headed toward the International Space Station (ISS). Upon leaving the ISS, the spacecraft deployed six cube satellites […]

Boeing will open the new Boeing Aerospace and Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Mass., becoming the first major tenant of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) new mixed-use district in Kendall […]

Maxar Technologies reported its second quarter results, which saw some notable highlights such as reaching $578.9 million in revenues for the quarter. Unlike this quarter last year, Maxar was able […]

SES will provide satellite services to the European 5G Verticals Innovation Infrastructure (5G-VINNI) project to help accelerate adoption of the next-generation wireless standard. SES will support the development of end-to-end […]

Planet has made a key new executive hire as it looks to build its business. It has appointed Nathan Dickerman today as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Dickerman will be responsible […]

Japan-based Infostellar partnered with mission control software providers including Bright Ascension and Spaceit, to pre-integrate StellarStation into their software products. StellarStation is a satellite antenna-sharing platform, which aims to increase satellite […]

ITC Global has extended its contract with Youth With a Mission Medical Ships Australia (YWAM MSA) for three more years. ITC Global will provide critical connectivity services to the nonprofit’s […]

When Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems started dominating commercial satellite industry conversations, Christopher Richins saw an opportunity to launch a profitable delivery business. As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of his […]

Viasat has successfully completed the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) D0-160G certification process and the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) C-17 Modified Airworthiness Certification Criteria (MACC) testing for its Ku […]

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, and SSL (a Maxar Technologies company), will pursue the development and manufacture of Telesat‘s global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite […]

Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Space (TSC) signed a multi-year contract for capacity on Eutelsat satellites. The contract includes incremental multi-transponder wide-beam capacity on the Eutelsat 70B satellite, as well as the […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has won a key new contract in Latin America, The company was selected by Peru’s Fitel for two additional regional telecommunications infrastructure projects, totaling $153.6 million. The […]