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Patricia Cooper, SpaceX’s vice president of satellite government affairs, testified before the United States Senate this week to outline the company’s plans to launch a high-speed broadband constellation of more […]

Inmarsat reported a solid performance in the first quarter of 2017 with an 11 percent increase in total revenue to $332.2 million from the same period last year. The company’s […]

GlobalStar reported a total revenue increase of 13 percent to $2.9 million from the first quarter of 2016. Higher service revenue resulting from increased Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) in […]

Spacecom, the operator of the Amos satellite fleet, announced that Nepal’s Dish Media Network has furthered its long-term association with the Amos 4 satellite. Located at the 65 degrees east […]

According to Euroconsult’s newly released report “Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC),” more than 17,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to their passengers by 2021, up from 6,500 aircraft […]

Vector, a microsatellite launch company, announced the successful test launch of the P-19H engineering model of the Vector-R launch vehicle. According to the company, this flight test is the first […]

President Trump’s executive order to revive the National Space Council has already been written, said Robert Walker, former chairman of the House Science Committee, at a panel earlier this week. […]

DigitalGlobe reported a 19.6 percent increase in revenue to $209.7 million for the first quarter of 2017. According to the company, its acquisition of The Radiant Group coupled with strong […]

NanoRacks has successfully completed the change out of the second round of its privately owned External Platform (NREP) payloads mounted on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). Thermo […]

TeamIndus has chosen Thales Alenia Space to provide the integrated S-band transponder on board its Lunar Landing Spacecraft system to transmit video and images from the rover. TeamIndus, an aerospace […]

XG Technology announced that its Vislink and IMT businesses have introduced the SatWare remote reporting computing platform to the North American market. SatWare is an embedded computing and routing system […]

Tara Bamburg, associate manager of WiFi and in-flight entertainment at Southwest Airlines, spends a lot of time coming up with new, creative ways to implement connectivity in skies. At the upcoming […]

Orbital Insight announced it has closed a $50 million Series C round led by existing investor Sequoia Capital, with participation from new investors Envision Ventures, Balyasny Asset Management, Geodesic Capital, […]

Inmarsat announced the commercial service introduction of GX Aviation with Lufthansa Group, the launch customer of its next-generation in-flight broadband solution. Under a 10-year strategic partnership between Inmarsat and Lufthansa […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that three different customers of Comtech EF Data, which is part of Comtech’s commercial solutions segment, have installed, accepted and are now using the Heights Networking Platform […]

Iridium Communications has announced that the first set of Iridium Next satellites have been integrated into the operational constellation and are providing service to Iridium customers. In addition, Iridium has announced […]

Eutelsat Communications’ board of directors has appointed Yohann Leroy as deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in addition to his function as Chief Technical Officer (CTO), alongside Michel Azibert, deputy CEO […]

Vector, a micro satellite space launch company comprised of NewSpace and enterprise software industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Sea Launch and VMware, announced that it will join forces with […]

In its financial results for the first quarter of 2017, SES announced revenue of 540.6 million euros ($589.5 million), a 12.2 percent increase over the same period last year. Earnings Before […]

SpaceX successfully completed its NROL-76 mission Monday morning, launching a classified satellite from Launch Complex 39A for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) before landing the first stage booster on a […]

Arianespace has announced the dates for its next two missions, VS17 and VA237. For VS17, a Soyuz launcher will orbit SES’ SES 15 satellite on May 18, and for VA237, […]

Measat Satellite Systems announced that Encompass Digital Media is expanding its presence on Measat’s 91.5 degrees east video neighborhood. The 91.5 degrees east hot slot is home to the Measat […]

Two Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) have officially launched the first ever commercial Ultra-HD services to cable and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) subscriber homes in North America. Marquette-Adams of Oxford, […]

Intelsat announced that Morocco’s INWI has signed an agreement to integrate satellite services from the Intelsat Epic platform into INWI’s network. Under the new agreement, INWI will incorporate services from the […]

Boeing increased its full-year Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) earnings per share guidance to between $10.35 and $10.55 from $10.25 and $10.45. Despite a drop in total revenue for the […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2017, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data, received a $1.8 million contract award extension for additional Advanced Time Division Multiple Access […]

Telesat announced that Erwin Hudson has joined the company as vice president of Telesat Low Earth Orbit (LEO), reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dan Goldberg. Hudson will […]

Intelsat has released its results for the first quarter of 2017, reporting total on-network revenues of $491.4 million, a decline of $2.4 million compared to the same period last year. […]

Aireon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a successful flight test of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology, collecting data to be used as part of a larger validation […]

Eutelsat Communications is carrying out an antenna seeding program to allow broadcasters across the Americas to enhance their reach and cable operators to enrich their offer via Eutelsat’s video neighborhoods […]