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Skylo is targeting the vehicle connectivity market, announcing a series of partnerships on Tuesday in its automotive roadmap. Skylo is collaborating with partners BMW Group and Deutsche Telekom to bring […]

Iceye is now supporting the utility and energy sectors with its disaster response solutions. Iceye plans to offer utilities and energy organizations the ability to access near real-time natural disaster […]

Building on its existing network of companies that are helping lay the foundation for a Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA), the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Monday said it has awarded […]

Redwire Corporation reported a 30% year-over-year decline in revenue in the first quarter of 2025 as leadership reported delays in contract awards from the U.S. government. Redwire reported $61.4 million […]

Viasat’s GX10A and GX10B satellite payloads onboard a pair of Arctic satellites in a shared satellite mission are now available, Viasat announced Monday.  GX10A and GX10B are housed on Space […]

  Gilat Satellite Networks and Gogo completed a series of test flights with an electronically steered antenna (ESA) for performance on the OneWeb satellite network.  Gilat said Monday that tests […]

Scottish rail customers are going to benefit from satellite-based connectivity thanks to a partnership involving ScotRail, Clarus Networks Group and SpaceX. Trains operating on rural routes from Inverness to Wick, […]

Swissto12 has hired former Inmarsat executive Fredrik Gustavsson as the company’s new chief financial and strategy officer (CFSO). Gustavsson is the former chief strategy officer of Inmarsat, where he was […]

Globalstar executives said the company is positioned to minimize financial impacts from tariffs, and reaffirmed its full-year guidance in first quarter financial results on May 8. The satellite operator increased revenue […]

Rocket Lab’s first quarter 2025 results on Thursday came with a slate of announcements — a new launch contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for the upcoming Neutron […]

EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan teased plans for a direct-to-device satellite constellation during EchoStar’s investor call on May 8, saying that while EchoStar hasn’t made many announcements, it is getting plans […]

Iceye has made key moves in Germany and Spain as it continues to grow its presence in Europe. In Germany, it has signed an MoU with German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall […]

Valour Consultancy believes Starlink could serve more than 10,000 aircraft by the end of 2034. This is one of the key findings of new Valour report that Valour titled “Starlink […]

Space Systems Command selected CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat to continue development of space laser communication terminal prototypes .  The awards announced Thursday are for Phase 2 of the $100 […]

MDA Space grew revenue 68% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025 as the manufacturer ramps up work on satellite constellation projects for Telesat and Globalstar. CEO Mike Greenley addressed […]

Space42 has made a new move into the Direct-to-Device (D2D) arena. Its mobile satellite services subsidiary Thuraya has teamed up with Gatehouse Satcom, a Danish-based software company on a project […]

Quantum computing company IonQ has signed an agreement to acquire Capella Space to accelerate its plans in quantum networking. IonQ, based in College Park, Maryland, announced the move on Wednesday.  […]

ClearSpace completed Phase 2 of the CLEAR mission, in a milestone the company said contributed to de-risking technologies for active debris removal (ADR).  CLEAR is a UK Space Agency mission […]

LONDON — Increasing understanding of Chinese spy satellites took center stage at this year’s Military Space Situational Awareness Conference in London, which brought together leaders and academics in space data last […]

Ground segment as a service company Infostellar and Astro Gate have signed an MoU to collaborate on spaceport development and ground station deployment. Under the MoU announced this week, Astrogate […]

Space Systems Command (SSC) on Tuesday said it has awarded SciTec, Inc. a $259 million contract to deliver a ground-processing capability that supports the U.S. Space Force’s legacy and new missile […]

Airbus DS Government Solutions has integrated an iDirect Government software defined radio (SDR) satellite modem into its Ranger Flyaway terminal. iDirect Gov announced Tuesday that Airbus successfully integrated and tested […]

Airtel Africa signed an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlink internet to its customers in Africa, the companies announced Tuesday. Airtel African plans to use Starlink satellite connectivity to augment […]

Telesat’s backlog for its Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation is now nearly $1.1 billion Canadian dollars ($800 million) after signing a capacity deal with Viasat in April.  Earlier this year, […]

Planet Labs Germany, part of the Planet Group, signed government deal in Germany as the German government looks to improve its water and land management from space. Planet signed a […]

Industry leader and former Hughes Network Systems President and CEO Pradman Kaul has died, Hughes announced on May 4. Kaul was a longtime leader in the satellite industry. He joined Hughes […]

President Trump’s budget proposal for NASA looks to cut funding for the agency by 24%, while increasing funding for human space exploration and slashing space science funding.  The Trump-Vance Administration […]

Eutelsat Group has appointed Orange France CEO Jean-François Fallacher to lead the satellite operator as CEO, replacing Eva Berneke. Eutelsat announced the change on Monday morning after a board decision […]

In this week’s episode, On Orbit interviews Femi Ishola, founder and CEO of Phemotron Systems, winner of the 2025 Startup Space competition at SATELLITE. Ishola is from Lagos, Nigeria, and […]

U.S.-based providers of Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) technologies NAL Research and VectorNav entered into a partnership agreement Thursday to jointly development and produce Iridium STL (Satellite Time & […]