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Loft Orbital raised $170 million in a Series C round, the company announced on Tuesday, along with plans to scale operations incorporating inter-satellite links and more AI onboard its satellites.  […]

BlackSky Technology won a one-year extension with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract for its satellite imagery. BlackSky announced the extension on Jan. 14, […]

Redwire Corporation delivered the fourth pair of Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for the International Space Station (ISS), also known as the IROSA program, the company announced Jan. 13.  The […]

Telesat has appointed Michel Forest as its new chief technology officer following the retirement of longtime CTO David Wendling. Telesat announced the change on Jan 13, along with other executive […]

Less than three months after naming a new CEO, Comtech Telecommunications is going through another leadership shakeup. The company’s board named Ken Traub as president and CEO on Jan. 13, […]

Talos, a German based space startup signed a new four-year agreement with nonprofit the Max Planck Society to launch ICARUS 2.0, a cubesat constellation for space-based animal tracking. The partnership […]

Dragonfly Aerospace will supply Australian Earth observation company LatConnect 60 with three Chameleon SWIR (shortwave Infrared) imagers for their SWIRSAT satellites, Dragonfly announced Jan. 7. Supported by the Australian Space […]

NASA has added Neutron launch services to Rocket Lab’s existing Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract, Rocket Lab announced Jan. 9. Rocket Lab has been eligible for NASA […]

BlackSky has won multiple contracts for its analytics services through a new pilot program from the U.S. Space Force’s Global Data Marketplace (GDM), the company announced Friday.  The Global Data […]

The space economy could be worth close to $1 trillion in the next 10 years, consulting firm Novaspace predicts in the 11th edition of its Space Economy Report. Novaspace is […]

Intelsat has expanded its agreement with Alaskan telecommunications company GCI to include multi-orbit broadband services in Alaska, the company announced Jan. 8. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  […]

A question mark for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) has been whether one company’s satellites would link with other companies’ birds, but […]

Rocket Lab completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta layer satellites the company is building for the Space Development Agency (SDA), Rocket Lab announced Thursday. […]

Telstra, Australia’s biggest telco, has announced a new collaboration with SpaceX’s Starlink that will see it bring satellite-to-mobile text messaging to its customers in Australia. Telstra’s goal for the service […]

Maxar Intelligence was awarded a $14.4M framework contract by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) for a four-year Maxar Geospatial Platform (MGP) Pro subscription, Maxar announced Jan. 9.  This agreement […]

The pace of innovation in the inflight connectivity (IFC) market has accelerated over the last decade as technology and business models change. Passengers expect to be connected in the air […]

Intuitive Machines has integrated hardware for Nokia’s Lunar cellular network onto the IM-2 spacecraft set to launch to the Moon next month. Nokia and Intuitive Machines intend to deploy the […]

Satellai, a new startup offering AI-integrated pet solutions, is launching a series of new products to bring the benefits of satellite connectivity for pet tracking. The company announced the launches, […]

The U.S. proxy company for Eutelsat Group has named its former COO Ian Canning to the role of president and CEO. Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies (EACOWT) announced the […]

After filing for bankruptcy this week, Ligado Networks sued Inmarsat Global, alleging breach of contract over a spectrum agreement between the companies. Ligado announced the suit on Jan. 7, which […]

This episode of the Future Space Economy series explores the dangerous, yet increasingly likely hypothetical situation that a space-faring nation breaks the Space Treaty of 1967 and brings nuclear weapons […]

Gilat Satellite Networks (Gilat) has completed the acquisition of Stellar Blu Solutions (Stellar Blu), a U.S.-based provider of satellite communications terminals in a bid to strengthen its position in the […]

Automotive giant Toyota is investing in Japanese rocket startup Interstellar Technologies as part of its vision for the future of mobility.  Woven by Toyota (WbyT), the mobility arm of Toyota […]

Finnish satellite manufacturing startup ReOrbit announced an MoU on Tuesday with Ananth Technologies, an aerospace and defense manufacturer in India. The MoU outlined potential collaborations, including Ananth Technologies incorporating ReOrbit’s […]

Es’hailSat has received an important milestone for its Al Ghuwayriyah teleport in Doha, Qatar under the World Teleport Association’s (WTA) Teleport Certification Program. It has achieved Tier 4 certification with Tier […]

To kick off 2025, Via Satellite’s annual roundup of Top Launches to Watch is back, highlighting some of the top commercial satellites expected to launch this year. This list is […]

Ligado Networks has filed for Chapter 11 restructuring, and has signed a deal with AST SpaceMobile to allow the company to use Ligado’s mid-band spectrum.  Ligado announced the bankruptcy filing […]

EchoStarMobile, along with Murata and Kyocera AVX are debuting a new IoT connectivity product for European and North American markets. It is a new transceiver and antenna with satellite connectivity […]

Update: Blue Origin is now targeting no earlier than Jan. 12 for the first launch of New Glenn due to high seas in the Atlantic, where it hopes to land […]

SpaceX launched the Thuraya 4 telecommunications satellite for United Arab Emirates (UAE) space and AI company Space42 on Friday, Jan. 3. The mission was SpaceX’s first launch of 2025.  The […]