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Thaicom has a made a key regulatory breakthrough in India. Its subsidiary Ipstar India has obtained an authorization to provide satellite services with Thaicom satellites in India from the Indian […]

SpaceX completed the first shell of its direct-to-cell constellation this week, after recently receiving approval from the FCC for its service with T-Mobile.  SpaceX launched 20 Starlink satellites on Wednesday […]

Arianespace‘s Vega C rocket returned to flight on Thursday, its first launch after a failure during its second mission two years ago. Vega C launched on December 5 from Europe’s […]

SpaceX launched a new satellite for SiriusXM’s satellite radio business on Thursday morning. The Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite, SXM-9, will deliver SiriusXM’s audio entertainment and information to millions of consumers.  […]

Orbex has made a surprising move as it looks to build a profitable launch business, abandoning the development of the Sutherland Spaceport in Scotland in the process. The Scottish space […]

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA as administrator. Isaacman is an entrepreneur and the founder of Shift4 and Draken International, and known […]

Gogo completed its acquisition of Satcom Direct to form a multi-orbit, multi-band, in-flight connectivity (IFC) provider for the business aviation and military/government mobility markets. One analyst noted that the combined […]

Telesat and MDA Space have completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for the Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, the companies announced Wednesday.  Completing the PDR shows that the constellation design […]

Northrop Grumman has reached a key milestone in a major Arctic satellite mission. It has successfully handed over mission operations of Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) satellites and […]

The final Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) features Comtech‘s new President and CEO John Ratigan about a big year for Comtech in 2024 and a look out at the road ahead […]

Orbit Communications Systems has won a new deal from the Israeli Ministry of Defense. It will provide multi-purpose satellite communication terminals (MPTs) for mobile and stationary ground platforms. The deal […]

Saudi Arabia’s Neo Space Group (NSG) is making an acquisition in the Earth observation space, acquiring UP42 from Airbus Defence and Space. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in […]

Theresa Condor has been appointed the new CEO of Spire Global as founder and CEO Peter Platzer transitions to the role of executive chairman.  Condor was part of the company’s […]

Lockheed Martin has selected Tesat optical communication terminals (OCT) for a demonstration on a future GPS III spacecraft. Tesat announced the agreement on Tuesday for its SCOT80 OCTs.  Tesat Managing […]

PERTH, Western Australia — Australia lacks a national direction when it comes to defense space policy and the country should be working closely with the commercial space industry and looking […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Ovzon have strengthened their partnership as Sweden looks to boost its capabilities in space. They have signed a teaming agreement to broaden and deepen the […]

Tech entrepreneur Baiju Bhatt, known for disrupting the investing landscape with Robinhood, has his sights on the space industry. The Robinhood co-founder left his role as chief creative officer in […]

Via Satellite is now accepting submissions for Celebrating Women in Satellite 2025. Now in its fourth year, Celebrating Women in Satellite commemorates International Women’s Day by recognizing women who make a difference […]

Open Cosmos won a 35 million euro ($37 million) contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to build three satellites to monitor Earth’s magnetic field in the NanoMagSat mission. The […]

Comtech’s board of directors has elected Kenneth Traub as the executive chairman of the company. In the Nov. 27 announcement, Comtech said that Traub will be the senior executive leading […]

The FCC gave SpaceX approval to operate satellite direct-to-cellular service with T-Mobile in an order released Nov. 26.  This is the FCC’s first instance of approving supplemental coverage from space […]

Slingshot Aerospace on Nov. 25 received a potential $13.3 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to develop the user interface for a new space traffic coordination […]

Kongsberg Satellites Services (KSAT) will play a key role in an ambitious lunar project in Australia. It will team up with  Australian company Starsite to build a 20-meter antenna for […]

Airbus has signed a contract with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence to provide the next-generation modems for the nation’s Skynet satellite communications constellation. Airbus is building the Skynet 6A […]

Working together, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm, and Skylo completed a trial to send a text message over a Geostationary (GEO) satellite, the companies announced Tuesday. The proof-of-concept was conducted in Greece […]

D-Orbit USA has selected Spectrum AMT as its manufacturing partner in the U.S. to support satellite bus design, manufacturing, and business development.  The deal announced Tuesday is with Spectrum Advanced […]

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the agency’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s Titan moon on a Falcon Heavy rocket in 2028. The firm-fixed-price contract announced Monday is worth $256.6 […]

As satellite operators raise concerns about radio frequency (RF) congestion, greater use of laser communications in response could have unintended consequences. SpaceX, for example, has warned that its cellular Starlink […]

About one year ago, the chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force spoke to attendees at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland. General Chance Saltzman described […]

Note — This story was updated on Dec. 9 with more information on the suborbital mission Rocket Lab hit the milestone of launching two missions from two continents in less […]