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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is the latest organization to join the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), the organization announced Wednesday. Space ISAC aims to foster global cooperation […]

The Deloitte Center for Government Insights released a recent report on protecting space assets from cyber threats, with recommendations for companies throughout the space value chain to be on the […]

Space robotics startup GITAI USA relocated its headquarters to a new office in Torrance, California that is more than four times the size of its previous location, the company announced […]

The U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) purchased Global Broadcast Service (GBS) satellite terminals from PathFinder Digital under the terms of a contract that the company announced on Thursday. PathFinder […]

BlackSky Technology will research advanced optical inter-satellite link terminal applications for the U.S. Navy after winning a competitive contract under the the Navy’s Project Overmatch and the Department of Defense’s […]

Rocket Lab USA confirmed Thursday that it finished testing and integration on the second of two Pioneer spacecraft it built for in-space pharmaceutical company, Varda Space Industries. Preparations are now […]

Eutelsat has won a new deal with Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, which will see a more integrated multi-orbit solution bought to the maritime sector. The goal of this will […]

Finnish startup ReOrbit secured its first GEO order to build a communications satellite for Malaysian energy and tech company Uzma Berhad, in a development the company hopes will open the […]

Iridium announced more details about its direct-to-device ambitions, announcing a service called Iridium NTN Direct that will connect people and things to Iridium’s network using 3GPP standards.  Iridium announced Wednesday […]

Hawaiian Airlines has completed installing Starlink in-flight connectivity (IFC) across its entire Airbus fleet. The airline is now offering Starlink Wi-Fi free of charge for passengers after completing installation on […]

Deimos won a European Space Agency (ESA) contract for the first phase of a demonstration of a controlled satellite break-up process.  The award announced Tuesday is a 3 million euro […]

Astranis, Axient, L3Harris Technologies, and Sierra Space are to submit design concepts for the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) to U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to launch up to eight R-GPS satellites […]

Planet has released its Forest Carbon Monitoring product, a new quarterly dataset for monitoring forest growth and change. The company said this data will help establish voluntary carbon markets and […]

Viasat will develop a phased array antenna for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under a contract as part of the ‘Global Lightning’ program.  The AFRL awarded Viasat a $33.6 […]

Maxar Intelligence opened a new London office this week as the headquarters for its international government business as it aims to increase its global presence.  The London office will also […]

Amini has unveiled details of a key new product launch as it looks to bring the power of satellite tech to its customers, mainly farmers across Africa. It is launching […]

Spanish satellite IoT startup Sateliot has raised a 30 million euro ($33 million) Series B funding round, led by Global Portfolio Investments. This deal makes Global Portfolio Investments, a Spanish […]

Vodafone is expanding its work with Intelsat to bring on-the-move satellite communication to organizations operating in hard-to-reach areas or disaster zones. Vodafone and Intelsat announced Monday that Vodafone is adding […]

Two former Comtech CEOs — Fred Kornberg and Michael Porcelain — released a letter to shareholders on Monday arguing for a slate of eight new board members, and a strategic review […]

PARIS — SpaceX’s Starshield now looms large over the Earth observation (EO) market as industry players look to grow revenues in a market that has not always lived up to […]

Ted Colbert, the head of Boeing‘s Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) segment for more than two years, is leaving the company amid significant profitability worries, competition from startup defense firms […]

PARIS — International Space Command leaders are pushing for more cooperation in space as the domain becomes more contested. Speaking at the Space Defense and Security Summit this week in […]

SpaceX sent a letter to Congress this week taking issue with the speed that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is able to approve licensing materials, after the FAA proposed $633,009 […]

Astranis won a U.S. Space Force contract to add military Ka-band frequency compatibility to its next-generation Omega satellite.  Space Systems Command (SSC) and U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) announced on Sept. […]

Iridium Communications is launching a $500 million share buyback — the fourth stock repurchase in the past four years. Iridium’s board of directors authorized the share buyback on Sept. 19 […]

PARIS — The satellite industry continues to attract investors excited by the potential returns, but financiers are scrutinizing the business plans, growth rates, and exit plans for investments in the […]

NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to design and build the next-generation GeoXO Lightning Mapper (LMX) instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GeoXO satellites. The baseline contract […]

BlackSky was awarded a seven-figure contract by HEO, an Australian startup specializing in non-Earth imaging (NEI) and analytics. BlackSky will provide imagery of objects in space for space domain awareness, […]

Eutelsat Group’s U.S. subsidiary, Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies (EACOWT), has announced a new executive team. EACOWT operates as a combined company after a merger earlier this year and offers […]

PARIS — After years of delays, new launch vehicles are finally coming online in 2024 with the first flights of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket and the Ariane 6. […]