MAGAZINE ARCHIVE | MEDIA KIT
COVER Story

Via Satellite Rising Stars of 2026

by Rachel Jewett and mark holmes

Back for the third year, Via Satellite recognizes a new class of 25 Rising Stars — a group of young professionals shaping the future of the space and satellite industry. These 25 young professionals nominated by their colleagues are making significant contributions to their companies — whether that’s in engineering, policy and regulation, business development, and more.

The 2026 cohort of Rising Stars was selected based on specific contributions to their companies and the space and satellite industry at large, detailed by their nominators. These Rising Stars are 35 and under and represent a diverse group of young professionals from a range of companies, job functions, and countries.…

 
Read the Cover Story
In this Issue


10 Hottest

10 Smallsat Startups to Watch in 2026

The annual Via Satellite 10 Smallsat Startups to Watch list highlights companies from around the world in the early stages of funding (Series A or…


Manufacturing

How Fast Can You Build a Satellite? Inside the Smallsat Manufacturing Market

There’s no escaping the three-body problem—not in physics, but in project management. The classic constraints always apply: good, fast, cheap. Except in space, where there’s…
space economy

Building the Connectivity Backbone for the Next Era of Lunar Exploration

Over the last half century, space-based assets have helped to provide terrestrial users with ubiquitous services like broadband communications and position, navigation and timing (PNT).…
opinion

In the AI Era, Constellations Emerge As a New Strategic Class of Assets

For decades, military space was the business of a few select nations. Reconnaissance and secure communications rested on a handful of exquisite, school-bus-sized satellites that…
opinion

Thermodynamics Does Not Care About Your Form Factor

There is a familiar point in almost every spacecraft program when somebody finally asks where the heat is supposed to go. By then, the structure…
editor's note

New Horizons for the Smallsat Industry

Welcome to the annual Via Smallsat edition — where Via Satellite rebrands to focus on the smallsat industry. We are thrilled to present the third…
Read the Entire Issue
VIA SATELLITE | ADVERTISE | CONTACT US | SIGN UP

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube