March 23, 2026

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This week, the Via Satellite team is on-site at SATShow Week. Catch up on all of our coverage in the SATShow 2026 Content Hub, featuring news from the show, executive Q&As, podcasts, awards nominees, and more — all in one place.

TOP STORY

Industry Roundtable With '10 Hottest' Executives
Heading into SATShow Week, Via Satellite interviewed the executives of some of the companies featured in our ’10 Hottest Companies in Satellite’ for 2026 to get their takes on some of the key issues facing the industry like increasing defense demand, the acceleration of AI technologies, and what markets they see as critical for growth.

Taking part in this roundtable are: Mark Dankberg, chairman and CEO of Viasat; Massimiliano Ladovaz, CEO of SpinLaunch; Matt Magaña, president of Space, Defense & National Security for Voyager Technologies; Takayoshi Fukuyo, CEO of ArkEdge Space; and James Mason, chief space officer of Planet…[continued]

SATShow 2026
Startup Space at 10: A Launchpad for the New Space Economy
As the Startup Space pitch competition celebrates its 10th anniversary at this year’s SATShow Week, organizers, judges, and past-year winners say it has become a…[continued]

SATShow 2026
Meet the 10 Startups Set to Pitch Their Companies in Startup Space 2026
The annual Startup Space entrepreneur pitch contest showcases emerging space and satellite technology to an audience of investors during SATShow Week. Competitors’ technologies and innovations…[continued]

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SATShow 2026
9 New Faces for SATShow Week 2026
Every year, SATShow Week brings together the newsmakers of the satellite industry all in one place. Now with GovMilSpace in its second year, the program…[continued]

Connectivity
ICYMI: Eutelsat CEO Fallacher Talks OneWeb Gen 2, Global Competition, and Sovereign Demand
Eutelsat Group CEO Jean-François Fallacher has been in the job almost a year now. He has joined Eutelsat at an interesting time in its history…[continued]

Partner Content
On Orbit Podcast: Designing for the Next Generation of GEO With Swissto12 CEO Emile de Rijk
Emile de Rijk started Swissto12 with a simple goal — to make access to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) faster and more affordable. In order to achieve…[continued]

Partner Content
Executive Q&A With Skyroot Aerospace: Indian Launch Player Ready for the Big Stage
Skyroot Aerospace is set for a critical year as it counts down toward the debut launch of its Vikram-1 rocket, targeted for April of this…[continued]

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