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The Via Satellite team is attending both Space Symposium in Colorado Springs and Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg. Stop by our tabletop at Symposium, near booth #1049 and say hello! 
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Regulators Challenged With Keeping Up With the Cadence of Space Development
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With the pace of development in the commercial space industry over the last decade, regulators continue to work through how to oversee that development while enabling innovation. That was the topic of discussion featuring three experts from government regulatory agencies representing the FCC, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to kick off Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.

We are experiencing a space industrial revolution, according to Jay Schwarz, Space Bureau chief of the FCC, adding that the space industry has gone from a small number of systems that tend…[continued]

Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Planning Next-Generation Space Dominance Demos On Orbit
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — To meet the Defense Department’s appetite for orbital warfare capabilities, Lockheed Martin is self-funding two next-generation space dominance efforts for rendezvous and…[continued]
Technology
ThinKom Rolls Out New ThinAir Nexus Multi-Orbit, Multi-System Antenna for Airlines
California-based satellite ground-systems technology company ThinKom unveiled a new multi-orbit electronically steered antenna (ESA) for aircraft on Monday. Named the ThinAir Nexus, the new ESA…[continued]
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Space Symposium
MDA Announces Orbital Servicing Platform
Toronto-based MDA Space presented MDA Midnight, an on-orbit servicing platform, at Space Symposium on Monday morning. Midnight is designed for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO)…[continued]
Cybersecurity
Darktrace’s Research Shows New Chinese Modus Operandi
Darktrace has released a new research report, "Crimson Echo: Understanding Chinese-nexus Cyber Tradecraft Through Behavioral Analysis" which looks at how Chinese-nexus cyber activity is evolving…[continued]
Mobility
ICYMI: Emirates Connectivity Exec Explains the Airline’s Move to Starlink
In November last year, Emirates stunned the in-flight connectivity (IFC) world when it announced a move to adopt Starlink. Emirates is deploying Starlink Wi-Fi across…[continued]
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