May 27, 2026 SIGN UPVIEW ONLINE

Daily News Feed

Reporting Live From:

This week, Via Satellite team members Mark Holmes and Joe Milroy are on-site at SmallSat Europe in Amsterdam. Say hello if you're at the show!
TOP STORY
Featured Image

Connected Car Market Picks Up Steam With Standards and NTN, Experts Say

AMSTERDAM — After years of discussion, the connected market might finally be ready to realize its considerable potential, industry experts said Tuesday during SmallSat Europe. BMW Group's Olaf Eckart, senior expert cooperations R&D, said that the German automotive manufacturer is interested in space connectivity and started looking at the topic again in recent years.

“Modern cars today are always connected today. They use all kind of digital services. We distinguish between narrowband and wideband use cases. We have more than 20 million cars that are connected, using services from the cloud. It is inevitable that they will be seamlessly connected.…[continued]

Mobility

American Airlines to Equip More Than 500 Planes with Starlink Wi-Fi

American Airlines is adding SpaceX’s Starlink service to its in-flight connectivity (IFC) lineup with a deal Tuesday to equip more than 500 narrowbody Airbus aircraft…[continued]
Launch

Rideshare Providers SEOPS and Exolaunch Buy Dedicated Falcon 9 Missions

Two rideshare operators — SEOPS and Exolaunch — have purchased dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 missions to run their own rideshare missions.  Both companies announced the deals…[continued]
Sponsored

Spectral purity maximizes data integrity. On the ground and across space platforms.

From mission-critical components to high-reliability subsystems for continuous operations, MPG is with you. On the ground and across crewed and uncrewed platforms, our filters, switches and spectrum operations deliver under the most demanding of environments. Learn how we engineer Solutions at the Speed of Technology.

 
Visit
Government/Military

Space Force Awards Viasat and Intelsat General $438M for Continued Work on PTS-G

U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command has awarded Viasat and Intelsat General, the U.S. division of Luxembourg’s SES, a nearly $438 million contract for satellites…[continued]
Government/Military

UK Inaugurates New Space Domain Awareness Software Borealis

A new space domain awareness (SDA) software for the U.K. government is now operational, six months ahead of schedule. The new software, called Borealis, improves…[continued]
Technology

ICYMI: ST Engineering iDirect's New CEO Kuppanna Talks Ground Tech's Cloud-Native, Interoperable Future

In late March, ST Engineering iDirect appointed Sridhar Kuppanna as its new CEO as the company navigates an increasingly dynamic and evolving market for ground…[continued]
VIA SATELLITE  |  ADVERTISE  |  CONTACT US  |  SIGN UP

Facebook   Twitter   LinkedIn   YouTube