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Top Stories for the week of April 22, 2022
Broadband
Amazon CEO Estimates Total Market Size for Kuiper Constellation at 300-400 Million Customers  
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy mentioned the company’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation Kuiper in his first letter to shareholders, writing that Kuiper could be a…
April 15, 2022
Technology
Northrop Grumman Space CTO Outlines Her Vision for Sustainable Space 
Sarah Schellpfeffer, CTO of Northrop Grumman’s Space sector, recently joined the opening general session at SATELLITE, which looked at how satellite business models and technologies…
April 14, 2022
Government/Military
NASA Contracts SpaceX, Amazon, Viasat, and Others for TDRS Replacement System
NASA is working with six American satellite communications companies to develop commercial near-Earth space communication services. On Wednesday, the agency awarded $278.5 million in contracts…
April 21, 2022
Broadband
Hispasat CEO Says Axess Acquisition Transforms Operator into a Service Company
The satellite industry is going through a period of consolidation down the value chain. At SATELLITE 2022, two such deals were announced, with SES acquiring…
April 20, 2022
Telecom
AST SpaceMobile CSO Details Company's Challenge to the Satellite to Cell Paradigm
AST SpaceMobile is generating a lot of interest as it nears the launch this summer of Bluewalker 3, a satellite designed to connect directly with…
April 10, 2022
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Cybersecurity
Experts Say Viasat Cyber Attack Exposed Ground Terminal, Satellite Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
Space systems face growing security threats, as evidenced by Viasat’s recent security incident. On April 6 in Paris, speakers at CySat, a European event dedicated…
April 11, 2022
Government/Military
China and Russia Increased Satellites 70 Percent in 2 Years, New DIA Report Finds
Between 2019 and 2021, China doubled its number of satellites in orbit from some 250 to 499, while Russia increased its number of orbiting satellites…
April 13, 2022
Imagery and Sensing
GEOINT Satellite Operators Look Toward an Increasingly Commercial Future
For decades, only the government had the means and experience to handle geospatial data, particularly for defense and intelligence purposes. But the pendulum is swinging…
March 29, 2022
Podcast
Startup Space Winner Dr. Luisa Buinhas of Vyoma Balances Building Tech and Building Her Business
On this episode of On Orbit, we welcome the grand prize winner of the 2022 Startup Space entrepreneur pitch contest, Dr. Luisa Buinhas. She is…
April 18, 2022
Government/Military
US Formalizes Policy Against ASAT Tests, Calls for International Norms in Space
The United States is committing to refrain from direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing in an effort to set an international norm for responsible behavior in…
April 19, 2022
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