Top Stories for the week of July 28, 2023

Broadband | July 21, 2023
Amazon Invests in a New Florida Facility to Integrate Kuiper Satellites for Launch
Amazon is investing $120 million in a new satellite processing facility in Florida as it ramps up activity for the Project Kuiper constellation. Amazon and……[continued]
Business | July 25, 2023
Iridium Doesn’t Expect Qualcomm Direct-to-Device Activations Until 2024 
Iridium Communications is unlikely to see direct-to-device activations this year, expecting the first activations of this new offering with Qualcomm in 2024, CEO Matt Desch…...[continued]
Business | July 24, 2023
10 Smallsat Startups to Watch in 2023
Today’s space startup landscape is arguably the most difficult and competitive it has been in several years. Space investors, now much more cautious following a…...[continued]
Government/Military | July 26, 2023
16 Companies Chosen for Space Systems Command LEO Communications
Under a Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite-Based Services program that may be worth $900 million, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the U.S. Space…...[continued]
Broadband | July 21, 2023
Astranis Reports Issues With Solar Array on its First Satellite 
Astranis is reporting issues with vendor-supplied solar arrays on its first satellite that was launched in April, and the satellite is not fulfilling its mission…...[continued]
Telecom | July 25, 2023
Lynk Demonstrates Voice Calls Over Satellite
Lynk Global released a video on Tuesday demonstrating two-way voice calls over satellite. In the video, Lynk’s team makes voice calls using unmodified phones, connected…...[continued]
Partner Content | July 19, 2023
Thorium Space CEO Pawel Rymaszewski Outlines Ambitions for Commercial Debut
Thorium Space is fast becoming a flagship company in the Polish space market. The company has a diverse approach and its technology focuses on ground…...[continued]
Podcast | July 17, 2023
Is Space Crowded? Managing Traffic in Space With Chiara Manfletti of Neuraspace
Is space crowded? While space is infinite, space crowding is an important issue as the satellite industry launches more and more mass to orbit each…...[continued]
Business | July 27, 2023
Northrop Grumman Space Systems Boosts Sales in Q2, But Logs $36M NASA Charge 
Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems segment posted double-digit growth in the second quarter of 2023, leading the company in sales growth, while also taking a $36…...[continued]
Government/Military | July 20, 2023
US Space Command Does Not Provide Blanket Protection for Commercial Satellites, If Attacked
The 133 commercial space companies that provide systems for U.S. military use do not have automatic protection for those systems from U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM)…...[continued]
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