
Top Stories for the week of February 7, 2025 |
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Government/Military | February 5, 2025
Members of Congress Raise Alarm Over DOGE Activity at NOAA
Members of Congress raised the alarm over reports that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) representatives were onsite at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric……[continued] |
Cybersecurity | January 14, 2025
Disrupted Signals: How Estonia Found Itself on the Front Lines of GNSS Interference in Europe
Advances in cyber and electronic warfare spurred by the war in Ukraine are forcing the space sector to race to find fixes to long overlooked…...[continued] |
Government/Military | February 3, 2025
Ontario to Cancel Starlink Contract Over Trump Tariffs
Canadian province Ontario plans to cancel an award to SpaceX for Starlink internet service in remote communities if President Trump moves forward with U.S. tariffs…...[continued] |
Connectivity | February 4, 2025
Verizon Promotes Direct-to-Device in New Commercial With Buzz Aldrin
Verizon’s latest commercial, featuring astronaut Buzz Aldrin, highlighted the company's work with satellite technology to eliminate cellular "dead zones." The ad emphasized Verizon’s satellite capabilities…...[continued] |
Podcast | February 4, 2025
The Satellite Industry’s Policy Priorities for Trump 2.0 With Madeleine Chang
This week on On Orbit, we hear from Madeleine Chang, director of policy for the Satellite Industry Association about the policy priorities SIA is advocating…...[continued] |
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Connectivity | January 14, 2025
Momentum for Satellite Direct-to-Device Hits Critical Mass Heading into 2025
Momentum for direct-to-device technology and services hit a critical mass in 2024. Of course, not everyone has it on their phone today, but public consciousness…...[continued] |
Connectivity | January 31, 2025
FCC Approves AST SpaceMobile Testing in the US With Verizon and AT&T
AST SpaceMobile can now test its satellite-to-cell service with partners Verizon and AT&T after the FCC granted the company special temporal authority (STA) in the…...[continued] |
Sustainability | February 3, 2025
Satellite Industry Talks Sustainability – But What Will It Take to Bring Real Change?
LONDON — The space industry needs to get serious about sustainability and not just pay lip service to it, industry leaders agreed last week at…...[continued] |
Connectivity | January 28, 2025
Viasat Previews Potential LEO Network for D2D With ESA
Viasat has a new agreement to work with the European Space Agency (ESA) on direct-to-device capabilities, and previewed that this could lead to a new…...[continued] |
Imagery and Sensing | February 5, 2025
SKY Perfect JSAT is Planet’s Customer for New LEO Constellation
SKY Perfect JSAT is entering the Earth Observation (EO) market in a big way. Sky Perfect JSAT is Planet's previously unnamed partner investing $230 million…...[continued] |
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