Focus: AI and Machine Learning
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Finance
Microsoft’s New Azure Cloud Platform Includes SpaceX Starlink and SES MEO Services
Microsoft is making a play to be the cloud platform of choice for the space industry as it unveiled Azure Space on Tuesday, which will bring together Azure technology and […]
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Finance
SES Embraces Cloud Adoption With Microsoft Partnership, SES Networks CEO Says
SES’s relationship with Microsoft continues to deepen. Last year, the operator reached a deal with Microsoft to become an ExpressRoute partner and to offer cloud-enabled video playout services. Now, SES is becoming […]
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Connectivity
Microsoft Debuts Ground Station Solution Azure Orbital with Satellite Partners
Microsoft is getting into the satellite ground station business with Azure Orbital. Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of the offering, a ground station service that allows satellite operators to […]
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Mobility
AI is Key to Future of Maritime Connectivity, But Tech is Still in ‘Infancy,’ Execs Say
The satellite industry is hoping that the maritime sector will see a rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, not just in the cruise sector, but also in commercial […]
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Cybersecurity
Hughes WAN Solution That Uses AI Now Commercially Available
Hughes Network Systems announced Tuesday its Artificial Intelligence (AI) for IT operations (AIOps) solution for enterprise Wide Area Networks (WANs) is commercially available. The solution is integrated into the company’s […]
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Launch
Made In Space Europe Exec Says Robotic Arm Mission With Momentus Will Expedite Tech
Made In Space Europe (MIS EU) is partnering with Momentus to develop a robotic spaceflight mission planned for 2022. The companies announced Tuesday that the mission will pair the technologies […]
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Technology
Hungarian Companies C3S, AImotive to Adapt Auto AI Tech for Smallsats
Hungarian space and satellite company C3S is partnering with automated driving technology company AImotive to adapt AImotive’s technology to create a prototype hardware platform for Artificial Intelligence (AI) onboard satellites. […]
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Connectivity
Hypergiant Releases AI-Powered Satellite Mission Management Platform
Texas-based AI startup Hypergiant Industries has officially launched a software platform that supports autonomous satellite operations for commercial and government entities. The Hyper-Intelligent Vehicle Enhancement (H.I.V.E.) fleet operations platform aims […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Designs Pit Boss for DARPA
Raytheon is designing Pit Boss, an autonomous mission management system for The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s (DARPA’s) Blackjack satellite constellation, with prime Scientific Systems Company. The Blackjack constellation will […]
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Technology
Orbital Insight, Booz Allen Work on AI for US DoD
Orbital Insight is partnering with Booz Allen to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms on its new software platform, Modzy. The U.S. executive branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) have […]
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Connectivity
On Orbit Episode 7: Software-Defined Space(s)
What does it mean when people say that the satellite industry is becoming more “software-defined?” Does it mean that physical infrastructure is being replaced with more flexible, adaptive software? Does […]
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Finance
Report: Space Robotics Market Worth $3.5 Billion by 2025
The space robotics market is predicted to hike from $2 billion in 2018 to around $3.5 billion by 2025, according to a 2019 Global Market Insights report. According to the […]
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Technology
Turning Space Data Into Smart Insights
Today, big data is being collected thousands of miles up in space by a whole host of orbiting satellites. The increase in data volumes continues to grow exponentially as more […]
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Connectivity
GomSpace, 2Operate Explore AI Constellation Management
2Operate and GomSpace, together with Aarhus University, are working together to evaluate how existing telecom standards and existing Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions can be leveraged to manage future satellite constellations. The companies […]
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Technology
Microsoft CEO: “Every Company is Now a Software Company”
At Mobile World Congress (MWC), two of the world’s most prominent business leaders discussed what companies need to do to be successful in the future — and these insights could […]
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Connectivity
Mobile World Congress: Telcos Look to AI and 5G
The rise and rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was at the heart of many keynote presentations on day one of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. José María Álvarez-Pallete López, […]
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Connectivity
Helios Wire’s Smallsat Set to Launch on Spaceflight SSO-A Mission
Helios Wire, a satellite-enabled Internet of Things (IOT) connectivity company, revealed that its Pathfinder II satellite is scheduled to launch aboard Spaceflight‘s SSO-A SmallSat Express mission, on a SpaceX Falcon […]
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Connectivity
Bugs on Wheels: The New Generation of Autonomous Vehicles
The new generation of connected cars — especially autonomous vehicles — will be a boom market for satellite, says the satellite industry. Not so fast, says the mobile industry. 5G […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Orbital Insight Acquires Gil Syswerda’s Boston-Based AI Firm
Geospatial analytics provider Orbital Insight has made its first acquisition – a privately-held, Boston-based artificial intelligence company, FeatureX. Founded by serial entrepreneur and machine-learning expert Gil Syswerda, FeatureX specializes in […]


















