Finnish startup Iceye has big ambitions — the smallsat company wants to do for satellite imagery what IBM did for computing in the ‘80s. “We want to democratize the technology, to make it available for everyone,” said Rafal Modrzewski, the company’s co-founder and CEO. IBM took computer technology, then available only to large corporations, and…

ACCESS.SPACE Alliance, which represents the small satellite sector and its stakeholders, has called for support for the sector during the Covid-19 crisis. The organization said that since the Covid-19 virus has become a global pandemic, the New Space ecosystem faces challenges in its day-to-day operations such as cash flow constraints, difficulties in terms of workforce…

The U.S. Space Force has completed a new service vision for enterprise satellite communications that seeks to eliminate traditional stovepipes for system acquisition and allow for rapid employment of new technologies in the commercial sector. Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, Space Force chief of space operations, recently signed the vision, the service shared in a Feb.…

Latin America met Europe in one of the more interesting consolidations that took place in the satellite industry in 2019. AXESS Networks was created through the merger of Axesat and CETel to make a global satellite powerhouse able to serve markets across the world. Mauricio Segovia, previously the CEO of AxeSat, and now the CEO…