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Comtech Telecommunications has agreed to acquire Israeli ground segment company Gilat Satellite Networks in a transaction that could produce a “dominant” force in the cellular backhaul market. Comtech announced Wednesday […]

Lockheed Martin reported its Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2019 financial results Tuesday, in which it saw a 14% net sales increase in its Space segment, compared to the same period in […]

Startup Loft Orbital wants to shake up space with technology standardization. Their proprietary Payload Hub technology is a universal payload adapter that can fly any payload on a standard satellite […]

Eutelsat Communications has requested that Moody’s Investors Service withdraw all of its ratings on the company. According to Eutelsat, the decision was made in the context of ongoing cost rationalization. […]

Smallsat launcher Rocket Lab has started construction on a new Long Beach, California, facility which will serve as its headquarters, provide incremental production capacity, and Mission Control Center capabilities. The facility […]

SkyWatch Space Applications, a Canadian space technology startup, has completed a $7.5 million Series A round of financing. SkyWatch aims to provide companies with affordable and reliable access to Earth […]

Blue Origin opened its new headquarters and R&D facility in Kent, Washington on Monday. The new hub for the Jeff Bezos-owned spaceflight company is named the O’Neill Building after physicist […]

Geoforce will acquire the assets of Trakopolis’ subsidiary Trakopolis SaaS. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Trakopolis SaaS provides global traceability solutions. Geoforce, which is headquartered in Plano, Texas, plans to integrate […]

Nasdaq has delisted ordinary shares from Ability, a provider of tactical communications intelligence solutions, and suspended trading in the shares on Dec. 26. Nasdaq had previously informed Ability that it did […]

Maxar Technologies has agreed to sell MDA for $765 million to a consortium of financial sponsors led by Northern Private Capital, Maxar announced on Dec. 30. The company expects to […]

Boeing revealed Monday in a news release that CEO Dennis Muilenburg had resigned from his position as CEO and Board director. The board named current Chairman, David Calhoun, as CEO […]

Satellogic, an integrated geospatial analytics company, revealed Thursday that the company has $50 million in funding from new and existing investors. Existing investors, including Tencent and Pitanga, contributed approximately 40% […]

TriSept Corporation has signed a comprehensive teaming agreement with Satellite Applications (SA) Catapult to explore missions and space access across the U.K. space industry. The TriSept and SA Catapult alliance will […]

Hughes Network Systems and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), commenced a joint venture to provide satellite broadband services in Brazil on Friday. Operating under the name Hughes do Brasil, […]

Comtech Telecommunications reported its First Quarter (Q1) 2019 results, in which net sales saw a 5.9 percent increase year-over-year. Net sales for Q1 2020 were reported at $170.3 million, an […]

The private equity buyers of Inmarsat refused to bow to shareholder pressure and increase their $3.4 billion bid for the U.K. satellite operator on Monday, just one day before a […]

QinetiQ’s space business formally opened new cleanroom facilities and secured a new three-year contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). The $9.9 million (9 million euros) contract with The European […]

Comtech Telecommunications entered into an agreement to acquire UHP Networks, a provider of  satellite ground station technology solutions, for a purchase price of approximately $40 million. Founded in 2005, UHP is […]

T-Mobile CEO John Legere is stepping down. The wireless operator announced that its Board of Directors has named Mike Sievert as CEO, effective May 1, 2020. Currently President, COO and […]

Luokung Technology, a Chinese spatial-temporal big-data processing technology company, revealed that Geely Technology Group and Acuitas Capital have made strategic investments in Luokung through the purchase of preferred shares and common […]

Orbital Insight completed a $50 million Series D financing. The funding round was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Clearvision Ventures, with participation from new investors Invicta Growth, Bunge Ventures, Chevron […]

LeoSat’s ambitions to build a LEO constellation may not see the light of day now as Sky Perfect JSAT and Hispasat decided to pull back from in its investment in […]

Viasat reported its financial results for its fiscal Second Quarter (Q2) 2019, ended Sept. 30, in which revenues increased. Total revenues were $592.3 million, a 14 percent increase compared to […]

Dish Network reported its Third Quarter (Q3) 2019 revenue, which totaled $3.17 billion, an approximately 6.8 percent decline compared to $3.40 billion for the corresponding period in 2018. Net income […]

Ursa secured $15 million in Series B funding led by Razor’s Edge Ventures. The Series B financing was joined by strategic investors Citi, New York Ventures, a division of Empire State […]

Maxar Technologies reported its financial results for the Third Quarter (Q3) ended Sept. 30, in which revenues declined declined 5.9 percent to $479 million, compared to Q3 2018. The decrease […]

Telesat revealed its financial results for its Third Quarter (Q3) 2019, the three month period ended Sept. 30, in which it reported consolidated revenue of $180 million ($237 million CAD), […]

Eutelsat Communications reported financial results for the First Quarter (Q1) 2019, ended Sept. 30. The company saw Q1 revenues drop to $352.6 million (316.5 euros), or a 6.5 percent decrease, […]

Intelsat reported revenue of $506.7 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, or its Third Quarter (Q3) 2019, a decrease of  6 percent compared to same period in 2018. […]

Iridium Communications reported financial results for its Third Quarter (Q3) 2019 and updated its full-year 2019 outlook. The company reported $144.8 million in third quarter revenue, which consisted of $115.9 […]