Focus: Legal

Swarm Technologies, the start-up that launched four satellites illegally in January, has filed a new application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to gain permission to launch a further three...

In the wake of the hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands last year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is making available hundreds of millions of dollars in...

Northrop Grumman has announced that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has cleared its proposed acquisition of Orbital ATK. The FTC’s Bureau of Competition has completed its review of the...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is already in force, making it paramount for all satellite companies to understand their obligations, the implications and the risks. The GDPR may be seem like an EU-centric directive, but it could still impact companies based in all parts of the world...

A potential 200 million euro ($2.39 million) contract between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus in Portsmouth will be moved to the European continent because of Brexit, the managing director...

A new administration is giving T-Mobile and Sprint hopes of reviving its merger plans. The companies announced Sunday they are trying again to get approval for a merger after aborting...

When it comes to U.S. commercial, civil and military satellite communication services, three seemingly interrelated areas — innovation, spectrum certainty, and sustainable space operations — are critical to the industry’s...

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted SpaceX approval to provide broadband internet services with its planned constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellites. The constellation, called Starlink, will...

U.K. Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said he is “deeply disappointed” by Europe’s plans to exclude U.K. businesses from bidding on the Galileo satellite program. The U.K. military would also be...

Satellite companies building next-generation networks must be prepared to meet obligations for lawful intercept, says Subsentio Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Bock. If network operators are unable to comply with...