Focus: North America

Goonhilly Earth Station has been making waves, quite literally, with its deep space antennas. The U.K.-based “gateway to space” has been around since the 1960s, but its new leadership team...

The C-band situation in the United States is once again under the microscope. Respected satellite equity analyst Giles Thorne of Jefferies has released a new report titled “The Orbiter: All Eyes...

Rocket Lab revealed that its first mission of 2019 will be a dedicated launch of a 150kg satellite for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA’s Radio Frequency Risk...

In the middle of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ambitious Space Month initiative in November, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai sat down for an interview with Via Satellite to discuss...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), denoted NROL-71, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Base in California on Jan....

Norsat International revealed that it has sold more than $2 million in Ka-band Atom Block Upconverter (BUC) products for Communications-on-the-Move (COTM) applications across North America, Asia, and Europe. According to...

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a contract to Airbus Defense and Space to develop a satellite bus in support of the Blackjack program. OneWeb Satellites is also a strategic joint venture...

Envistacom was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Officer Command Control Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) for upgrades on the Phoenix satellite terminal. The company has been awarded a...

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $52.7 million modification (P0009) to contract FA8818-17-D-0001 for engineering, development and sustainment services supporting the U.S. Air Force Multi-Mission Satellite Operation Center. The contract is indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity,...

Autonomous vehicle software developer Imagry is debuting the latest version of its mapless platform at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES’19) Jan. 8-11. Imagery’s solution uses an approach that requires neither...