Rachel Jewett

Ovzon will provide satcom services to an undisclosed European NATO nation under a new contract announced Dec. 19 worth 240 million Swedish krona ($25.2 million). The contract includes satellite networks […]

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on space policy on Thursday that affirmed the priority to land Americans on the Moon by 2028, called for the development of nuclear […]

Moody’s Ratings downgraded the credit assessment of SES from ba1 to ba2 on Dec. 17, citing weaker pro forma results for the first nine months of 2025 and the high integration […]

The German Armed Forces has awarded a new joint venture between Rheinmetall and Iceye a contract to deliver an exclusive constellation, valued at approximately 1.7 billion euro ($2 billion).  Data […]

Revenue for Spire Global was down nearly 56% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2025, which the company attributed to divesting its maritime business and the U.S. government shutdown shifting […]

Leonardo DRS conducted an on-orbit test of its multi-channel software-defined radio (SDR) with integrated advanced cryptography.  The SDR, called the eXtended Crypto Module3-Space (XCM3-Space), was launched aboard the Mercury satellite […]

Airtel Africa plans to bring Starlink Direct to Cell to its customers under a new partnership announced Tuesday. The telco will be the first mobile network operator in Africa to […]

The Senate voted to confirm Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator on Wednesday afternoon. Isaacman takes the helm of NASA after an interesting journey to the role in which is initial […]

ST Engineering iDirect is working with Capgemini to develop a 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) satellite base station that will enable integration between satellite and terrestrial networks. The companies announced Tuesday […]

Indonesia’s national satellite operator PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat) has signed an MoU with Space42 to explore direct-to-device (D2D) collaboration with the Equatys joint venture.  Telkomsat is the first satellite […]

Cailabs is working to bring transportable optical ground stations to market through a new agreement with DataPath to integrate its optical instruments onto DataPath’s transportable ground stations. Cailabs has signed […]

Latin American airline group Abra Group has selected SES’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) service to be rolled out on more than 100 aircraft, SES announced Monday.  Colombian airline Avianca, part of […]

Viasat has integrated the Global Xpress satellite fleet from Inmarsat, its Ka-band satellites, and partner satellites into a unified Ka-band network for government and military users, the company announced Monday. […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is preparing a request for proposals (RFP) around agile space capabilities, but it is held up due to […]

Two European defense tech firms — Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Germany’s Helsing — plan to build a multi-sensor satellite constellation for intelligence, surveillance, and targeting (IST) capabilities.  Announcing […]

Italian airline ITA Airways will adopt Viasat’s air traffic modernization solution Iris, which was developed through a European Space Agency (ESA) program.  Iris is a datalink service that is part […]

Umbra and Italian company e-GEOS have signed a multi-year strategic agreement to jointly develop geospatial intelligence solutions with the COSMO-SkyMed satellites and Umbra’s constellation.  Both entities operate synthetic aperture radar […]

Telesat and MDA Space are working with Canada’s government to deliver a multi-frequency, Arctic milsatcom capability under a new strategic partnership agreement announced Tuesday.  This partnership is part of the […]

The United Kingdom’s communications regulator Ofcom authorized a regulatory framework to enable the deployment of satellite direct-to-device services in mobile spectrum bands in the U.K.  Ofcom released its framework on […]

Arianespace has shipped key parts of an Ariane 6 rocket to French Guiana ahead of Arianespace’s first Amazon mission, targeted for early 2026. The first batch of Amazon Leo satellites […]

Is space crowded? Although there’s been such a large increase in satellites in orbit, it’s not a simple question. On Orbit revisits the question with Chiara Manfletti, CEO of Portugal-based space […]

Iceye raised 150 million euro in new funding led by General Catalyst, with the latest raise valuing the satellite company at 2.4 billion euro ($2.8 billion). The new funding announced […]

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Muon Space $44.6 million in funding for an on-orbit prototype demonstration of a dual-use space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) capability.  The funding announced Monday is […]

Two aerospace suppliers, Applied Aerospace and PCX Aerosystems, are merging to create greater scale as a supplier of precision hardware and systems for aircraft, rotorcraft, satellites, launch vehicles, and missile […]

Jared Isaacman faced a second confirmation hearing for the role of NASA administrator on Wednesday, reiterating his support for the Artemis program and competition among commercial companies for government programs, […]

SLI, Space Leasing International has signed a letter of intent to purchase two Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites from AscendArc at a combined value of more than $200 million.  On Wednesday, […]

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Iridium an infrastructure transformation contract worth up to $85.8 million for lifecycle upgrades to the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) service center.  The award […]

Inmarsat Maritime said it is set for a “dramatic increase” in capacity for its NexusWave bonded connectivity service for the maritime market with new capacity from the ViaSat-3 network. In […]

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has selected Globecomm Systems as the prime contractor for a next-generation satellite modem program. Globecomm will deliver qualified solutions based on the Datum Systems […]

The past year was marked by eye-catching spectrum sales amid the ramp-up of direct-to-device (D2D), mega-mergers as Europe looks to secure its future in space leadership, and increased adoption of […]