In This Issue
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People40 People Who Shaped the Satellite Industry
As Via Satellite marks its 40-year anniversary in 2026, we’re celebrating with a special feature: 40 People Who Shaped the Satellite Industry, to mark visionaries both past and present that […]
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Space EconomyMapping the Future of Space in 2040: From Constant Connectivity to AI-Powered Intelligence
Talk to space industry aficionados about their vision of the not so distant future and you’ll hear about a world of science fiction turned reality. Fleets of orbital data centers […]
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Government/MilitarySpace Defense in 2040: A Networked, Weaponized, and Contested Frontier
Autonomous systems, ubiquitous sensors, and AI-optimized targeting are positioned to transform tomorrow’s warfighting domain, where the ability to see, decide, and act first may rest with constellations in orbit rather […]
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PeopleVia Satellite Editors and Writers Share Industry Memories
Over a 40-year history, Via Satellite has told countless stories of the space and satellite industry. From its first edition in 1986 to today, the magazine’s writers and editors and […]
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OpinionThe ‘Impossible’ Shaping a Better Future
Happy 40th Birthday to Via Satellite! In 2025, ~4,500 satellites were launched into space globally – a greater than twenty times increase compared to an average, annual launch cadence 40 […]
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OpinionSome Highs and Lows of a 40-Year Journey in Space
Viasat celebrates its 40-year anniversary in 2026, alongside Via Satellite. The enormous changes in the last four decades begat enormous opportunity, and fortunately Viasat has been able to convert opportunities […]
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OpinionHow Commercial Space Earned the Trust of Customers
When I first entered the commercial space industry in 2012, we spent a lot of time explaining why small satellites mattered and the concept of disruptive innovation: a technology that […]
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OpinionA Career Retrospective About the Future
When Mark asked me to contribute to Via Satellite’s 40th anniversary edition, I was honored. I also had an uncomfortable realization: I’ve been working in wireless communications for roughly as […]
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Opinion
The Next 40 Years of Satellite Will Belong to the Bold
There is a familiar point in almost every spacecraft program when somebody finally asks where the heat is supposed to go. Forty years is a long time in any industry. […]
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OpinionComing Out Ahead in the Earth-to-Moon Economic Zone
When humans set their sights on the Moon more than a half-century ago, no one could have predicted how far government would take that vision — or how much farther […]
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OpinionThe Birth of Arianespace and Commercial Launch Services
In 1977, the Ariane development program was progressing smoothly, with the goal set at the beginning of 1973 to execute the first qualification flight during 1979. The initial qualification program […]
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OpinionCelebrating 40 Years of Via Satellite
Welcome to the 40th Anniversary Edition of Via Satellite where we celebrate an absolutely remarkable 40 years. It is hard to believe this magazine started in 1986 and 40 years […]