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Orbital Insight announced it has opened a new sales office in Tokyo, Japan. The office will meet the growing demand for Orbital Insight’s products and services throughout the Asia-Pacific region, the company stated. According to Orbital Insight, Tokyo is a strategic choice for the company because of its role in global innovation. Asia-Pacific customers have...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) announced it has added a new executive member to its team. Lara Kwok, who joined AsiaSat in August 2017 as director of business development and strategy, has been promoted to vice president of business development and strategy, following the retirement of Sabrina Cubbon after 25 years of contributions to AsiaSat....

New technology on the satellite side of the supply chain is allowing teleport operators downstream, such as CETel, to engage with previously inaccessible customers. In an interview with Via Satellite, CETel business development lead Glynn Wagg attributed the company’s expanding palette of services and customers to the influx of Low and Medium Earth Orbit (LEO/MEO)...

Northern Sky Research’s (NSR) China Satcom Markets (CSM) report finds a Chinese satellite industry primed to take a larger share of the global satcom market through attractive one-stop-shop offerings, aggressive growth plans and enhanced exports. For Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) High Throughput Satellites (HTS) alone, NSR forecasts Chinese state-owned companies to manufacture and launch more than 800...

Although the technology driving in-orbit satellite servicing has existed for decades, only now has the market evolved to a point where it is economically feasible as a business. According to a panel of experts at a Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) discussion on Feb. 12, the convergence of lower launch costs and shifting priorities for...

While Musk takes a lot of credit for his vision, in Shotwell he found the perfect executive to run SpaceX like a finely oiled machine. She is one of the most admired and respected executives in our industry, and an inspiration for young women around the world. It is 9:30 a.m. on a ranch in...

SpaceX conducted a test fire Sunday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ahead of its fourth launch of the year. On Feb 17, the company will orbit the Paz satellite, built by Airbus for Spanish company HisdeSat, as well as the first prototypes for SpaceX’s own broadband constellation, Starlink. Read more at Geekwire >>

In a post-launch press briefing, SpaceX Founder Elon Musk revealed that the Block 5 iteration of the Falcon 9 rocket will be its last revision. The company intends to launch a full-scale test for the BFR within the next three or four years, eventually replacing the rest of SpaceX’s launch vehicle lineup. Read more at...

It has been a momentous week for the launch industry with SpaceX making headlines (not for the first time) well beyond the industry press. Its successful Falcon Heavy launch made front-page news across the world, capturing the imagination of people far beyond the space industry. In our Throwback Thursday feature we go back six years...

SpaceX conducted the first test flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket this afternoon, qualifying the launch vehicle as the most powerful in operation in the world today. At 3:45 p.m. EST, the Heavy lifted off from Launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying in its fairing SpaceX Founder Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster...