Author: Rachel Jewett

Relativity Space has closed a $500 million Series D round, the company announced Monday. This capital will accelerate Relativity’s long-term plans for a multi-planetary future beyond the first launch of...

Inmarsat and Addvalue have established a real-time link between satellites in high and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), the companies announced Monday. This new system consists of an Addvalue on-board terminal and...

Eutelsat has begun direct distribution broadband through Konnect, its retail distribution arm, in Europe and Africa, Eutelsat announced Monday. With Konnect, Eutelsat is using a multi-channel retail strategy with online...

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint U.S.-European satellite built to monitor global oceans is in good health after its Nov. 21 launch, NASA said in a post-launch news release. The satellite...

OneWeb has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under the ownership of the U.K. government and Bharti Global, the company announced Friday, Nov. 20. This marks the start of OneWeb’s...

Voyager Space Holdings announced Thursday that it plans to acquire The Launch Company, which develops standardized hardware and works to support launches through automation. A financial component to the deal...

Rocket Lab executed its “Return to Sender” mission on Thursday evening, launching 30 satellites and hitting the milestone of its first-ever post-launch Electron first stage recovery.  The Electron launch vehicle...

Viasat is making moves to strengthen its European position in the broadband market. The satellite operator announced Thursday it is purchasing the remaining 51% share of Euro Broadband Infrastructure (EBI),...

The FCC on Wednesday voted to establish a unified licensing framework for Earth stations and space stations that the commission said will increase flexibility for satellite operators.   The new, optional...

Astroscale is preparing for the launch of its end-of-life services demonstration, ELSA-d, to launch in March 2021. Astroscale announced Wednesday the mission will launch on a Soyuz rocket operated by...