Author: Rachel Jewett

Astranis will build a dedicated MicroGEO satellite for Argentine internet service provider (ISP) Orbith, the company announced this week.   The satellite is set to launch in 2025 as part of...

South Korea’s flagship air carrier Korean Air signed a deal with Viasat for in-flight connectivity (IFC) for an additional 40 aircraft, Viasat announced Wednesday. Viasat will connect 40 Boeing 787s...

MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley and 3GPP NTN Standards won the 2023 Satellite Executive and Technology of the Year awards, Via Satellite announced Wednesday. In addition, TrustPoint won the 2024...

Intelsat is expanding its partnership with Eutelsat Group for the company’s OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, committing to $250 million for LEO services over the first six years, with an...

ST Engineering iDirect announced its next-generation ground system Intuition, aiming to improve speed, scale, cost and flexibility of service. Intuition, announced Monday, is an advanced satellite networking ground system. It...

There is a new industry standard consortium in the satellite industry, geared at advancing waveform virtualization for satellite gateway and terminals. The new consortium, Waveform Architecture for Virtualized Ecosystems (WAVE),...

The first two WorldView Legion satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and could be launched as soon as April. Maxar Space Systems, which built the satellites...

SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully launched to space for the first time and maintained a suborbital trajectory before it was destroyed while attempting to return to Earth on Thursday morning. The...

The FCC adopted a new regulatory framework on Thursday to allow satellite operators to use mobile spectrum to provide satellite-to-cell coverage The FCC said this is the world’s first regulatory...

Global technology company Comtech fired its President and CEO Ken Peterman for “conduct unrelated to business strategy, financial results or previously filed financial statements,” the company announced in a March 13...