Author: Rachel Jewett

Via Satellite’s executive interviews provide an in-depth look into the biggest stories of the year. Here is a roundup of our best and most popular interviews of 2023 with the...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday announced a new U.S. policy for novel space activities — private sector activities that are not directly regulated under the current U.S. regulatory system....

Viasat is introducing new internet service plans for businesses called Business Choice, which the company says offer faster speeds than any of the company’s previous business plans. The plans include...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a new ground station in Alaska for its AWS Ground Station managed service. This is the 12th ground station in the global network, which allows...

The past year saw a number of shakeups in the satellite industry — like the Viasat/Inmarsat merger and Steve Collar leaving SES. Both of those operators are also dealing with...

Axiom Space is partnering with Kepler Communications US and Skyloom Global to integrate and demonstrate optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) on the first module of the company’s commercial space station. The...

Blue Origin returned the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle to flight on Tuesday, more than a year after a New Shepard rocket exploded during a test flight in September 2022.  ...

Hughes Network Systems has introduced new high-speed satellite internet plans using capacity from its recently launched Jupiter-3 satellite.  The company now offers new plans with speeds up to 100 Mbps,...

2023 was a year of massive news in the satellite industry. From the Viasat/Inmarsat and Eutelsat/OneWeb mergers, to new leaders at top operators, and major constellation updates from Starlink, Amazon’s...

Satellite startup Lynk Global, which has proven satellite-to-cell technology, plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Alex Rodriguez’s SPAC, Slam Corp.  Lynk and Slam...