Author: Rachel Jewett

Iridium Communications continued its multi-year growth streak in 2023, reporting record revenue for the year of $790.7 million, up 10% from the year-ago period. The satellite operator reported full year...

The White House confirmed on Thursday that Russia is developing an anti-satellite (ASAT) capability, although it is not an active capability. This disclosure came after Congressman Mike Turner called for...

Maritime service provider KVH Industries is stepping away from hardware manufacturing to focus on its position as a hardware-agnostic multi-orbit connectivity provider. This comes after KVH added Starlink and Eutelsat...

SpaceX detailed a plan on Feb. 12 to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites that are part of the early version 1 design. The satellites are currently working, but the Starlink team...

Viasat had integrated a managed satcom solution on a U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship as part of a contract to provide service to 105 ships. Viasat announced the...

Direct-to-device satellite connectivity company Skylo Technologies has raised $37 million in funding, co-led by Intel Capital and Innovation Endeavors. New investors BMW i Ventures, Next47, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and Seraphim...

Aalyria recently conducted a demonstration of its Spacetime network orchestration software platform, integrating assets from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial satellite operators and companies. Its software orchestrated...

A group of satellite operators debuted a new industry organization on Friday — the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA), focused on promoting the direct-to-device (D2D) ecosystem. Its founding members are...

Maxar Intelligence has named former Google and Apple executive Arvind Srinivasan as the company’s new chief technology officer.  At Google, Srinivasan oversaw the commercialization of the Google Maps Engine cloud...

BlackSky Technology shared more details this week about a recent $50 million deal to supply subscription imagery and analytics to the Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MoD). In this deal, the...