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Space industry recruiting agency Evona has adapted its business model, pushing a new subscription staffing solution in response to industry trends, as space companies are seeing a slowdown in later-stage funding rounds.  In October 2022, Evona observed the slow-down in venture capital rounds, as space investment dipped overall in 2022, which the company suspected would...

Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies rounds up 10 “must watch” companies in the satellite industry, from constellations, manufacturing, launch, and more. Via Satellite editors chose the companies on this list based on their expected activity for the year, and a mix of market share, transformational technology, ground-breaking deals, and overall industry excitement. Now in its sixth year,...

Now in its third year, Celebrating Women in Satellite recognizes the contributions of women who have made a difference for the space and satellite industry, and in the lives of their colleagues. This is a community-generated feature, with real stories of the women who drive this industry forward. This year, more than 40 people wrote...

Since 1988, the Via Satellite Executive of the Year award has recognized outstanding leadership in the industry. This award honors an executive that has led a company to financial success, executed an innovative project, or furthered the conversation on a crucial issue facing the industry within the past year. Recent winners include Melanie Stricklan, Tina Ghataore,...

The Via Satellite Technology of the Year award recognizes breakthrough technology achievements and how they impact the industry. This award is now in its sixth year, and has recognized technology achievements like Apple’s emergency messaging via satellite, Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission, and Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle-1. This year, we present five nominees including network orchestration software, signal...

The failed debut launch of Virgin Orbit from British soil in January of last year was a bitter start to the U.K.’s spaceflight ambitions. It was also the beginning of a bitter year for the space sector in the western world. In a sense, Virgin Orbit, which filed for bankruptcy three months after the British...

The launch of the Peregrine-1 mission in early January gave the space community the occasion of a reminder that the Moon is not only subject to exploration and commercial endeavors, but also a divine entity subject to mythical beliefs in the U.S. and around the world. This leads to questions on the extent to which...

Space is evolving into a critical warfighting domain. With the U.S. Space Force indicating the potential anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities developed by Russia and China as a reason for the need for suitable space-based countermeasures, it is clearly an ongoing arms race in the space domain. Multiple space commands are being reinforced while some have detached...

Via Satellite’s March edition is now live! This edition is packed with content including the 10 Hottest Companies for 2024, Celebrating Women in Satellite, and nominees for Satellite Executive and Technology of the Year. Read online now, and pick up a print copy at the SATELLITE show in March!

We often take for granted how much of our modern lives are underpinned by GPS technology. This episode of On Orbit digs into GPS and the global landscape of GNSS, which stands for Global Navigation Satellite System. Dr. Sean Gorman, CEO of new startup Zephr, joins as this episode’s guest.  Zephr, which recently raised a...