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DirecTV is acquiring EchoStar‘s video distribution business, including Dish TV and Sling TV. EchoStar said this move refocuses the company’s portfolio on wireless and satellite connectivity markets.  The deal brings...

This week Via Satellite editors Jeff Hill and Mark Holmes join the podcast to talk about their trip to Paris for the annual World Space Business Week. The annual September...

Finnish startup ReOrbit secured its first GEO order to build a communications satellite for Malaysian energy and tech company Uzma Berhad, in a development the company hopes will open the...

Astranis, Axient, L3Harris Technologies, and Sierra Space are to submit design concepts for the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) to U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to launch up to eight R-GPS satellites...

PARIS — SpaceX’s Starshield now looms large over the Earth observation (EO) market as industry players look to grow revenues in a market that has not always lived up to...

PARIS — International Space Command leaders are pushing for more cooperation in space as the domain becomes more contested. Speaking at the Space Defense and Security Summit this week in...

PARIS — The satellite industry continues to attract investors excited by the potential returns, but financiers are scrutinizing the business plans, growth rates, and exit plans for investments in the...

PARIS — After years of delays, new launch vehicles are finally coming online in 2024 with the first flights of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket and the Ariane 6....

PARIS — The direct-to-device (D2D) market has been the subject of excitement and hype in the satellite industry in the past few years, with the promise of expanding satellite’s market share...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Space Development Agency (SDA) continues to advance the communications capabilities of its first batch of satellites on orbit as part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA),...