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ESA Awards D-Orbit UK Contract for Debris Removal Demonstration The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the U.K. branch of D-Orbit a contract to develop debris removal technology, the company...

While there are bright spots in the history of space collaboration such as the International Space Station, many regulatory experts say there remains a need for global consensus for dealing...

The satellite industry has been hit hard by a succession of global supply chain crises during the pandemic — including the worldwide microchip shortage. But a panel of executives from...

In an electrifying keynote to start the second day of SATELLITE 2021, Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises, announced a breakthrough partnership between OneWeb and AT&T and set out...

Looking to the satellite industry’s future in a hyper-connected world, leaders see themes in collaboration, open standards, and virtualization. Executives from SES, SpaceX, Facebook, and ST Engineering iDirect agreed during...

The satellite industry has seen huge changes since the last SATELLITE show, with constellations, consolidations, SPACs, space tourism — and a number of these developments made headlines beyond the industry....

Last summer, Amazon Web Services dove further into the space sector by establishing the AWS Aerospace and Satellite Solutions division. AWS signaled its serious intent by placing retired U.S. Air...

Execution and meeting customer needs are critical to making the business case for new satellite Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) companies, major satellite operators said Tuesday at the opening of the SATELLITE...

There are many factors driving the ballooning complexity of ground systems, but paradoxically one of them is the customer desire for simplicity. “We’re at a position in the market where...

Iridium COO Suzi McBride talks about how Iridium plans to deal with incoming competition, and how the operator will fit in with an evolving space industry. While many satellite operators...