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XipLink has appointed Jaco Botha as senior vice president of Product, the company announced Feb. 4. Botha will have responsibility for all product management, product marketing and alliance partnership functions...

Maxar Technologies has extended its satellite capacity agreement with European Space Imaging and Space Imaging Middle East, strategic imagery partners that serve customers in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle...

Kymeta and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have formed a strategic partnership to develop products that integrate mobile satellite antennas and virtualized ground systems. According to the Feb. 1 announcement,...

Mitsubishi Electric is getting involved in an important Australian defense project by joining Team AUSSAT, which includes Optus, Raytheon Australia, and Thales Australia, the company announced Feb. 3. Optus, Australia’s...

The U.S. Space Force recently selected L3Harris Technologies to integrate a space domain awareness project called ATLAS.  ATLAS — Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System — is a project that...

Iceye closed a $136 million Series D funding round, bringing the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provider’s total funding raised to $304 million. Seraphim Space led the round, which included new...

Yahsat‘s dedicated government arm, Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) to provide advanced and secure satellite communication services. The contract, announced Feb....

SpaceX is now taking pre-orders for Starlink Premium, a more expensive Starlink service with a more capable user terminal, geared toward businesses and high demand users. SpaceX announced the service...

Gilat Satellite Networks debuted its next-generation very small aperture terminal (VSAT) on Wednesday, the SkyEdge IV. The VSAT was designed for the evolving satellite connectivity ecosystem, to work across multiple...

Viasat is partnering with Australian telecommunications company Telstra to build and manage the ground infrastructure and fiber network for the ViaSat-3 satellite system targeting the Asia-Pacific region. Under the 16.5-year...