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Mynaric secured a new contract from an existing customer worth $6 million for its Condor Mk3 optical terminals. The deal announced Wednesday is with an undisclosed, U.S.-based customer. Mynaric expects payment milestones in the fourth quarter of this year and 2024 and product deliveries in the second half of 2024. The Condor Mk3 is Mynaric’s second-generation...

GPS startup Zephr raised $3.5 million in a seed round led by Space Capital and First Spark Ventures, the company announced Tuesday. Zephr is working to create a networked GPS solution to enhance GPS accuracy for mobile devices.  The company says it is solving for a gap in GPS technology, where customer GPS used in...

Viasat is laying off 800 employees, about 10% of its workforce, as it is integrating the Inmarsat business post-acquisition. Viasat announced the reduction on Thursday and said it will be spread across the business in terms of geographies and divisions.  These layoffs come after Viasat closed the Inmarsat acquisition in May. Post-layoffs Viasat will still...

Telus, TerreStar Solutions and Skylo have conducted a successful trial to bring direct satellite connectivity to customers in Canada. The three companies announced details of the trial in Canada on Nov. 1. The trial paves the way to eliminate no-coverage zones and providing ubiquitous connectivity across Canada. In the trial, satellite connectivity was used to...

Delta Air Lines has tapped Hughes Network Systems to supply in-flight connectivity (IFC) to more than 400 Boeing 717 and regional jets serving North America. This marks Hughes’ first direct-to-airline IFC deal.  The offering combines the Hughes in-flight management system, a ThinKom multi-orbit antenna and Jupiter Ka-band satellite capacity. The program is already underway and...

MDA closed on its acquisition of SatixFy Space Systems UK (SSS) on Oct. 31, the company announced. MDA announced its plan to acquire the digital payload division of SatixFy Communications in late August to bolster its offerings in the digital satellite communications market.  The SSS division is based in the United Kingdom and MDA said...

Goonhilly Earth Station has acquired two U.S. based Comsat teleports, based in Southbury, Connecticut, and Santa Paula, California. The U.K.-based company announced the completed deal on Wednesday and said it will enhance service on both sides of the Atlantic.  This follows after Satcom Direct announced in March that it would divest the teleports to Goonhilly....

Sky Perfect JSAT (JSAT) has signed a new multi-year agreement with Panasonic Avionics as it looks to increase revenues from the domestic in-flight connectivity (IFC) market. The new deal was announced Oct. 31. Panasonic Avionics will use capacity on Sky Perfect JSAT’s Superbird-9 satellite to contribute to its strategic expansion plans to deliver higher-speed internet...

Amazon and a number of think tanks have launched a new advocacy group called the Alliance for Satellite Broadband to push for an update to the rules around satellite power limits at the upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23).  Amazon along with fellow members — International Center for Law & Economics, the Open Technology Institute at...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed its safety review of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy license evaluation, the regulator announced on Tuesday. However the FAA is still working on an environmental review.  The FAA said in a statement that the safety review focuses on public health and safety of property, including flight safety and risk criteria...