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An EchoStar subsidiary signed a deal with The Things Industries to deploy hybrid satellite and LoRa IoT solutions to businesses across Europe. The companies are introducing satellite connectivity to The Things Stack LoRaWAN network server and its generic node concept edition, to expand the reach of its IoT network. The Things Stack is a LoRaWAN...

Maxar Technologies is reorganizing into two businesses, splitting the company into Maxar Space Infrastructure and Maxar Intelligence. A representative for the company confirmed the move in a statement to Via Satellite on Thursday.  The company’s current CEO Dan Jablonsky will lead Maxar Intelligence as interim CEO. And Chris Johnson will lead Maxar Space Infrastructure as...

Starlink has signed another key contract in the maritime arena as it looks to make traction in this vertical. Hapag-Lloyd will start to use Starlink’s satellite internet technology across its fleet. The company announced the deal on Thursday and sait it it comes after a successful pilot phase. Since May, crewmembers aboard four pilot vessels have...

El Segundo, California-based ABL Space Systems has received a $15 million contract from the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space (AATS) office for responsive launch, SSC said on Sept. 18. The small business innovation research award from AATS’ Small Launch and Targets Division at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, comes under the $60...

Airbus is adding Intelsat and Panasonic Avionics as managed satellite service providers for its Airspace Link HBCplus ​solution​ for in-flight connectivity (IFC), the companies announced Tuesday.  HBCplus is a flexible satellite connectivity solution Airbus introduced last year, that lets airlines connect with selected managed service providers and line-fit new aircraft or retrofit aircraft with certified...

CACI International Inc has completed interoperability testing for its optical communication terminal for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 data relay and tracking network. CACI said in a Monday announcement that it has the first SDA-compliant terminal to establish a consistent data link with the reference modem. These were tests on the ground, done...

Rocket Lab’s launch for Capella Space on Tuesday failed, the company’s first Electron failure in more than two years. The mission lost one satellite for the customer.  The mission, called “We Will Never Desert You” took off from New Zealand at 6:55 p.m. local time, 2:55 a.m. ET.  The rocket successfully completed a first stage...

Luxury British cruise line Cunard signed a deal for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service across its fleet, the company announced Monday.  Cunard began rolling out Starlink on its fleet in June. The service will be available in public spaces on all three Cunard ships, the Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth by the end...

AST SpaceMobile claims it achieved a 5G connection for voice and data between an unmodified smartphone and its BlueWalker 3 satellite in space.  The company announced Tuesday that its engineers made a call from a wireless dead zone in Maui, Hawaii, to a Vodafone engineer in Madrid, Spain, using AT&T spectrum and AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker...

Kayhan Space raised $7 million in a seed extension round to advance the development of its Pathfinder spaceflight safety platform. Venture capital firms Space Capital and EVE Atlas funded the extension round. Kayhan Space said in a Tuesday announcement it plans to open an office in Washington, D.C. and grow its team of U.S. based...