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DIRECTV Announces Termination of Agreement to Acquire EchoStar's Video Distribution Business

Booz Allen Strengthens AI Portfolio to Ensure Trust and Protect Citizens


Planet and Global Fishing Watch Expand Collaboration for Ocean Transparency and Accountability


C-COM develops mobility mount accessories for hughes


U.S. Army Selects EchoStar’s Hughes to Deploy 5G Open RAN with RAN Intelligent Controller at Fort Bliss


Impulso.Space Expands Strategic Collaboration with D-Orbit in Multi-Mission, Multi-Satellite Launch Contract


Comtech Appoints Daniel Gizinski as New President of Satellite & Space Communications Segment


Globalstar Announces Plans to Transfer Its Stock Listing to Uplist on Nasdaq


Globalstar Wins Terrestrial Authority in Mexico


AST SpaceMobile Announces Launch Services Agreements


U.S. Navy Awards Comtech $50 Million SLM-5650B Modem Contract


NOVELSAT and Guident Conclude Successful First Phase of
Joint Project to Enhance Autonomous Vehicles Safety with Space Connectivity


Firefly Aerospace Closes Oversubscribed $175 Million Series D Capital Raise with New Lead Investor


Akash Systems Signs Preliminary Agreement for $68 million in CHIPS Act Funding to
Advance AI and Space with Diamond Cooling Tech


Sidus Space Selected to Exclusively Build Lonestar Data Holdings Lunar Data Storage Spacecraft Fleet


Momentus Receives HALO Prototype Order Contract from SDA


Kymeta Unveils its Second Multi-Orbit, On-the-Move Flat-Panel Antenna – the Goshawk™ u8


Telesat Signs US$39 Million Contract with SatixFy to Develop and Deliver Landing Station Baseband Units for Telesat Lightspeed Network


Sidus Space Announces Iridium-Powered Communication Upgrade for LizzieSat™ Platform


Comtech Announces Leadership Updates


Motive to Enable First Starlink Service in Latin America


iSEE Global Announces Launch of US Commercial & Federal Focused Subsidiary


Gilat Received Over $4 Million Order from the US Department of Defense


Hughes Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) Successfully Completes Flight Test Using LEO


LeoStella and BlackSky Selected for Space Development Agency Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit program


AST SpaceMobile Secures Initial Contract with Space Development Agency (SDA) as a Prime Contractor to the United States Government


Telesat awards contract to Intellian to design and supply gateway antennas for the Telesat Lightspeed network


Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies to offer Iridium Certus and STL® Services to the U.S. Government


Intelsat Reports IS-33e Satellite Total Loss


Comtech Announces Transformation Strategy and Capital Structure Update


Iridium Announces Record Third-Quarter 2024 Results; Improves 2024 OEBITDA Outlook


Rocket Lab Adds New Mission to 2024 Launch Manifest, Schedules Launch in Coming Days


Sidus Space Receives FCC Approval for Remote Sensing Satellite Micro Constellation License, Expanding Footprint in Low Earth Orbit


Viasat selects ST Engineering iDirect’s next-generation ground technology to accelerate customers’ digital transformation


Intelsat, U.S. Army Successfully Completes First Satellite Managed Service Pilot


Spectrum in the 7-8 GHz Range Could Enable Future 6G Networks


Iridium to Collaborate with Nordic Semiconductor on Iridium NTN Direct integration


Millennium Space Systems Rapidly Completes FOO Fighter Review Milestone


MSSA alliance with GSMA announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Las Vegas 2024


Gilat Satellite Networks Awarded approximately $4 Million Contract to Provide Connectivity for rural areas in Latin America


Planet Partner SatAgro Signs a Contract with American Crystal Sugar Company for Sugar Beet Crop Monitoring


Northrop Grumman Completes Hybrid SATCOM Demonstration, Connecting to Commercial Space Internet


Ramon.Space and Radisys Partner to Develop State-of-the-Art, Space-Resilient 5G Non-Terrestrial Network Solutions


Morpheus Space Unveils Enhanced Ground Station and Target Analytics in JOURNEY

SES Space & Defense Awards Comtech Order for Next-generation Modems to Operate on O3b mPOWER Constellation


Impulse Space Secures $150M In Series B Funding To Support Ongoing Company Momentum

BlackSky Wins Approximately $6 Million Contract Expansion with Legacy International Defense Sector Customer


DIRECTV to Acquire EchoStar's Video Distribution Business, Including DISH TV and Sling TV


AST SpaceMobile Announces Preliminary Results of Redemption of Public Warrants


Office of Space Commerce Announces Commercial Partners for New TraCSS Pathfinder Project


Gogo to Acquire Satcom Direct


BlackSky Wins U.S. Navy Research Contract for Gen-3 Advanced Optical Intersatellite Links


Skyloom’s Pioneering Space-Based Optical Communication Technology to be Donated to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum


Momentus Receives Nasdaq Notice of a Delisting Determination


Firefly Aerospace Awarded NASA Contract to Launch NOAA’s QuickSounder Spacecraft


Leaf Space Secures Contract with Maritime Launch Services to Install New Ground Station at Spaceport Nova Scotia


Hawaiian Airlines Now Offering Fast and Free Starlink Wi-Fi Across Entire Airbus Fleet


Reticulate Micro Demonstrates First-ever Live Video Streaming over MUOS Network for a U.S. Army Special Operations Organization


XipLink Launches Innovative Software Bundles for Multi-Orbit SD-WAN


Iridium Board of Directors Approves Additional $500 Million Share Repurchase Program; Since Inception Authorizations Now Total $1.5 Billion


Sidus Space safeguards LizzieSat constellation with space traffic management from Neuraspace


Cinetcomm Enhances Connectivity Solutions with Addition of Eutelsat OneWeb LEO Service


SoftBank Corp. and Intelsat Launch Landmark Collaboration to Create Ubiquitous Network


Capella Space Awarded a $15M Contract with the U.S. Air Force


XipLink Launches Innovative Software Bundles for Multi-Orbit SD-WAN


Rivada, Peraton Join Forces for Global Mission-Critical Connectivity


DIRECTV And The Walt Disney Company Reach Agreement In Principle For Distribution Of Disney's Linear Networks And Direct-To-Consumer Services


Telesat Completes $2.54 Billion Funding Agreements for Telesat Lightspeed Satellite Constellation with Strong Government Backing


Intelsat Delivers Summer Games in Brazil Using New Terrestrial IP Service


AST SpaceMobile Announces Successful Orbital Launch of Its First Five Commercial Satellites


T-Mobile Conducts the First Ever Wireless Emergency Alert Via Satellite


Comtech Launches New Digital Common Ground Modem Product Line for DoD and Coalition Customers


Lynk Announces Executive Realignment and Expansion of Leadership Team to Accelerate the Company’s Next Phase of Growth


BlackSky Announces 1-for-8 Reverse Stock Split of Class A Common Stock


Spire Global Signs Waiver and Amendment to Financing Agreement with Blue Torch Capital


Firefly Aerospace Names Jason Kim as New Chief Executive Officer


Iridium Announces Executive Retirements


FCC Reauthorizes Globalstar’s HIBLEO-4 Constellation


Comtech Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Chandler, AZ


Maritime Launch Services Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Leading Launch Vehicle Developer for Orbital Launches from Nova Scotia


Globalstar Announces Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results


BAE Systems-built NEOWISE spacecraft ends mission after 14 years in space


EchoStar Announces Financial Results for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024


Scout Space Joins U.S. Space System Command's Space Domain Awareness TAP Lab Accelerator


Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) Awarded Contract by GHGSat to Develop Two Additional Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Microsatellites


FCC Approves AST SpaceMobile Launch of First Commercial Satellites


Muon Space Secures $56M Series B Funding, Surpasses $100M in Customer Contracts in 2024 including Landmark Agreement with SNC


Space Force Approves Orbit Fab’s RAFTI as Accepted Refueling Interface for Military Satellites


Maritime Launch Services Congratulates the Government of Canada on the Conclusion of Space Launch Treaty Negotiations with the United States


ATLAS Space Operations Completes Rapid Onboarding of Critical TROPICS Spacecraft


SynMax Secures NGA Pilot for Revolutionary Geospatial MDA Tool, Theia


NordSpace Announces New Spaceport Canada and $5M Investment, Adding to End-to-End Space Launch System for Canada


Rivada Space Networks Expands U.S. Team


Akima Secures $480 Million Contract to Strengthen U.S. Space Force's Satellite Operations


BAE Systems and Stellar Blu Solutions complete multi-orbit antenna qualification and type certification for in-flight connectivity


Former FCC International Bureau Chief Joins Skylo as Head of Regulatory Affairs
24/07/24


KBR to Acquire LinQuest, Expanding Technical Capabilities Across Air, Space and Digital Domains


Former Rolls-Royce Chief Technology Officer to Support iRocket in Transforming the Launch Industry


Falcon 9 Failure, Starlink Satellites to burn up on re-entry


Comtech Completes First Province-wide Migration to NG9-1-1 Infrastructure in Canada


Scout Space Selected to Join DARPA’s BRIDGES Consortium for Space Superiority


NorthStar Earth & Space successfully validates and patents its unique space-based SSA Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
 


The Spaceport Company Wins U.S. Air Force R&D Contract


AvL Technologies Announces
CEO Retirement and New Board of Directors Chairman


Indra Signs a Framework Agreement to Equip Airports in the United States With Technology for the Surveillance and Monitoring of Surface Aircraft


Comtech Launches Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Public Safety Solution


Intelsat, Starfish Space Reach Deal for Satellite Servicing Mission
 

Terran Orbital and Hanwha Systems Sign Memorandum of Understanding


Boost Mobile Network is the World's First Network to Commercially Launch Nationwide Simultaneous 5G 4x Downlink and 2x Uplink Carrier Aggregation


PLD Space invests 10 million euros in MIURA 5 Launch Complex in French Guiana
  25/06/24


Maritime Launch Services Receives Infrastructure Reimbursement Program Approval from the Province of Nova Scotia


NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Gen Spacecraft for NOAA


CesiumAstro Secures $65M in Oversubscribed Funding Round


OneWeb Technologies and Kymeta Demonstrate Satellite Communications Solutions with U.S. Navy aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln


Space Systems Command Awards Four Contracts to Develop
Space Laser Communication Terminal Prototypes

Satcube AB officially announces western expansion and opens US branch Satcube Inc.


Vrio to Offer Project Kuiper Satellite Broadband in 7 South American Countries to Help Bridge the Digital Divide


LeoLabs Selected by the U.S. Government to Deliver Next-Generation Radar Technology


T-Mobile Selected by U.S. Navy for $2.67 Billion 10-Year Contract


Kepler Validates SDA-Compatible Optical Technology For Space Data Relay Constellation

Viasat Energy Services Introduces Enhanced Hybrid Network Service for the Energy Industry


Rocket Lab Signs Preliminary Terms to Receive up to $23.9M in Funding Under the CHIPS Act


Speedcast Inaugurates New Teleport Facility Serving as LATAM Gateway for Eutelsat OneWeb

SES Space & Defense Demonstrates First Multi-orbit, Multi-band Commercial LEO Relay


Speedcast Launches New Cybersecurity Application with Cydome to Help Maritime Customers Comply with Growing Regulatory Requirements

SES Space & Defense Demonstrates First Multi-orbit, Multi-band Commercial LEO Relay
5/06/24


“XipLink announces LEO enhancement features for Multi-Orbit networks” 4
/06/24


RTX provides Blue Canyon Satellites for NASA Polar climate mission

NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth's Poles

AST SpaceMobile Welcomes Telecom Industry Veteran Johan Wibergh to Board of Directors
4/06/24


LEOcloud Is Awarded Project For Demonstration Of Its Space Edge™ 29/05/24


iDirect Government To Build 5G Co-Channel Interference Mitigation Prototype
for Defense Innovation Unit 21/05/24


Commonwealth of Massachusetts Approves Comtech to Provide NG911 Services
21/05/24


Watershed Moment for UAS: Iridium Connected Drones from American Aerospace Granted First FAA Waiver for BVLOS Commercial Operations
16/05/2024

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile Announce Definitive Commercial Agreement
16/05/2024


EchoStar Awarded a U.S. Navy Wireless and Telecommunications Contract to Provide 5G Smart Devices and Services for the DoD and Federal Agencies
15/05/24


SWISSto12 supplies Northrop Grumman with critical Radio Frequency products for a GEOStar-3 Commercial Satellite Program


Enabled Intelligence and Pixxel announce partnership 10/05/25


Sierra Space Reinvents Space Transportation with Dream Chaser 10/05/24


EchoStar Announces Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
8/05/24


Space Tech Startup Xona Raises $19M Series A for its Cutting-Edge Satellite Navigation Service
8/05/24


Starfish Space executes rendezvous between Otter Pup and D-Orbit's ION
07/05/24


iDirect Government’s Tactical Hub Teams with Tampa Microwave’s Quad Band Satellite Simulator for MILSATCOM Mission Readiness Solution
6/04/24


INRED and SES to Provide High-Throughput Connectivity Across Colombia’s Amazonas
06/04/24


ATLAS Space Operations to Support Blue Origin’s Blue Ring DarkSky-1 Mission
3/04/24


Millennium Space Systems Awarded $414M Space Development Agency Contract
2/04/24


Slingshot Aerospace Report Reveals Increasing Risks of Operating in Space: 12,597 Satellites in Orbit; Nearly $1 Billion in Space Insurance Losses
30/04/24


SES to Acquire Intelsat in Compelling Transaction Focused on the Future


Intelsat, CNH Smart Farming Satellite Connectivity Coming to Brazil
29/04/24

Hughes Opens State-of-the-art Manufacturing Facility and Private 5G Incubation Center in Maryland 27/04/24


Reticulate Micro Unveils VALOR™ ESA Product Line
25/04/24


Lynk Announces Sat2Phone Contract with U.S. Government
22/04/24


Satellogic Signs Letter of Intent with O.N.E. Amazon to Support Building the Internet of Forests
22/04/24


Iridium Announces First-Quarter 2024 Results
18/04/24


Space Leasing International enters new lease agreement with RBC Signals
17/04/24


Intelsat Signs Two Major Broadcast Managed Services Deals in Latin America

Kratos Demonstrates Fully Virtualized SATCOM Ground System for U.S. Army Futures Command over SES’s O3b MEO Constellation
17/04/24


Skydweller Aero Appoints Space and Telecom Industry Veteran Barry A. Matsumori as New President and Chief Operating Officer
16//04/24


Comtech Partners with Eutelsat OneWeb to Deliver LEO Connectivity Services to Antarctica
15/04/24


Satellogic Announces $30 Million Strategic Investment from Tether Investments Limited
15/04/24


Exolaunch Signs with HawkEye 360 to Provide Launch and Deployment Services for Multiple Satellite Missions


Rocket Lab Selected by Space Systems Command to Build and Launch Spacecraft for Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Mission


BAE Systems-built weather satellite launches as part of U.S. Space Force environmental monitoring program


True Anomaly selected for $30M Space Systems Command contract in support of VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space mission


Tesat Government Completes Construction Of Its Facility In Merritt Island, Florida
9/04/24


New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations
9/04/24


Hughes Awarded Production Contract by GA-ASI to Connect Gray Eagle UAS with Next Gen Satellite Communications
8/04/24


Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) Confirms Successful Deployment of HawkEye 360 Microsatellite Clusters 8 and 9 8/04/24

Sierra Space Unveils the Revolutionary Eclipse Satellite Bus Line: Introducing Velocity, Horizon, and Titan
5/04/24


Skydweller Aero completes successful unmanned/uncrewed flight of large scale solar-powered aircraft in the United States
5/04/24


DARPA Awards Phase Four $14.9M Contract to Develop Air Breathing Electric Propulsion for Very Low Earth Orbit Operations
5/04/24


US Army Awards $12 Million Contract Extension to Gilat to Sustain Anytime, Anywhere Satellite Connectivity
4/04/24


Gilat Awarded Over $3M Follow-On Order for Public WiFi Service in Latin America 4/04/24


Kratos Demonstrates Fully Virtualized SATCOM Over LEO for U.S. Army
4/04/24


ATLAS Space Operations Proves Operational Hybrid Space Architecture Capability
04/04/24


HawkEye 360 Secures $40 Million Debt Commitment
2/04/24


Telesat and Government of Canada Agree to Terms on C$2.14 Billion Loan in Support of Telesat Lightspeed 1/04/24


AST SpaceMobile ASIC Chip Enters Tape-Out Phase in Collaboration with TSMC
28/03/24


Gogo Testing for Global Broadband Antenna Achieves Major Milestone
28/03/24


Space Executive Clay Mowry Joins Vast as Advisor 28/03/24

Sidus Space Reports Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides Business Update 28/03/24

First Two WorldView Legion Satellites Arrive at Launch Base
22/03/24


Intelsat Advances Multi-Orbit Strategy with Expansion of Eutelsat Group LEO Agreement
19/03/24


Keysight and Capgemini Validate 5G New Radio RAN Solution for Non-Terrestrial Networks

DoD Extends Contract for ORAN-based Private 5G Networks through 2025


Mexico’s StarTV to Launch Its Innovative New Video Streaming Service on EUTELSAT 117 West B 18/03/24


J.F. Lehman & Company Completes Acquisition of Mission Microwave
14/03/24


Sidus Space Receives Signals from LizzieSat™ after Successful Launch and Deployment on the SpaceX Transporter-10 Rideshare Mission
14/03/24


Comtech Appoints John Ratigan as Interim Chief Executive Officer 13/03/24


AST SpaceMobile Updates Licensing Administration of its Satellite Constellation 12/03/24

Lynk Successfully Deploys Two More Orbital ‘Cell Phone Towers in Space’
12/03/24


U.S. Space Force Awards Boeing WGS-12 Communications Satellite Production Contract
5/03/24


Hughes Do Brasil Appoints New Senior Director Of Operations, Engineering And Aftersales 5/03/24


Iridium to Expand its Reach as a Global Alternative PNT Service with Acquisition of Market Leader Satelles 04/03/24


World Teleport Association Names AXESS Networks’ Sergey Raber as 2024 Teleport Executive of the Year 28/02/24
















                           
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