The ripples from Intelsat’s $3.1 billion sale to rival satellite operator SES are disrupting and delaying deals for suppliers and other companies further downstream, according to finance experts on an Oct. 22 Satellite Innovation panel.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Given its dominance in the launch market and Starlink’s explosive growth in satellite communications, what impact will SpaceX have on the optical terminal business? At the […]

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Companies are proceeding cautiously in applying artificial intelligence to satellite manufacturing. Blue Canyon Technologies, for example, wants to better understand how AI can contribute to manufacturing […]

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Lower interest rates should fuel more space investments but many companies will still struggle to raise funds, according to an Oct. 21 Satellite Innovation panel of investors.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Silicon Valley startup Aptos Orbital unveiled Oct. 22 an artificial intelligence device for space-based processing, communications and cloud services. “Today’s satellites are siloed from modern cloud […]

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Los Angeles startup Proteus Space announced a strategic partnership Oct. 22 with government contractor SAIC. In addition, SAIC made a “significant investment” in the startup. The […]

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In recent months, Skylo has established partnerships with chipset manufacturers, satellite fleet operators and telecommunications providers.

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Los Angeles startup Machina Labs is expanding its role in the space sector by working with satellite and hypersonic vehicle manufacturers.

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Atomos Space won a $1.6 million AFWERX contract to establish a ground-based testing facility for multi-party rendezvous and proximity operations.

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Private investment in space companies has declined, while U.S. government funding for space programs is climbing.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – While Astra Space is taking the delisting warning the company received from NASDAQ seriously, the company has “lots of different strategies” to address it, Astra CEO […]

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As SpaceX’s Starlink continues to gain military customers, the Pentagon worries that the company’s use of proprietary technology will make it difficult to integrate into a hybrid architecture that DoD hopes to build

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Propulsion startup Phase Four is expanding its Maxwell plasma propulsion line by offering Max-V, an iodine-fueled engine.

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Robert Lightfoot, Lockheed Martin Space executive vice president, discussed the pace of innovation and partnerships at the Satellite Innovation 2022 conference

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Companies that have demonstrated the technical viability of broadband satellite megaconstellations now face a bigger challenge: closing the business case.

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Markets for Earth observation data and associated services are growing and evolving, according to panelists at the Satellite Innovation 2021 conference.

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The torrid pace of investment and acquisitions involving space companies this year is unlikely to continue next year, but investors and bankers are still optimistic about the long-term growth prospects for the industry.

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The CEO of satellite operator SES says consolidation of the satellite industry is more likely than ever to improve its overall return on investment, but that the structure of the industry might hinder such deals.

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GHGSat, the Canadian firm preparing to launch a constellation of methane-monitoring satellites, announced Oct. 8 that the sensor on its Iris satellite launched in early September detects methane emissions five times as well as its predecessor. 

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Rather than pushing the state-of-the art, Boeing, Maxar Technologies and Northrop Grumman are emphasizing reliability in satellites they are manufacturing to help Intelsat and SES clear C-band spectrum, according to speakers at the Satellite Innovation 2020 conference.

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Tracking and avoiding the growing debris field in low Earth orbit was clearly on the minds of speakers on the first day of the Satellite Innovation 2020 conference.

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Viasat says that co-building its ViaSat-3 satellites with Boeing has given the company experience it can leverage to multiply the capacity achievable with a next-generation ViaSat-4 system.

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Satellite operators are partnering with cloud service providers, but not on everything.

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Quilty Analytics is “quite bullish" on satellite IoT for incumbents and some new entrants, Partner Justin Cadman said Oct. 9 at the Satellite Innovation 2019 conference.

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