UK-based Isotropic Systems secured a $14 million Series A funding round lead by Boeing’s venture fund HorizonX Ventures, with participation …
Astranis lands Alaska satellite broadband deal
Small geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) communications satellite manufacturer Astranis announced this week it has landed its first customer. Pacific Dataport, …
Iridium finishes NEXT constellation
Iridium Communications successfully finished the refresh of its satellite constellation, with the last 10 new Iridium NEXT satellites launched on …
Progress and peril for new broadband constellations
OneWeb, SpaceX, and Telesat recently had more activity shedding light on their respective plans to build Low Earth Orbit (LEO) …
Planet, Spire Global, AxelSpace add sats with end of year Soyuz launch
Planet and Spire Global hitched a ride on the first Soyuz launch out of Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome, both adding satellites …
Amazon, Lockheed Martin team on “Ground station as a service”
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Lockheed Martin are teaming up to integrate the new AWS Ground Station service with Lockheed …
Filling the sky — 12 hours, 2 launches, nearly 100 satellites, November 28
If all goes according to plan, SpaceX and India will conduct two launches that will place 95 satellites into orbit …
FCC greenlights SpaceX Starlink, other LEO satellite constellations
Last week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted formal market access to LEO satellite start-ups Kepler Communications and LeoSat along …