Satnews Publishers Wishes You A Wonderful Holiday
Satnews Publishers wishes all a warm, Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or other celebratory event —Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year — as we welcome 2025. In celebration of the holidays, the Satnews offices will be closed from Monday, December ...
Eutelsat selects Airbus Defence and Space to build OneWeb LEO constellation extension
Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of the company's OneWeb LEO constellation. Under a contract signed between the two companies, Airbus will build the first batches of ...
Astranis to launch next four satellites on Tuesday, December 17th, via SpaceX Falcon
Photo of the MicroGEO satellite, courtesy of Astranis. The next four Astranis satellites are complete and ready for launch. They are currently at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and on track for their scheduled launch date of December 17th — ...
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Peter Krauss leading Terran Orbital to drive the firm’s new era of innovation and growth
(12/23/24) As Terran Orbital looks ahead to 2025, the company's new Chief Executive Officer—Peter Krauss—is focused on leveraging the company’s proven track record to drive innovation, enhancing its portfolio and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Mr. Krauss, formerly ...
Forrester’s Digest: SES seeks early wrap on Intelsat purchase
SES is buying rival Intelsat for $3.1 billion (€2.99bn) in a deal announced last April. The purchase had been expected to be completed in the second-half of 2025 once all regulatory hurdles had been overcome. Now, however, SES wants to ...
2025: Space industry trends + events expected in the New Year as predicted by SpaceFund
SpaceFund expects to make many exciting announcements during 2025 as we build on the continuing success of our existing portfolio of 21 space startup investments. We are grateful for the opportunity to continue our vital role in supporting, financing, and ...
Millennium Space Systems names their CEO
Tony Gingiss has been named as the chief executive officer of Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company[NYSE: BA]. He has more than 30 years of experience in executive leadership, operations, design and production, across commercial, civil, defense and national security ...
SpaceX’s New Year’s Eve launch of 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
SpaceX's last launch for the end of 2024 took place on Tuesday, December 31 at 12:39 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at ...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket completes integrated launch vehicle hotfire
Blue Origin's New Glenn has successfully completed an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test, the final major milestone on the firm's road to first flight—NG-1 will carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first manifested payload and will launch from Launch ...
SpaceX to launch Thuraya 4-NGS on Thursday
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Thuraya 4-NGS at 5:27 PM - 9:53 PM PST from Space Launch complex 40, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based ...
Gilat secures more than $18 million IFC orders
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has secured more than $18 million in orders for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solutions. These orders are mainly for Gilat SkyEdge platforms, related services and SSPAs. The equipment and services are scheduled for delivery ...
Video conferencing market at $5.1 Billion in 2024 up from $4.9 Billion in 2023
The global video conferencing market is navigating a period of steady expansion, with volumes expected to approach four million units by the end of 2024, according to a report from Futuresource Consulting. Despite economic pressures, value is expected to surpass ...
QinetiQ US awarded OTA to support UNO prototypes
QinetiQ US has been awarded an Other Transaction Agreement supporting Product Manager Tactical Cyber and Network Operations (PdM TCNO).The Agreement was awarded through Consortium Management Group (CMG)/Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5). The Unified Network Operation (UNO) ...
