Voyager Space Holdings, Inc. (Voyager) has acquired Pioneer Astronautics in a cash and stock transaction. Pioneer Astronautics is a hands-on research and development company dedicated to inventing and proving new […]
Business Moves
CORRECTION: OneWeb Sale Approved by US Bankruptcy Court + Arqiva Layoffs
OneWeb is now well on its way to being purchased by a joint-venture between the UK government and India telco Bharti Global. A US bankruptcy court approved the sale of […]
Virgin Galactic Signs Space Act Agreement with NASA
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or “the Company”) has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight […]
UPDATE: iRocket’s USAF is for Fully Reusable, Autonomous, Small Rockets — Flight-Ready in Less Than 24 Hours
iRocket signed a Phase II RAPID Other Transaction Agreement contract with the U.S. Air Force. The award was created just three months after the phase I contract when iRocket partnered […]
NovelSat + Envistacom Partner for Incorporation of Satellite Access Waveforms
Envistacom, LLC, has announced that NovelSat will incorporate the company’s high-performance satellite access waveforms into Envistacom’s Transport Virtualization Ecosystem (TVE). Envistacom will deliver an open-architecture ecosystem that will enable virtualized […]
Astroscale Adds to their U.S. Management Team
Astroscale U.S. Inc., (“Astroscale U.S.”) has named Becky Yoder has joined the Astroscale U.S. management team — she is serving as the SVP for Finance and Business Operations as of […]
Comtech EF Data Has an South East Asian MoD Selecting Their SCPC Modems and Switches
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) has revealed that, during the company’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, their Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial […]
Senior Industry Executives Join Space & Satellite Professionals International Board of Directors
The ballots have been counted and the results of the 2020 elections Board of Directors were made known by Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI). The SSPI membership has elected […]
Gilat’s CEO, Yona Ovadia, Steps Down, Adi Sfadia Interim CEO
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) announces a change in their CEO. Effective immediately Yona Ovadia steps down as Gilat’s CEO. Adi Sfadia, Gilat’s CFO and Chief Integration Officer […]
EUMETSAT Transitions to Meteosat’s Third Generation and Ariane-6 to Launch Two of the Satellites
Decisions were made at a virtual meeting of the Council of Europe’s operational satellite agency for weather and climate, EUMETSAT, regarding the transition plan from the second to the third […]