On Tuesday, July 22 at 5:12 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched the SES O3b mPOWER mission to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
Satellites
TMF Associates: Starlink sees “amazing growth”
A study from Dr Tim Farrar’s TMF Associates talks of Starlink’s “amazing revenue growth” in the context of a satellite industry that does not grow fast. “In fact,” Farrar said, […]
SpaceX delivers for Amazon — launches Project Kuiper-01’s smallsats from the Cape on Wednesday
On Wednesday, July 16 at 2:30 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the KF-01 mission of 24 smallsats to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
Arianespace to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites and CNES’s MicroCarb satellite on July 25 from French Guiana
On Friday July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time (02:03 a.m. UTC, 04:03 a.m. CEST, on July 26th, 2025), Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, […]
IonQ completes acquisition of Capella Space + advances the company’s space-based quantum comms vision
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has completed their acquisition of Capella Space Corporation, a space tech company with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite solutions for government and commercial applications. The closing […]
Amphinicy Technologies receives contract for operations support at EUMETSAT’s Svalbard and Azores facilities, and LEO ground stations monitoring and control solutions
Following an open invitation to tender, Amphinicy Technologies, a provider of advanced software solutions and software products for the satellite industry from Zagreb (Croatia) and Luxembourg (Luxembourg), has been awarded […]
Virgin Atlantic becomes the first UK airline to provide free, fleet-wide Starlink Wi-Fi
Virgin Atlantic is the first UK airline to announce plans to introduce Starlink in-flight connectivity. The airline will begin installing streaming-quality Wi-Fi on its Boeing 787s, Airbus A350s, and A330neos […]
Could Amazon buy into AST SpaceMobile?
An intriguing idea been floated around by Defence news expert Larry Ramer, suggesting that Amazon should buy — or make a considerable investment — in AST SpaceMobile. Ramer explained: “In […]
TPG completes acquisition of AT&T’s 70% stake in DIRECTV
TPG (NASDAQ: TPG), a leading global alternative asset management firm, today announced the completion of its acquisition from AT&T of the remaining 70% stake in DIRECTV it did not already […]
Sateliot advances its constellation with 5 new satellites to be manufactured by Alén Space
Sateliot has taken another step forward in the deployment of its satellite constellation by entrusting the manufacture of its next five satellites to the Spanish firm Alén Space. These satellites, […]