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Isar Aerospace, one of the new launch companies out of Europe, has secured another $165 million in financing, as it gets ready for its first launch later this year. The company announced the successful Series C funding round, March 28. The round is backed by 7-Industries Holding, Bayern Kapital via its Scale Up Fund Bavaria,…

Delta Air Lines threw down the gauntlet to other air transport operators when it said in January that it would roll out free in-flight Wi-Fi across its fleet, becoming the first major U.S. network carrier to do so. The move to free in-flight connectivity (IFC) has been long anticipated but slow to materialize, largely because…

Delta Air Lines made huge headlines at the start of the year with the news that it will start offering free Wi-Fi on board its aircraft in partnership with T-Mobile. It was one of the headline stories to come out of CES this year. At the start of last month, Delta began to offer free…

Open RAN Architecture Changes the Game The next generation of cellular networks, 5G-Advanced, is set to be drastically different in terms of how the infrastructure is built and deployed. One of the most radical changes relates to how the architecture embraces virtualization and cloud-native features, with functionality implemented in software, such as with cloud-native network…

Satellogic is partnering and integrating its data with SkyFi to allow SkyFi’s customers to task Satellogic satellites directly through its platform. The two Earth observation companies announced their partnership on Tuesday.  SkyFi is a satellite imagery marketplace, working to streamline access to EO data with a mobile app with transparent pricing. The company is developing…

Number of Aircraft Offering IFC Reaches New Heights According to our in-flight connectivity (IFC) quarterly tracker, the fourth quarter of 2022 saw the installed base of connected aircraft surpass the 10,000 marker for the first time, underlining the market’s resilient growth in the post-COVID era. Just over 18 months ago, the IFC installed base increased…

To commemorate International Women’s Day, Via Satellite celebrates women who have made a difference for the greater satellite and space industry, and in the lives of their colleagues. More than 75 people wrote about their mentors, colleagues, friends, and bosses — women that drive the industry forward through engineering, business development, regulatory policy, sales, and…