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The satellite industry has seen an unprecedented scale of change over the last few years. It is also an industry full of bright young minds who believe that space can shape a better life on Earth. Via Satellite’s 2025 Rising Stars feature in August put the spotlight on some of the young professionals shaping the…

For years, satellite conferences have been peppered with cyclical conversations concerning the alleged lethargy of the ground segment. Despite being rooted in more conventional technologies, the importance of satellite landing stations has ballooned in proportion to the expansion of the space and satellite industry, though they don’t share the same reputation for disruption and innovation.…

Inmarsat Maritime said it is set for a “dramatic increase” in capacity for its NexusWave bonded connectivity service for the maritime market with new capacity from the ViaSat-3 network. In addition, the new VS60 maritime terminal built by Intellian will support applications like enterprise networking and video streaming.  The recently launched second ViaSat-3 satellite is…

When SpinLaunch announced plans in April of this year to deploy Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation Meridian Space, it raised eyebrows across the satellite industry. Why is the nonconventional launch startup going after broadband? It only got more interesting when SpinLaunch brought industry veteran Massimiliano Ladovaz on board as CEO over the summer. The former CTO…

2025 marks a defining moment for satellite direct-to-device (D2D). D2D is evolving from a niche emergency service to a scalable communications model, linking smartphones, IoT devices, and businesses through satellites. While most of the conversation around D2D has so far centered on consumer applications, there is an emerging opportunity in the commercial sector that should…

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Iridium an infrastructure transformation contract worth up to $85.8 million for lifecycle upgrades to the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) service center.  The award announced Tuesday from Space Systems Command (SSC) Commercial Space Office (COMSO) is a 5-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract called System Infrastructure Transformation and Hybridization…

A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away. The missile didn’t even make it 4,000 feet. Russia’s military has been silent on the accident, but the missile’s crash…

By the time the second group of NASA astronauts reach the Moon later this decade, the space agency would like to have a lunar rover waiting for them. But as the space agency nears a key selection, some government officials are seeking an insurance policy of sorts to increase the program’s chance of success. At…